The Camberwell Arms, Camberwell, SE5

Tris C left this review about The Camberwell Arms

Originally the Stirling Castle, this pub has undergone a multitude of names since it was built in the mid-19th century, the current moniker dating from 2014.
With large and promising floral sprays to the exterior, you can see much of the interior courtesy of a video walkthrough on their website, but otherwise it’s a bland place with bare boarded floor, white paint, a token number of trendy prints, bottles to an upper ledge, a bare brick wall, conventional modern furniture, terrible acoustics and as mentioned, two bars with one for food. Customers were local young professionals and unlike me, were seemingly enjoying themselves; all appeared to be eating.
There’s still no cask here, with just an array of around six Eurofizz taps, sidelined to the left-hand side of the bar, meaning you don’t immediately see them, the star of the show being Estrella at £3.45 a half, served by a suspicious barmaid – I think table service for drinks is the order of the day here – and as horrible as it was overpriced.
This place may make the grade as far as good restaurants go, but quite for the life of me why it makes top pub lists is beyond me. This is not what I’d describe as a pub and the Hermits Cave is a very short walk.

On 15^th September 2024 - rating: 3
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