Sylvan Post, SE23

It was a rainy early midweek afternoon when I visited the Sylvan Post, so the awnings were pulled over the unused picnic tables that run across the front. Inside this former post office are lots of open plan tables and chairs found between high tables up the left-hand wall and some booths up the right. A serving counter runs across the rear wall where craft keg is available alongside three hand pumps that were drawing Vocation Brewery’s Deck the Palms and Chop & Change as well as Portobello Brewery’s Star. To the left of the counter is a small red novelty post box and the old post box from the post office days runs under the windows along the front wall. The side walls are adorned with post office ephemera and adjacent to a small seating area at the rear is the old safe that’s been turned into a snug with banquettes around a single table, I think I could just about shoehorn myself in there, but I’m not sure I’d be able to get out again. There are a couple of televisions that were both off while some random background music played. I sat at one of the open plan tables while an annoying child ran around, I assume the family was in for some lunch; the double cheeseburger is priced at £17.50. My pint of Chop & Change was excellent, but the service wasn’t the most welcoming and the décor is more community hall than pub, so I don’t plan to revisit.

Official site of Sylvan Post - sylvanpost.co.uk

Official site of Sylvan Post - sylvanpost.co.uk