The Mansion Pub, Kennington, SE11

Facebook page of The Mansion Pub - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of The Mansion Pub - www.facebook.com

Official site of The Mansion Pub - mansion.pub

Official site of The Mansion Pub - mansion.pub

Thoroughly modernised by the Oakham Brewery, this is now a shiny bar / restaurant (and thus at the opposite end of the spectrum from the Old Red Lion next door). That said, it retains seating areas in front of the counter and on the opposite side of the entrance in addition to the dining areas further back. Also has some wooden benches out front. Two doubled-up banks of five handpumps, offering JHB, Citra, Inferno, Bishop's Farewell and the seasonal Hangar 17 (£3.50).

The Oaka at the Mansion house has had a complete makeover since i last tried to do Mansion House a few years back,the pub is a short walk from Kennington tube. Once inside there is an oblong shaped room to the front with the bar facing,the seating was normal tables and chairs in the middle with a bench seat at either end,there was what looked like a seperate dining area to the rear left. My problems started when i tried to order my half,i asked for a half pint of Oakham JHB,the asion bar lady started to serve me a pint when i asked for a half she said we dont do halfs only third or two thirds of a pint,so i ended up with a third of a pint,i have never in all my pub crawling drank a third of a pint. The pub seems to be an Oakham tied house,i noted Oakham JHB /Inferno /Citra /Apple /Improbable and Bishops Farewell on the bar,my drink was very nice,but with all of the sliding doors open the drinking experience was spoiled by the noise of traffic bombing past on the very busy kennington park road. I found my visit to this pub very dissapointing. Pub visited 2/8/2014

Now known as Oaka at The Mansion House,it feels very much like a restaurant and indeed it heavily leans toward the food end of the scale,there is however a bar area for drinking purposes and although a little clean and sterile for my taste in pubs the beer more than makes up for it as it is Oakhams London outlet and was the main thrust of my visit,five ales were available plus one Cider,my choice and a personal favourite of Oakham Citra was to be critical a couple of degrees on the cold side in my opinion ,maybe restaurant influenced and this slightly suppressed the flavour which did start to come through as the pint warmed.Certainly worth calling in if in the area but not really my type of place.