Graveney and Meadow, Tooting, SW17

Tris C left this review about Graveney and Meadow

This is a late Victorian pub and quite a plain one too, originally known as the Horse & Groom. I’m not sure where the current name comes from, but not being pub-like isn’t a great way to attract customers; the current name sounds like a firm of undertakers.
A Moby mentions, it’s a bit bohemian, with seemingly nothing of the original pub remaining, other than some seemingly very old dark wood creaky stairs to the lavs. With a flagstone floor, walls are either floral wallpaper, mustard yellow or bare brick, with knickknacks and some trendy prints. There are exposed black ceiling rafters, light coming from modern sconces. There’s an open kitchen and a room to the rear from which clapping emanated; further investigation revealed and open mic night. There were bored games and an off-centre bar with metal top and a front which appears to have been fashioned from lockers, painted brick red. Customers were few in number compared to the other six pubs visited along this strip, but they were young professional types.
There are now no ale pumps, the choice being Gamma Ray, Amstel or Staropramen at £2.75 a half, served by a grumpy yet noncommunicative barman.
This isn’t a great place by any standards, the lack of ale diminishing the appeal, but perhaps it redeems itself in the form of the variety show; it’s certainly better than the Long Room.

On 6^th April 2022 - rating: 4
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