The Roundhouse, Wandsworth Common, SW18

Visited 17/06/2024 This was a diversion into a new post code area for me as i spotted it on walking to the next planned venue back in SW11! Thought this was a stylish pub, interesting, curved shape, more arc than round! Bare boards throughout, old school heavy duty wooden furniture with some red leather banquettes. Entrance was at the right-hand end of the arc and the seating in the front part of the venue follows the curve. There is a raised area at the back of the left hand sweep that is apparently regarded as the "restaurant". I also spotted a pull down screen in that part that would make for a cosy space to sit and watch a sporting event. There is some nice seating along the outside of the front of the pub but on a nice afternoon i deemed inside would at least spare me the heavy traffic sound and the fumes! There were a couple of beers on hand pump, namely Adnams Ghost Ship and Youngs Original, with the other hand pump seemingly dormant.There were about 14 beer taps on the bar. Actually, not too lager heavy (just Moretti, Cruz, Amstel and Estrella), a couple of taps dispensing Guinness, fruit flavoured beer fans would be salivating on the Jubel peach flavoured swill, and cider fans desires met by Inch's! Craft fans had a decent choice from the Brooklyn Stonewall IPA, the Mosaic Pale Ale from Adnams, Neck Oil, a Sambrook's session pale ale, Clwb Tropica from Tiny Rebel and finally the Steady Rolling Man pale ale from Deya. I thought this was an interesting pub that would be more interesting with a better cask selection. I enjoyed it more on a quiet Manday early evening and i suspect that with the traffic noise from outside it would be somewhat less enjoyable when packed with diners with nowhere to escape to in the venue.

Overlooking Spencer Park – the eponymous family once owning extensive lands in Wandsworth – this is a mid-19th century pub, originally the Freemason’s Hotel until recently, the name still visible in mosaic to an attractive entrance exhibiting some vestigial etched glass. The interior features a bare boarded floor, modernised interior with white tiled bar back, conventional furniture and a huge number of fairy lights to the ceiling, giving the impression of drinking in a planetarium. Tacky sports’ flags were draped around, then conventional furniture, the whole decked out with trendy eclectic prints. Customers were youngish professional types, many feeling the urge to shout rather than talk, overall acoustics being loud enough to trigger the 80dB alert on my watch. A meagre cask offering amounted to just a reversed Landlord clip, so it was more Oil at £3.55 a half, served by a perfunctory barman. This isn’t a great pub; the lack of cask on a Friday night denting the score still further.

Came across this pub when a local gave me wrong directions to another pub.Nice reallyas this is a nice looking internally and externally.Curved bar and a bit of a bohemian feel.lot of people eating.Good outside seating area to front.Couple of Flying Monk beerand a house beer on cask.

Not a full roundhouse by any means, but it does have an impressive curved frontage. Located opposite the northern side of Wandsworth Common, the narrow screened patio would be quite a nice spot were it not for the traffic. Once inside, you find quite a large, traditional interior that is partially divided into different seating and dining areas to avoid too cavernous a feel. Two of three hand pumps in operation when I visited, offering Wandle and XT 1215 (£4.15) when I stopping by.

Official site of The Roundhouse - theroundhousewandsworth.com

Official site of The Roundhouse - theroundhousewandsworth.com