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Bricklayers Arms, West Norwood, SE27
SE27
SE27 9RZ
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Reviews of Bricklayers Arms (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about Bricklayers Arms
Nothing changed compared to the descriptions below, amazing it is still here 8 years after Alan’s review and 13 years after RR’s review. Proper no frills back streets local. No functional hand pumps, evidence of dispenser for Courage Best still but suspect years since last poured a pint. There was a John Smiths tap but old school landlord said was some time since was served as there is no call for it any more! Basic lager choices and Guinness so that’s two of those for me on the evening so far. Really hope this place and many other like it in these parts continue to carve out a living for themselves and they keep the locals happy for years to come but it must be a struggle.
On 15th April 2024
- rating: 5
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Alan Winfield left this review about Bricklayers Arms
The Bricklayers arms is a proper back street pub that i had a few problems in finding.
Once i found this pub i was well pleased a proper old school pub with a great free standing Courage sign outside.
Once inside the bar faces on entry, there is a smart lounge to the left which is L shaped,the room is carpeted and has comfy bench seating and chairs,there is a TV to the rear which was showing the Bolton v Middlesbrough game.
There is a smaller bar room to the right which is through an opened out doorway,this room is oblong shaped and has bench seating and a pool table in it,the TV in this room was showing horse racing.
There were three pumps on the bar one with a Courage Best pump clip on it,so i asked for that to be told it was not on,so i had to settle for a drink of John Smiths Smooth Crap which lived up to its name.
I was well pleased in doing this pub just a shame there was not a real ale on the bar.
Pub visited 16/5/2016
On 21st May 2016
- rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about Bricklayers Arms
There was just the one ale on – Courage Best, at £2.80 a pint, and I wasn’t confident that they would have even one on. There was no food available, but they did have a “Sahara” peanuts dispenser on the bar counter. There are two rooms, although interconnected through a doorway. The smaller of the two rooms is on the right and is the more basic of the two, and would have been, and in effect still is, the public bar. It contained games and fruit machines, a dartboard, an apparently unused table football game, and nothing else except a punter wrestling with the intellectual challenge of the games machine. The other room – effectively the saloon bar – is a bit more comfortable, being carpeted and containing some standard seating. There was however a pool table at the back of this room (there wouldn’t have been room for it in the public bar). There’s a disabled toilet at the back past the pool table.
This is a very basic backstreet boozer with just a handful of locals in when I visited on Wednesday afternoon. This is a dying breed, at least in London. It’s certainly not a destination pub, but I’m very pleased that it’s still here for the locals who clearly appreciate it.
On 8th December 2011
- rating: 5
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 29 July 2022 by paulof horsham
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 29 July 2022 by paulof horsham
- Darts : Yes last updated 08 December 2011 by Moby Duck
- Hot Food : No last updated 08 December 2011 by Moby Duck
- Micropub : No last updated 29 July 2022 by paulof horsham
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 08 December 2011 by Moby Duck
- Real Ale : No last updated 21 May 2016 by Alan Winfield
