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Hermits Cave, Camberwell, SE5

28 Church Street
SE5
SE5 8QU
Phone: 02077033188
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Ian Mapp left this review about Hermits Cave

Unspoiled and imposing Victorian boozer. Curved external appearance, with etched bay windows. Advertised as open at midday and the door was just being opened at 12:16pm.

I was the only saturday lunch time punter for my 30 minute stay.

2-3 casks on and my Adnams Ghost Ship was in good condition, even if the first sold of the day.

Lovely chatty Irish landlady, who's family have run the place for 25 years.

Good Beer Guide 2022.

On 11th April 2022 - rating: 6
[User has posted 1329 recommendations about 1315 pubs]


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Pub SignMan left this review about Hermits Cave

This is a nice, ornate street corner pub with some interesting Victorian features, located across the road from its sister pub the Stormbird. The interior describes a wide arc and has scuffed bare floorboards throughout and a similarly curved servery around the rear wall. The bar has a nice dark wood counter with some well worked supporting pillars holding up a grand gantry which has a row of overhanging lamps along it, held in place by decorative brass brackets. The gantry has been topped with an eclectic selection of items including standard pub décor like jugs, lamps and bottles, plus some oddities such as handpulls, a strange looking bust and an ancient looking jack-in-the-box. Seating almost exclusively follows the front wall in the right-hand half of the pub, with a mix of benches, high stools and chairs available beneath the spectacular etched glass windows that act as the pub’s most distinctive feature – they are certainly eye-catching even getting my attention as I was walking along on the other side of the road late at night. A fine marble fireplace dominates the end wall, with a large elaborate mantle and plain mirror above. The walls have a green lincrusta lower section and warm red floral wallpapered uppers decorated with modest art prints and shelves full of old whisky bottles and boxes. The left-hand side of the pub is partly obscured by a section of partitioning wall on entry, but opens out beyond the end of the servery, giving the place a semi self-contained lounge bar feel, with similar furniture and décor to the main bar area.
They had two cask ales available when I arrived – Five Points Pale and Fyne Ales Jarl – with Five Points Bitter having recently been taken off. A friendly but overworked barmaid showed me to the last remaining table and poured a very nice pint of the Jarl which was a timely reminder of what a good beer this can be. There was a full house on my Thursday evening visit, with plenty of other punters getting turned away as the night went on.
This is a nice pub that has kept a lot of its traditional features and benefits from this by feeling like a nice local’s pub in a part of town full of over-modernised, craft beer focussed venues. This was the pick of the Camberwell pubs I visited on a recent crawl of the area and would be the first place I’d mark down for a revisit.

On 20th October 2020 - rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about Hermits Cave

Nice old curved pub, opened out inside but remaining reasonably traditional, wood flooring, wallpapered walls and etched glass windows.Seven handpumps on the bar,I didn't note all the beers but Adnams Mosaic and Fyne Ales Jarl were among them, the later being very good, also a couple of Ciders were on a couple of the handles. A decent pub.

On 5th August 2018 - rating: 7
[User has posted 1868 recommendations about 1841 pubs]


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Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Rex Rattus
Denmark Hill, 0.53 miles, 10 min walk (show)
Loughborough Junction, 0.81 miles, 15 min walk (show)
Peckham Rye, 1.2 miles, 23 min walk (show)
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7th Dec 2022, 15:06
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11th Apr 2022, 12:25
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