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Paddy's Yard, Brixton, SW9
SW9
SW9 8LN
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Reviews of Paddy's Yard (Average Rating: 4 of 10) see review guidelines
Pub SignMan left this review about The Market House
Set in an attractive building on Coldharbour Lane, this is a basic, open plan bar and restaurant that seems to pull in quite a diverse crowd. The spacious single room set up has scuffed floorboards, windows down two sides and the bar over to the rear left. High tables and stools have been arranged under the front windows, long hard backed benches down the right-hand and rear walls, two short armless sofas in the middle of the room and lots of basic tables and chairs elsewhere. The bar has a very plain counter with curved ends and a bare brick bar back and the room benefits from lots of modern styling, including plenty of glazed tile walls, mixed light fittings, but perhaps not so much from the clichéd exposed utilities across the ceiling. There's an open kitchen to the rear right pumping out what looked like Caribbean cuisine and R&B tunes played quietly in the background throughout my stay, although maybe they weren't that quiet after all, because the pub was extremely noisy as there are no soft furnishings to be seen.
Like many other such venues, cask ale is nothing but a distant memory, so I was left to the mercy of the keg range, opting for Brixton Defender IPA, (£6.40 a pint), one of three Brixton beers amidst a load of mainstream pap. The barman was very friendly and despite the general cacophony, the pub felt quited chilled on an early Thurs evening, although I can easily imagine it becoming pretty mental late on a Friday night.
I liked a few bits about this pub, mainly the service and the general good vibes, but with no ale, a strong food focus and a stripped out interior, any good will quickly drains away. I was happy that I finally checked this place out, having walked by countless times in the past, but I think I'll be content to just admire the fine exterior in passing from now on.
Date of visit - 18th April 2024
On 17th August 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3294 recommendations about 3294 pubs]
Tris C left this review about The Market House
Dating from at least the late 19th century and I suspect an awful lot earlier as the Coach & Horses, this would seem to be an early Edwardian rebuild which closed in 2007 to reopen in 2011, the current name dating from 2012, the basic, modernised and utilitarian interior visible on Google; also visible is an old Truman’s lantern and sign bracket.
It’s summed up well by Rex and seems to attract a substantial Afro-Caribbean customer base, unsurprising given the central Brixton location and probably attracted by the ‘Original Flava [sic]’ Jamaican food.
This is a fizz-only place and as I didn’t really take to it, I didn’t stay for a drink; not a place for this middle-aged honky.
On 14th May 2024
- no rating submitted
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custodian 42 left this review about The Market House
One room pub with bar to the left hand side. No real ales - just keg.
On 23rd September 2019
- rating: 3
[User has posted 1693 recommendations about 1691 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes - Until 19.00. - last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Function Room : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes - Carribean. - last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - Fridays 18.30, themed e.g. The Office, F·R·I·E·N·D·S. - last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : No last updated 19 October 2018 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 14 May 2024 by Tris C
