GastroPubReviews Archive

  • Tweet In the greenest corner of South East London, The Rosendale in West Dulwich has been reborn courtesy of peranial pub-upgrade specialists, Renaissance Pubs.  With other pubs in their impressive...

    The Rosendale, SE21

    Tweet In the greenest corner of South East London, The Rosendale in West Dulwich has been reborn courtesy of peranial pub-upgrade specialists, Renaissance Pubs.  With other pubs in their impressive...

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  • Tweet Take a look at the Laughing Gravy’s website and the blurb suggests that it is ‘London’s best kept secret’. Expecting this to be a euphemism for ‘generally empty’, I...

    Laughing Gravy, SE1

    Tweet Take a look at the Laughing Gravy’s website and the blurb suggests that it is ‘London’s best kept secret’. Expecting this to be a euphemism for ‘generally empty’, I...

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  • Tweet Long-standing Streatham pub, The Manor Arms, has looked to the past to take it into the future with its recent relaunch.  Set on the site of a former grimy...

    The Manor Arms, SW16

    Tweet Long-standing Streatham pub, The Manor Arms, has looked to the past to take it into the future with its recent relaunch.  Set on the site of a former grimy...

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  • Tweet The megalithic bronze statues and towering blocks of commerce in Exchange Square make for an unlikely setting for the city outpost of the newest pub from Geronimo Inns. The...

    The White Horse, EC2

    Tweet The megalithic bronze statues and towering blocks of commerce in Exchange Square make for an unlikely setting for the city outpost of the newest pub from Geronimo Inns. The...

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  • Tweet Take a bunch of restaurant staff who have shed blood, sweet and tears working their way up to work in some of London’s finest bars and Michelin-starred restaurants and...

    Prince of Wales, SW15

    Tweet Take a bunch of restaurant staff who have shed blood, sweet and tears working their way up to work in some of London’s finest bars and Michelin-starred restaurants and...

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  • Tweet The annoying thing about the so called Gastropub is that they so often disappoint.  Too many ailing establishments slap on a lick of neutral paint, unenthusiastically overhaul the menu...

    The Jam Tree, W14

    Tweet The annoying thing about the so called Gastropub is that they so often disappoint.  Too many ailing establishments slap on a lick of neutral paint, unenthusiastically overhaul the menu...

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  • Tweet As the economy has boomed, the foodie world has largely become influenced by style over substance.  We’ve all been wowed by a ‘pithivier of this’, ‘foam of that’ and...

    The Avalon, SW12

    Tweet As the economy has boomed, the foodie world has largely become influenced by style over substance.  We’ve all been wowed by a ‘pithivier of this’, ‘foam of that’ and...

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  • Tweet We all love the idea of heading down to a country pub when it’s cold & dreary outside to huddle round a big fire and tell stories over a...

    Red Barn, RH7

    Tweet We all love the idea of heading down to a country pub when it’s cold & dreary outside to huddle round a big fire and tell stories over a...

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  • Tweet Being in the restaurant game, I have the pleasure of meeting some right characters on my travels. And so it was that my trip to The Warrington produced a...

    The Warrington, W9

    Tweet Being in the restaurant game, I have the pleasure of meeting some right characters on my travels. And so it was that my trip to The Warrington produced a...

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  • Tweet The term gastro-pub could almost have been created for the modern socio-conscious Sloaney.  Think about it.  A supposedly simple venue where diners can feel like they are  ’slumming it’ combined with...

    The Botanist, SW1

    Tweet The term gastro-pub could almost have been created for the modern socio-conscious Sloaney.  Think about it.  A supposedly simple venue where diners can feel like they are  ’slumming it’ combined with...

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