Hawkins Forge, SW11

David Walton left this review about Hawkins Forge

Visited 17/06/24

Would describe as a "large pub", and it most definitely felt quite dark on a sunny early evening. Central area around bar with raised areas at back (housing pool table and dart boards) and far left. Seating mainly tall tables etc in main bar area but with some low tables and a dark leather banquette at the back of the pub (before steps to raised area) facing the front of the building (currently shrouded in scaffolding). Wooden floor throughout and dark ceiling with interesting low-level lighting in that it seemed to add little to the illumination of the place. Several screens showing the Euro footy absent commentary with music at an overload volume, but OK choices! There was a solitary other punter in glued to the action on the big screen he was focussing on!

There were a lot of keg beer choices. The less interesting taps housed Camden Pale, Stout, Hells, Pravha, Aspall, Guinness, Neck Oil, Madri, Peroni. There was another tap configuration that housed a number of decent craft beers but I mislaid my note of the venue and so cannot fully remember the cast list - i do recall they had Clwb Tropica, Stonewall Inn from Brooklyn, Saucery and a couple of others.

I think I visited at a more tolerable time and so the decent craft selection made this place just about average for me. Later, with more people and more noise I think I would have been less tolerant of the venue. Definitely not one that I would choose to revisit in SW11 though.

On 25^th June 2024 - rating: 5
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