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The Joiners, SE5
SE5
SE5 8RS
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Tris C left this review about The Joiners
Disarmed around 2013, this place dates from at least the early 19th century, but the current structure is Victorian. The fascia has been trendified and hanging from it is an impressive basketed floral display; it’s also on CAMRA’s list of pubs of heritage, this commanding **.
Along with a roof terrace, the interior is quite basic, with a large room to the rear, packed to the rafters with young trendy types for what seemed to be a quiz on my Wednesday night visit. The front room is bare boarded, brick red wainscoting, white walls and white panelled ceiling, silent unwatched Megavision screen and annoying games machine. What really steals the show is the fabulous, tiled tableau to the right-hand wall (see CAMRA), along with the etched glass to the increasingly rare former office, now sadly used for preparing basic food; customers up front were an older and more local bunch.
Aside from an unused pump, there was a meagre offering of Sharp’s Solar Wave, waived in favour of a half of Guinness, £3.00, served by an acceptable barman.
This is a decent little pub. Yes, it could do with a bit of cash spent along with ditching the electronics and an ale upgrade, but the heritage value automatically justifies at least a passing visit, making for a decent one-two with the Hermits Cave.
On 1st October 2024
- rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Joiners
This is a traditional two bar pub in the heart of Camberwell, with a nicely preserved interior. The front bar is a simple public bar-style space with plain floorboards and dark red half panelled walls. A nice curved bar counter stands in the rear right corner with a tongue and groove counter front, some imposing pillars with decorative capitals and a nice etched glass bar back with what appeared to be an integral office space through a centrally positioned doorway. High tables and stools run beneath the front windows with a row of regular tables and chairs directly opposite the bar and down the left-hand wall, which was almost entirely obscured by a huge pull-down screen showing live football – a series of shelves displaying ceramics, old radios and other such items of bric-a-brac remained hidden behind. The rear wall is a pleasant glazed screen with etched glasswork and a collection of whisky boxes lined up along it. However, the room’s stand-out feature has to be the mightily impressive tile painting on the right-hand wall, depicting the coat of arms of the Joiners’ and Ceilers’ Company. Amazingly, the pub’s dartboard used to be hung on this wall, so there are a few chips in the tiles, but they remain no less impressive a sight for it. Passing through a mosaic tile floored passageway, you reach the rear bar which is perhaps slightly larger than the front room and has ample seating throughout, mostly tables and chairs with a few cheap looking canteen style benches of the sort you find in modern day brewery taprooms. The room is painted in darker shades and seemingly receives a lot less natural light but didn’t feel especially gloomy as a result. Other items of note around the room included a retro arcade machine, an upright piano and another TV screen, hung above the servery on the front wall of the room, with a pull-down screen to the left.
There were two handpulls in use when I arrived, dispensing Sharps Doom Bar and Brockley IPA. I ordered a pint of the latter from the friendly, but almost impossible to hear through her mask, barmaid. Sadly, the beer was pretty ropey and made a disappointing final pint on my mini-crawl around Camberwell.
This pub didn’t really deliver on the beer front and had a much more subdued atmosphere than the other pubs I visited nearby but was still worth a look to check out the tile paintings, etched glasswork and publican’s office – features that are increasingly difficult to find as more and more pubs close across the capital.
On 21st October 2020
- rating: 6
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Moby Duck left this review about The Joiners
A two room pub, front and back, there is some nice decorative tiling on the wall in the front bar, the rest of the pub consists of mostly wood paneling,wood flooring and wooden bar and back-bar, the seating is mostly normal tables and chairs with a couple of high tables in the corners. Apparently real ale is no longer available despite two handpumps and a chalkboard to display cask ales on and coming next, this of course was blank. I settled for a Goose IPA on keg and give the ongoing heatwave the cold beer wasn't an issue.I quite liked it here and it had a decent pub feel, I would call in again but it's location is not a place I'm likely to frequent to often.
On 5th August 2018
- rating: 7
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- Facebook - The Joiners Arms (Camberwell)
- CAMRA WhatPub :: The Joiners - whatpub.com
- Historic Pub Interiors - pubheritage.camra.org.uk
Loughborough Junction, 0.62 miles, 11 min walk (show)
East Dulwich, 1.15 miles, 22 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- Beer Garden : No last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Car Park : No last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Child Friendly : No last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- Darts : No last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- Function Room : No last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 01 October 2024 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- Micropub : No last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- Pinball : No last updated 26 October 2013 by Malden man
- Pool Table : No last updated 21 October 2020 by Pub SignMan
- Quiz Night : Yes - Wednesdays. - last updated 01 October 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 01 October 2024 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 02 December 2018 by Komakino .
- WiFi : No last updated 01 October 2024 by Tris C
