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The Hope, Carshalton
Carshalton
SM5 2PR
Served areas
Reviews of The Hope (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Hope
I haven't visited the Hope since 2013 and I believe this was only my second visit in all. In all honesty, I'd completely forgotten just how good this pub is. It's certainly in the running for best London pub, especially as traditional backstreet city boozers go.
You enter the pub into what feels like a fairly crowded bar area. However, if you pass around the bar into the back room, there is much more space and plenty of seating, including further space outdoors.
The patient barman really seemed to know his stuff and was happy to provide advice and tasters to customers. There are a couple of regular beers on handpull along the front of the bar, with 5 further cask ales on handpulls at the left-hand side of the bar. Regular beers are Downton New Forest Ale & Windsor & Eton Knight of the Garter. Guests when I arrived were Marble Stout, By The Horns Hopadelic, Drop Project Shifty, Kent Cobnut & Siren Nightshift. No sooner had the Nightshift gone was another beer put on and pulled through by the barman, with Burnt Mill Big Sur Moon appearing in double quick time.
One bag in the box cider (Sandford Orchards Apple & Oak) was on the right-hand side and I later noticed that another cider and a perry were listed on a blackboard near the entrance door (Sandford Orchards Rib Tickler & Gwynt y Ddraig Two Trees Perry). Craft beers are not neglected, with Vibrant Forest Mantra, The Kernel Pale Ale, Verdant Deep In the Woods & Fruit Car Sight Exhibtion, Left-Handed Giant Apricot Sour, Yonder Raspberry Gose, Bianca Road Etna & Marble Birthday Beers No. 9 Peanut Butter & Cacao Imperial Stout all listed on the same board.
The front bar was full of locals, many with their dogs. It was mainly men, with a few women. Although there was a good mix of both younger and older men and women in the rear room. There was no sign of the cat. Food (pot meals) are also advertised on a separate board.
With a friendly atmosphere, professional service, real ciders, a few dark beers (both cask and keg) and a real traditional atmosphere, there is very little scope for improvement in this pub. It's very seldom that I find my second visit to a pub to be better than my first. But this is well worthy of an increase of my score from 8/10 to 9/10.
On 17th March 2023
- rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Hope
This pub definitely lived up to its name and we really enjoyed our visit. Seven ales on pump, Five Points Pale, Downtown New Forest, Downlands Bramber, Pig and Porter Red Spider, Kissingate Black Cherry Mild, Magic Rock Dark Arts and Windsor & Eaton Knight of the Garter. They also had seven Key Keg and four ciders. The pub also served a good range of food, a specials menu at lunchtime and about eight different hotpot meals from 12-10, priced at £5.50/£6 each. Only that we wanted to visit other pubs in the area, I think we would have stayed most of the afternoon. Always good to see a Ship's Cat in residence too, sat in the window.
On 28th November 2018
- rating: 9
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Moby Duck left this review about The Hope
Happy to keep the general 9/10 theme going here, well described many times below, its a classic traditional pub with the bonus of excellent ale choice as well as being in top condition, on today were Mad Squirrel London Porter and Mr Squirrel,Arbour Oz Bomb,Kent Abandon Hope,Downton New Forest. Weird Beard Dark Hopfler and W&E Knights of the Garter. Craft keg is also in abundance, I succumbed to The Kernel IPA. The top pub in Carshalton by a very long stretch.
On 13th May 2018
- rating: 9
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Carshalton Beeches, 0.86 miles, 16 min walk (show)
Wallington, 1.22 miles, 23 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 22 July 2013 by Nick Davies
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes - limited - last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No - 14+ only. - last updated 16 June 2024 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 22 July 2013 by Nick Davies
- Jukebox : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 04 July 2017 by Quinno _