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The Selkirk, Tooting, SW17
SW17
SW17 0ES
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Selkirk
Visited 23/09/24
Cask options were limited to Wandle. Cruelly three hand pumps but only one dispensing ordinarily so I am told. The Wandle was fine, surprisingly so I find when a venue has a token cask ale. Keg options a plenty and comprising Aspall cider, Neck Oil, Amstel, K1664, Guinness, Meantime Prime Pale & Anytime IPA, Asahi, Gamma Ray, Peroni. Same beers on in both sides of the continuous bar counter.
Classy pub on a side street away from the hustle and bustle of Tooting High St. Pub divides in half at entrance with bar along the back wall serving both sides. The left-hand side is an L shaped area with a variety of seating including a couple of grand church pews against the rear walls. Some seating on stools at the bar counter and otherwise regular seating at a mish mash of tables around the space. Old, well-worn floorboards broken only by a large, ragged rug underneath the round table in front of the bar. Right-hand side set for diners and an outside conservatory type area totally bedecked in fairy lights. A nice low key jazz track sat nicely in the venue. There were more diners than drinkers in during my mid Monday evening visit. I really liked this place. It was a calm oasis where you could kick back and relax in an area where pubs are generally manic in the evenings. If it had a better cask offering, then I would rate this place more highly. Nevertheless, a good venue.
On 22nd May 2026
- rating: 5
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Selkirk
Street corner pub with a side entrance into the room with the operational bar,a square seating area and then a conservatory dining area.Refurbed at some point with little in the way of original features apart from exterior glasswork.Through an arch to a larger room,L shaped with a non functioning bar,and dining style tables but not set for service.However the upmarket customers will be eating so you may have to put up with nearby munching,and possibly kids during the day.Although the ceilings are high it's devoid of features apart from a side snug with a large table.
At the bar London Pride and TT Landlord,served too warm and in flabby condition NBSS 2 and a rip off at £3.60 the half.
Avoid and leave to the diners.
On 15th May 2026
- rating: 4
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Tris C left this review about The Selkirk
This is a late 19th century pub, once under the stewardship of Courage, as evidenced by the brace of polychromatic cockerel lamps flanking the corner entrance.
A flying visit here, as I was on a mission so didn’t stay long, even by the standards of the Flying Half. The interior has been substantially gastrofied, with the interior abundantly visible on their website’s gallery; of note are the leaded and stained-glass clerestories. Customers were young professional types and there was a good buzz, me having arrived towards the end of the weekly quiz.
There were two ales served by a friendly barman: Sambrook’s Session and Otter Ale at £2.40 a half and slightly on the turn, though as the barman had warned me that it was approaching the bottom of the barrel and I could have opted for the Session, I’ll not penalise the pub for quality.
This was definitely one of the better of my seven-pub mini crawl, probably benefitting from being a backstreet hostelry, out of sight of those perambulating Tooting’s unprepossessing main streets; I would use frequently if living locally, the one obvious minus point being the overpowering smell of garlic.
On 6th April 2022
- rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about The Selkirk
A large imposing Victorian corner pub. The two internal rooms have been opened out and modernised with a few sofas dotted around amongst other various seating. There is a sizable conservatory tagged on to the pub serving as a dining area. It was very busy early evening with a predominantly 20's and 30's age group crowd. Just the two cask beers were on Sharps Atlantic and Sambrooks Jaffa. Its the kind of pub I could take or leave.
On 8th March 2019
- rating: 6
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Malden man left this review about The Selkirk
This is a solid looking yellow stock brick Victorian street corner pub in the side streets off the main road. Originally there would have been a number of rooms but at least today a two room format is maintained, with the bar running through both rooms along a back wall. The front room returns, L-style around the bar end, and there is an intimate little area through an opening with room for not more than a few people. Mostly traditional seating with scrubbed tables, benches, settles and farmhouse style chairs, but a couple of sofas have sneaked in too. There is a conservatory at the back leading onto a garden which has a petanque area.
Light coloured walls and large windows make for a bright and airy space, the windows have stained glass top lights with a squares and circles pattern.
An external inspection of the building reveals a fair bit of the pub's history, the door at the street corner has a stone carved top which tells that the pub was erected in 1882, either side of this are two Courage lanterns indicating a previous life, predated by its original tie to Kingston Brewery marked high up on the gables.
The food menu is a touch upmarket, certainly in description, but reasonably affordable (mains £8-10, steak £12.95). Sharing platters and sandwiches are also available.
There are a few board games behind the bar and there is a drop down projector screen in the front room, so perhaps sporting events are shown.
As for the beers, the light wood coloured bar has four handpumps, two in each room, but they are not repeats so you need to walk through and check what's on. Hook Norton Old Hooky (£3.20), Sambrooks Wandle, Fullers Pride and ESB on the other afternoon.
A decent spot for a pint or two I thought in a building that is brightened up in the style of the day yet retains some character.
On 1st June 2011
- rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Selkirk
I'm not quite so enthusuastic about this pub as some others who have told me about it. It was very cold in there yesterday lunchtime, and both the real ales (Landlord and Deuchars IPA) were off. On the plus side the staff were very friendly and helpful and they did have a wide range of lagers on - Hooegarden's; Beck's Vier; Staropramen; Stella, Peeterman's, and Boks Artois were the ones I remembered. The "Kirk" burger was excellent, but you would expect that at £7.95 a throw. Very stingy with the chips though! Probably a great pub in the summer with the conservatory and outside seating, but I think I will avoid it at other times.
On 25th October 2007
- rating: 5
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