Furzedown, Streatham, SW16

Tris C left this review about Furzedown

Referring to itself as a ‘Bar and Brasserie’ (ho-bloody-ho) and named after neighbouring Furzedown – where Sadiq Khan lives – the former Streatham Park Tavern is a brewers’ Tudor lump dating from the mid-19th century, possibly rebuilt in the aforementioned style; the exterior displays sports’ bunting and meal deals, looking every bit as downmarket as the road junction it occupies.
With no sign of any original pub, the interior has been savagely made over to try and create an upmarket ambience; it fails. There are broadly seven styled zoned areas, the rear decked out as a dining area – with aquarium, so perhaps it’s a fish restaurant – titmouse blue and white colour scheme, fake Victorian-style fittings, games machine, mixed zoned furniture with some tall bucket stools with tubular legs, beneath which is a mixed wood and Minton-style tiled floor. There were at least two TVs showing Lee Mack fronting in silence something that wasn’t Not Going Out; ferns dangled from lights. Young customers amounted to only around seven – making this large pub look empty – at the time of my Saturday 8.30pm visit, with no one in the dining area.
There’s still no cask, a half of Neck Oil setting me back a horrific £4.95, served by a sheepish barmaid who looked even more so – embarrassed even – when I queried the price; for the record, the far more upmarket local Young’s pubs – Manor Arms and Bull – charge £3.80 for the same.
This is a tragic pub; the absurd pricing is the nail in the coffin.

On 12^th June 2025 - rating: 3
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