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Grove House Tavern, Camberwell, SE5
SE5
SE5 8RE
Served areas
Reviews of Grove House Tavern (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Tris C left this review about Grove House Tavern
This backstreet pub dates from the early 19th century, probably built to serve the neighbouring period Georgian houses. The attractive, imposing and according to CAMRA ‘…reminiscent of a French villa…’ edifice dates from 1926, with a French Empire-Style mansard; a former Meux’s sign frame is extant, no longer part of the Grand Union chain.
What’s certainly impressive is the tiled, multi-faceted entrance lobby; the interior was probably once quite something, but today is contemporary, tasteful and restrained: bare boarded, a modern bar back, original bar front, blue-green colour scheme with a white ceiling and some ‘jungle’-style wallpaper, all visible on their website. Furniture is either conventional or fawn, opposed bench booth-style. Customers were young, exuberant professional locals, making for quite a din at the time of my Saturday 8.40pm visit.
There were two cask offerings: Bermondsey Best and Five Points XPA, £2.50 a half and not bad.
This is one of the better offerings in the immediate vicinity but is no match for the Hermits Cave.
On 16th September 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2115 recommendations about 2080 pubs]
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Moby Duck left this review about Grove House Tavern
A quite smart pub inside aimed at the young but upmarket crowd, It seems to have gone up a notch in the eight years that have passed since the previous reviews as has the beers, to my taste anyway with a cask choice of Five Points XPA and Three Sods Rooi Kabouter with one other pump clip turned just as I came in. Plenty of keg options both standard and craft, the food also looked good if not a little poncey. Not quite my type of place but certainly worth a look.
On 7th August 2022
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2036 recommendations about 2006 pubs]
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Rex Rattus left this review about Grand Union
Just Bombardier and Marston's Pedigree on, the latter at £1.90 a half and in fairly poor condition I'm afraid. Just about all the tables had cutlery/napkins and menus in lieu of place mats on them, but there didn't seem to be a problem with sitting at one of them without eating. But I wasn't in at a peak time of course. The food didn't look to be anything special (nothing wrong with that of course) - various burgers are £10 a pop, "chicken dinner" is £9.50, and "stacks" (whatever they are) are £9.50.
It looks as if they're trying for a sort of Raffles drawing room elegance, with several aspdidistras lurking in corners, extravagant floral themed wallpaper, standard lamps, plus oriental prints and fans on the walls. It works to some extent I suppose. We have the usual mix of furnishings, with mainly normal tables and chairs, some tall tables/tall stools, and a cluster of sofas/armchairs in one of the corners. At the back on the right through some glazed doors is something called "the snug". Looking through the doors I could see at least one buggy and small children, so obviously I steered well clear of that room. Another point of interest is the table football in the main bar area.
The Young's sign outside made me think that there might be one or two of their branded ales on, but no such luck. I'm hoping that I was just unlucky with the Pedigree. This is a large old cornersite and spacious pub, with a certain amount of elegance. It's a comfortable enough place, but not sufficiently good enough to be a destination pub.
On 4th November 2014
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2606 recommendations about 2520 pubs]
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Loughborough Junction, 0.85 miles, 16 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Function Room : Yes last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - Tuesdays 20.00. - last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 16 September 2024 by Tris C
