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The Hare & Billet, Blackheath, SE3
SE3
SE3 0QJ
Hare and Billet
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Hare & Billet
Unbranded Greene King pub in a good position south of the common but still close to the station and 'village' shops. Given a semi-rustic makeover at some stage, with three distinct seating / dining areas (one raised by a couple of steps). For an alehouse-style operation, it was no surprise to see an impressive row of ten handpumps, but less welcome was finding just two of those being clipped. This meant just the 'house' Hare of the Dog (£4.35) and Über Brew from Old Dairy plus a few craft keg beers.
On 4th August 2021
- rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Hare & Billet
Not much has changed since the previous reviewer's visit some three years ago. I didn't see any of my bugbear tall tables/tall stools now, but everything else looks much the same. The area down at the far end has tables all laid for diners, and the dissected drawing of a cow is still on the wall on the raised area on the right. One apparently new thing is the mass of photographs of dogs, with their names of course, on the walls in the corner just past the servery. I guess it must be dog friendly then, with dog walkers popping in for a swift one with their furry friends after a walk on the heath.
The ale selection is still quite good, especially for a Greene King pub. GK IPA was available of course, plus "Hare Ale" which is indoubtedly GK Hanson & Hardy Bitter. But they also had on Southwark Bankside Blonde, the Kent Brewery pair of Red Top and Uber Brew, plus Twickenham Naked Ladies coming soon. Unfortunately we suffered a similar experience to the previous reviewer, with the Red Top being in very poor condition. Maybe we were just unlucky, possibly like the previous reviewer.
Despite the poor quality ale, I still quite liked this pub, and would be happy to give it another go if in the area again.
On 25th October 2019
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Hare & Billet
Located on the Southern fringes of Blackheath Common, a five or so minute walk from the train station, this is a decent sized pub offering a wide range of ales. The place feels like a traditional pub that has been given a bit of a modern spruce up. You enter into a large bare boarded room with the servery down the left hand side and a good mix of banquette, standard chair and high stool seating options in the front section. The bar has a painted counter and white tile bar back, but in no way resembles the sort of craft beer bar servery that you might associate such a description with. The raised space opposite the bar has a nice tiled fireplace at one end with old bottles and jugs balanced on the mantelpiece and a TV set above, which remained turned off during my visit. A few old pictures, including a huge butcher's diagram of a cow showing the various cuts of meat, line walls painted in the sort of drab grey colour scheme Blackheath seems so fond of. The bar area offers a good amount of standing room between a series of pine clad pillars, with some sofas and tub chairs in the tongue and groove panelled space beyond, decorated with potted plants and a bottle display. Further back is a part tiled, part carpeted dining room with traditional wood panels and standard seating under some blackboards and a few minimalist art works. A solid indie soundtrack accompanied us throughout my stay and there was a surprisingly mixed clientele on a mid-week evening.
A long row of hand pumps offered Southwark Harvard APA, Sambrooks Powerhouse Porter, Greene King IPA, Kent Cobnut, Truman's Runner, and a house beer called Hare Ale from Greene King. Two real ciders from Biddenden and Gwynt y Ddraig occupied the final pulls. I tried a pint of the APA (£4.00), but found it to be in fairly poor condition, perhaps indicating that the ale range might be a little too broad for its own good.
This is a pleasant enough spot to relax over a pint or two and probably the closet to a traditional boozer I've found in the area. The beer quality remains a bit of a question mark, but it made it into the 2016 Good Beer Guide, so I'm prepared to accept I may have got a little unlucky. One for a revisit I think.
On 6th September 2016
- rating: 7
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- Accommodation : No last updated 06 September 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 10 August 2013 by Malden man
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- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 10 August 2013 by Malden man
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- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 06 September 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Darts : No last updated 10 August 2013 by Malden man
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 25 October 2011 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 10 August 2013 by Malden man
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 September 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 25 October 2011 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 10 August 2013 by Malden man
- Pool Table : No last updated 10 August 2013 by Malden man
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 10 August 2013 by Malden man
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 06 September 2016 by Pub SignMan
- WiFi : Yes last updated 06 September 2016 by Pub SignMan
