The Woolpack

The Whitesmiths Arms looks decidedly unwelcoming from the outside

mikec wrote:

@Guy's street
Yeah, Simon the Tanner is probably (to my mind) the nicest of those you've suggested. But, because it's nice, it's always very full. Not their fault, of course.

I'll have a look at the Britannia, never been in, so I'll pop in next time I'm passing. Cheers :-)

Strange - I've never noticed StheT to be particularly busy, but I tend to only go in quite late for a couple when I do go so probably miss the post-work crowd.

Don't forget The Royal Oak on Tabard st, now that is a proper pub.

southwarkSimon wrote:

Don't forget The Royal Oak on Tabard st, now that is a proper pub.

Seconded.

boroughpaul wrote:

The Whitesmiths Arms looks decidedly unwelcoming from the outside

They are very welcoming inside, though. Plus they have a dishy new barman on staff called James ... I might have to pop along for a drink or two! I wish they did food, that would be my only complaint.

must say i agree with boroughpaul, we visit here at least 4/5 times per week for Lunch and occasionally in the evening for drinks, the food is superb and the beer garden when sunny is amazing.

Yes it's too busy at times, and the staff can be a tad abrupt when clearing the garden, but from what I’ve seen they have to be as people just don’t want to leave and can be very rude.

I'm not sure why they have the policy of emptying the garden so early, and it is frustrating that they don’t let you drink out the front but i suppose they have to abide by certain rules.

It's busy everyday so they must be doing most things right and it's miles ahead of pubs like the Shipright & Horseshoe. We genuinely love it

Flower Lady wrote:

it is frustrating that they don’t let you drink out the front

Thank goodness they don't. (No, I don't live opposite, but suspect the local residents may well be grateful for that 'rule' too).

It's a place I have previously overlooked, but now fancy investigating.

Flower Lady, what pub are you referring to here??

had some leaving drinks at The Woolpack recently, everyone made comments about how pricey the drinks are, we ate nibbles, which were good, the 'woolpack platter' was nice to share

but the staff!, some of them had a face like a well slapped a*se, rude, moody, miserable, if i did my job with a face/ attitude like that i would of been sacked years a go i am sure, one of them just ignored us talking to her, it was almost comical really, except it was real, wouldn't go back.... but hey ho, lar de dah

Me too! I asked for the service to be taken off the bill as when the waitress took our order, we were sitting upstairs, she was more interesed in looking at herself in the mirror and messing with her off the shoulder t shirt than listening to us!