Sky Bar, Eltham, SE9

Visited 06/05/26. Visited previously as M'Arks Sky Bar on 03/06/24. No cask. Keg offering of Inch's, Neck Oil, Cruz, Moretti Sale Di Mare, Guinness, Amstel and Heineken. Not much changed here since previous visit. Up a few flights of steps but rewarded still with a decent view for the area. Venue is bare boarded with a lino flooring that looks like tiles around the entrance, bar counter and over to the rear right-hand corner. Bar counter faces the front floor to ceiling windows. Seating via a variety of types, tall tables with tall stools, regular tables with small stools, booths towards the rear right-hand corner and some facing tan leather sofas by the entrance from the lifts or stairs. There is a pool table in the rear and an outside terrace the other side thereof. There is a dartboard also to the front side of the bar counter and several TVs tuned into sports channels absent sound, noise provided by a reasonable soundtrack. As with review of previous close incarnation nothing special but has considerable novelty value in Eltham.

Official site of Sky Bar - www.skybareltham.com

Official site of Sky Bar - www.skybareltham.com

This venue must be all the rage in Eltham! Well described by Steve below in terms of what it is. Ignoring the sights below that is Eltham High St it is actually a really interesting venue based on where it is - this is truly high rise around here. Joking aside, this is one of the most interesting cinema bars I have ever been to and this is effing Eltham. Full marks to the venue, it really is an interesting venue for the location. There is no cask (would have been somewhat surprising if introduced between my and Steve’s visits). Keg choices are Cruzcampo, Neck Oil, San Miguel, Stella, Guinness and Aspall cider. Not fancying another Guinness I opted for a glass of red wine, something I routinely expect to consume in cinema or theatre bars. A pleasant and very different experience in Eltham. Nothing other than a 5 given the drink choice but a very pleasant different experience. If this had been the Banker’s Draft location with their choice of beers this would have necessitated a new scale of scoring (a la Arkle in handicap chases).

Facebook page of M'Arks Sky Bar - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of M'Arks Sky Bar - www.facebook.com

Modern plush bar situated above the Vue cinema whose primary function is to feed and water those attending the cinema below. From street level you have to take the lift or climb two flights of stairs to this modern bar that opened in 2022. Once there, there is no real ale of course, just a couple of banks of keg taps. There are some nice window seats and also an outside balcony which affords excellent views of Eltham High Street (if that is not an Oxymoron) and the hills beyond.