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The Brockley Jack, Brockley, SE4
SE4
SE4 2DH
Pub Type
Flame Grill (Greene King)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Brockley Jack
Visited 24/11/25. Visited previously 18/12/21.
Four handpumps, two unused, the other two dispensing GK IPA and their London Glory. Keg was Inch's, Cruz, Fosters, Hazy Day, Amstel, Guinness, Peroni, Stella and Level Head.
Traditional venue, a long'ish rectangle parallel to the road, the frontage shrouded in scaffolding on my revisit. Inside the bar counter sits along the rear wall in the middle section of the venue. To the right of the entrance, it is carpeted with a pool table and a couple of fruit machines either side of a TV on the wall showing recorded footy action. The right-hand wall is very ornate, mirrored with leaded glass and a door, locked shut, providing entrance to the theatre. The area in front of most of the length of the bar counter is ceramic tiles with a couple of banquettes supporting tall tables with a step up into a carpeted area in the large front bay window with some regular tables and chairs. The area over to the left-hand end of the venue is bare boarded with some booth tables with some regular tables on way to a carpeted rear area partly the other side of the bar counter with a mixture of seating options - the area feeling like it was mainly for diners. There is a beer garden out the rear of the venue with the doorway in the corner of this rear seating area. Lighting was low and rather disco based soundtrack playing on my visit.
On 1st March 2026
- rating: 5
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Strongers . left this review about The Brockley Jack
The Brockley Jack has a central tile floored bar area with a serving counter across the rear that faces a couple of high tables that back onto a raised seating area across the front windows. On the bar is a selection of standard and premium keg products alongside four hand pumps, two of which were unused and the other two badged with Greene King beers were reverse clipped, so I ended up with half a Stella. To the right of the bar is a carpeted area with a pool table and high tables that are faced by a television on the rear wall that was airing muted Ally pally darts via Sky Sports while some background music played. To the left of the bar is a wooden floored seating area with a second television that was showing muted Channel 4 afternoon programmes that nobody was watching. In the rear is a rectangular red stripe carpeted area with tables that the polite staff were setting up for Christmas dinners, I assume there was a party later in the day. I thought it was ok in here, but a GK pub with hit and miss ale isn’t going to make it onto my revisit list.
On 23rd December 2025
- rating: 5
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john gray left this review about The Brockley Jack
Nice smart comfortable pub.Busy with diners and drinkers.Outside seating to the rear. GK-Radio x and Blackwolf -Rok were among the 4 cask beers on.Like this one.
On 22nd July 2017
- rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Brockley Jack
This is still a Greene King pub according to the signage, and although the interior is as described by Pubsignman, I think it must have improved since his visit. The ales on were How Green is Your Valley, from Kite Brewery apparently in conjunction with Greene King; St Austell Tribute; plus Gwynt Y Ddraig Fiery Fox cider (6.5%) also on handpump. None of the GK usual suspects were on, but I did see an Old Golden Hen pumpclip reversed. And the staff didn't seem surly on my visit. This is branded as a "Flame Grill", and the glossy menu made the claim that that their dishes are grilled to perfection. As you would expect it's a pub grub heavy menu, and nothing wrong with that in my opinion.
The pub itself is a majestic, enormous edifice dominating that part of the main road - no backstreet boozer this. The interior has been modernised considerably as previously described. As you enter the bar counter faces you; the flooring here is a mix of bare boards and flagstones; and furnishings around the place ar a mix of normal tables and chairs and tall tables/tall stools. In all then, a typical high street pub. Overall I reckon that this is an “OK” pub, even though it has little of the traditional pub character that I appreciate.
On 29th July 2014
- rating: 5
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Brockley Jack
This Greene King pub with adjacent theatre is well positioned within easy walking distance of three train stations; Crofton Park, Brockley and Honor Oak Park. Despite the fact that the pub has been opened out just about as much as is possible, the servery acts as a partitioning between distinct front and back rooms. The front half of the pub comprises of a long wooden floored space with a carpeted raised area under the front windows. Décor is smart and contemporary and there is a good amount of seating throughout. The eye is drawn to the right hand wall, which is covered with dark wood panels and coloured glass and gives access to the small 50 seat theatre that puts on regular productions. The rear half of the pub is full of standard tables and chairs and there are a lot of unrelated pictures covering the walls. The space is effectively an overspill for the more attractive front room and has room for a lot of people. Doors lead out to a paved and partially covered courtyard and a separate door seemed to lead to a different area dedicated to smokers.
Beer-wise there were just the three Greene King regulars: IPA, Abbot Ale and Old Speckled Hen. I gave the Abbot a try and thought it was in decent enough shape. The bar staff were all wearing branded uniform and seemed to be quite a surly bunch.
Despite having had almost all of the character ripped out of it, this place still had a bit of a spark of life left in it as well as the unusual addition of the theatre, but with a poor range of beer and unfriendly staff it's not worth much more than a cursory glance.
On 2nd February 2012
- rating: 5
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