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The Railway Tavern, Tulse Hill, SE27
SE27
SE27 9BW
Reviews of The Railway Tavern (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Railway Tavern
The various reviews below capture the interior geography of the pub. Definitely a convenient watering hole if arriving at Tulse Hill station if you exit on the Norwood Rd side. The windowsills probably contain the same wilted flowers as on PSM’s visit and, unusually, each table has a small vessel of fresh flowers to ever so slightly negate the internal gloomy decor. My arrival a bit after 4.30pm was on a very sunny afternoon but I can see it would come across much darker in a different part of the day/year!
There is definitely no cask here. The three sets of six taps dispense an array of keg beers. There is Guinness and Murphy’s, an array of lagers including an increasingly oft seen Cruzcampo, and some interesting craft beers from Drop Project and Gypsy Hill. My selection was a bizarre one for me, a GK pale ale called Prior Life.
The pub was getting busier during my time here and it seems to serve as a bit of a community hub. The garden at the side would certainly be popular on a decent late afternoon like today. There seems to be regular live music here and the staff were busying themselves doing some set up. The background music certainly filled the venue with some decent jazz on my visit. Nice.
On 29th April 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 502 recommendations about 502 pubs]
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Railway Tavern
A surprisingly large pub given the small frontage, but it extends back a long way and even has a garden along the side. It is still painted in very dark colours, brightened up with odd bits of lighting. No cask ale - three T-bars carry fairly mainstream stuff, with a few craft included from Brixton etc. Very much geared up for eating, with most tables reserved for later on. The menu appeared to be Indian.
On 14th July 2023
- rating: 5
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Railway Tavern
This large pub, situated outside Tulse Hill station, has a large opened out interior that only hints at its former, multiple room layout. The room has dark wood floorboards and matching panelling in places, which, when combined with the dark colour scheme the rest of the room has been painted in, not to mention the low level lighting employed within, makes this a very gloomy and dark pub, even on one of the hottest days on record, as it was when I visited. You enter to a sizeable space full of tables and chairs, with high tables and stools to the front and some pews through the centre. The servery is sited on the rear wall with a dark wood panelled counter and bar back, plus a coffee station just around the corner. A gutted fireplace to the left has a TV screen above it which was showing live cricket and there was a lot of promotional material covering the walls whilst the windowsills were full of depressing looking, wilted flowers. The pub runs further back down the right-hand side, where some nice banquette seating is available. From here, you have access to a split-level covered garden area which was being well utilised on my visit. The top section has table football and pool, with long benches to sit along, whilst the lower section has metal flooring, lots of tables and chairs, a pinball machine and its own card-only bar. This in turn takes you out to the patio garden which has loads more seating, some of which doubles back on itself to run along one side of the pub.
There were just two handpulls in action when I arrived, dispensing Hardy & Hanson Bitter and canopy Sun Ray. The latter was charged at £4.50 a pint and was suffering very much from the extreme temperatures – difficult to know whether beer quality would be of a higher standard on a day with weather more representative of the British Isles.
This isn’t too bad for a station-side pub, with the nice, well-appointed beer garden being the main draw. I quite liked the internal décor, but it was too gloomy and a marginally higher wattage bulb or two would make all the difference. The jury remains out regarding the beer quality, but this isn’t a bad place to stop off whilst waiting for a train.
On 25th November 2019
- rating: 6
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West Norwood, 0.63 miles, 12 min walk (show)
West Dulwich, 0.72 miles, 13 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 04 October 2015 by Rex Rattus
- Car Park : No last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Function Room : No last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 04 October 2015 by Rex Rattus
- Jukebox : No last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Karaoke : No last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Live Music : Yes last updated 04 October 2015 by Rex Rattus
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Pinball : Yes last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
- Real Ale : No last updated 15 June 2023 by Tris C
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 15 May 2016 by Alan Winfield
- WiFi : Yes last updated 25 November 2019 by Pub SignMan
