The Ivy House, Nunhead Concerts

Great beers with large local selection. Always a fun atmosphere with lots of interesting groups (book group and a knitting circle). Nice tables out front and big sheltered garden out back. We normally eat their home made pizza - but kitchen is closed Monday; but they were happy for us to order in from our favourite local pizza Mamma Dough. Just about perfect pub experience.

Chilled, friendly, unpretentious and seems like an all-round great place. History and community innovation fuse with an alchemy few can match. The kind of pub that makes moving in within walking distance a sound proposition. #10 #43

Hadn't been to this pub for many years and was somewhat disappointed. Firstly, they've got rid of their car park and turned it into a "covered outside space", which I suppose is fine when the weather is good but I'm guessing it's hardly been used for the last six months. There is a little car park round the corner, but it's not free. The next thing I found disappointing is that there are only two tables which are normal height with normal chairs. The rest are high tables with tall stools that anyone with mobility issues (me!) or who is over a certain age (also me!) would struggle to get on to! Once settled at one of the normal sized tables, a young lady took our drinks order. Ten minutes later, they still hadn't arrived so we caught the eye of the barman and asked him where our drinks were. He was very apologetic and produced them within a minute. Apparently the young lady, rather than simply give the order to him verbally, had "put it in the system". Clearly, their system doesn't work. We ordered one starter, one main and a bowl of cheesy truffle chips. After a few minutes, the young lady came and asked us if we wanted it all to come at the same time and we said we did and we also mentioned we were a bit short of time as we were going to an event at Tonbridge School. Ten minutes later the starter arrived. After another five minutes there was no sign of the rest of our order so we asked the barman to check. He disappeared and another five minutes went by before he returned with the rest of our food. He told us that, unfortunately, it was a busy time and several orders had gone in at the same time. The pub was less than a quarter full and most of the others weren't actually eating! The food was average except for the chips which were good. The white wine was not cold enough. The service was polite but totally inefficient, there are obviously a few communication problems between the waiting staff, the bar staff and the kitchen staff. Probably won't be returning.

We went to this restaurant with our friends for the first time. The atmosphere is cozy. The staff is friendly. A variety of cocktails . The dish is served quickly. We ordered pasta. The pasta was cooked amazingly delicious. The prices are reasonable. I recommend.

Always loved this pub. Kept the old style decorations, wood panel, stained glass. Nice local historic music posters. Hadroast beef on Sunday, trimmings were next level and they brought mustard and horseradish over when they brought my plate out. Nice people