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The Duke, Deptford, SE8
SE8
SE8 3BU
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The Duke, Deptford
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Reviews of The Duke (Average Rating: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Duke
Corner pub on the main A200 Creek Road heading east from Deptford. The pub doesn't normally open until 4pm during the week, but had opened early for the May Day Parade that was due to arrive. In fact, they didn't seem too well prepared with only London Pride available on handpull. As we arrived, they were quickly trying to pour through a new cask of 6X. Craft beers were Camden Pale, Beavertown Neck Oil & Tiny Rebel Easy Livin'.
The interior wasn't really big enough for the large crowd who had arrived. So, whilst some people were occupying a small outdoor patio on the pavement, most had spilled into the adjacent side street. A few obvious regulars sat in a front window looked a bit bewildered by all of the strangers.
The pub does stretch back a fair way to provide additional seating, but somehow people preferred to be outside instead.
On 2nd May 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2493 recommendations about 2492 pubs]
Tris C left this review about The Duke
This place dates back to the mid-19th century, but is now in a far from Victorian area, one now dominated by high-rise glass ‘apartment blocks’ and is also nestled in the shadow of a substantial campus and student accommodation block for the University of Greenwich.
Seemingly unchanged since the previous review, the interior is what I’d call ‘restrained trendy’, with a boarded floor, plum walls and white ceiling, open kitchen with pizza oven, a bar back with shiny ceramic tiles and massive industrial lamps over it, a Space Invaders machine, mismatched furniture and a pool table dominating the frontal area. There were a few residential types in on my mid-Friday evening visit, but the rest of the customers were overwhelmingly studenty types which came as no surprise, the overall ambience was relaxed but would be improved if the pool table were moved to the rear.
The ale selection amounted to a reversed clip, Wadworth XXXXXX and Horizon at £2.40 a half and as ho-hum as it’s ever going to be.
This isn’t a bad place, but it can’t displace the Dog & Bell up the road.
On 2nd July 2023
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1993 recommendations about 1959 pubs]
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Duke
The ales on here were Adnam's Ghost Ship, Ringwood Razorback, and By the Horns Stiff Upper Lip (£4 a pint). The first pint of SUL came up cloudy, but when we pointed this out the barmaid assured us that there was a note on the cask that said it might be hazy. Hmmm - we were unconvinced as we had had BTH beers before. The second pint was less cloudy - very hazy perhaps - with the third drink up, a half, being only slightly hazy. When we pointed out that unlike the pints, the half was only slightly hazy, the barmaid said that was probably because the glass of the pint glasses made it look different. That's a new one on me. By this time she realised we weren't happy with the beer condition and invited the pint drinkers to try them with the implied condition that if they were dissatisfied they could be changed. But they judged them drinkable and that was an end of the matter. But most pubs would have changed them without debating the issue.
The food seemed straightforward enough. The "cheeseburger and rosemary salt fries" is £11, and I also spotted "beer battered fish goujons, pea puree and tartare sauce" at £7. This seemed to me to be pub grub dressed up in fancy names.
The pub's bare-boarded, the furnishings are scrubbed dining room tables with normal chairs, plus a sofa or two. We saw a roof terrace advertised, but didn't explore it. There was a lot of black paint around, with black painted bar counter, pillars, and wall behind the counter. One interesting, and most unusual, bit of kit was the retro (70s?) Space Invaders machine. The music being played, at low volume, was also very retro being from the 50s and 60s. There are books on a shelves in front of the windows, presumably for patrons' use.
Despite the beer issue (which I generously presume and hope might be an isolated incident) I found this pub to be different enough to be interesting. It's nothing like the traditional sort of pub that I like most, but it's certainly worth a visit if you're nearby. It was fairly quiet on Wednesday lunchtime, but maybe it's busier in the evenings.
On 27th September 2016
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2606 recommendations about 2520 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No - Loyalty card scheme. - last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Darts : Yes last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 27 September 2016 by Rex Rattus
- Jukebox : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - Sundays 19.00. - last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 27 September 2016 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 01 July 2023 by Tris C
