Eat Out London!The Earl Spencer
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‘PUB OF THE YEAR’ – Wandsworth Borough Business Awards 2015-16 ‘CELLAR KEEPER OF THE YEAR’ – Greater London – Regional Winner 2016 ‘RECOMMENDED’ – Michelin Restaurant & Hotel Great Britain and Ireland Guide 2016 ‘GOURMANDS DELIGHT’ – The Sunday Times 2016 ‘FINALIST’ – The Food Awards London 2016 ‘BIB GOURMAND AWARD’ – Michelin Restaurant & Hotel Great Britain and Ireland Guide 2015 ‘TOP TEN SUNDAY LUNCHES’ – Gentleman’s Journal 2015 ‘PICK OF THE PUBS’ – AA Pub Guide 2014 PUB RESERVATIONS Kindly note we only take pub bookings by telephone.
The Michelin Guide 2017 ‘Bib Gourmand Award’ “A handsome Edwardian Pub a baseline lob away from the All England Tennis Club the Cooking is fervently seasonal; flavours are assured and ingredients marry well” “Traditional” “Good food at moderate prices” The Good Pub Guide 2017 ‘Main Entry’ South London, “Sizeable Edwardian pub with lively bustling atmosphere and plenty of cheerful customers” “Standard Lamps, Modern Art on the walls and an open fire” “Stools line the U-Shaped counter where efficient and friendly staff serve 6 ales on hand pump” AA Pub Guide 2017 ‘Pick of the Pubs’, “Modern Community & gastropub” ”Seasonal Menus with everything made on the premises including the bread” Square Meal 2017 “vibrant menu that changes every day & is full of seasonal interest in summer & in winter.
There’s a thought-out wine list for accompaniment, but also plenty of interest for ale drinkers” Time Out Guy Diamond said, “This grand Edwardian drinking palace has had the full gastropub makeover with daily-changing menu and just-baked bread on the bar counter, but is still a proper pub with a log fire and 6 cask-conditioned ales”.
It is a 7 minute walk from the station.
PUB RESERVATIONS Kindly note we only take pub bookings by telephone.
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‘PUB OF THE YEAR’ – Wandsworth Borough Business Awards 2015-16 ‘CELLAR KEEPER OF THE YEAR’ – Greater London – Regional Winner 2016 ‘RECOMMENDED’ – Michelin Restaurant & Hotel Great Britain and Ireland Guide 2016 ‘GOURMANDS DELIGHT’ – The Sunday Times 2016 ‘FINALIST’ – The Food Awards London 2016 ‘BIB GOURMAND AWARD’ – Michelin Restaurant & Hotel Great Britain and Ireland Guide 2015 ‘TOP TEN SUNDAY LUNCHES’ – Gentleman’s Journal 2015 ‘PICK OF THE PUBS’ – AA Pub Guide 2014 PUB RESERVATIONS Kindly note we only take pub bookings by telephone.
The Michelin Guide 2017 ‘Bib Gourmand Award’ “A handsome Edwardian Pub a baseline lob away from the All England Tennis Club the Cooking is fervently seasonal; flavours are assured and ingredients marry well” “Traditional” “Good food at moderate prices” The Good Pub Guide 2017 ‘Main Entry’ South London, “Sizeable Edwardian pub with lively bustling atmosphere and plenty of cheerful customers” “Standard Lamps, Modern Art on the walls and an open fire” “Stools line the U-Shaped counter where efficient and friendly staff serve 6 ales on hand pump” AA Pub Guide 2017 ‘Pick of the Pubs’, “Modern Community & gastropub” ”Seasonal Menus with everything made on the premises including the bread” Square Meal 2017 “vibrant menu that changes every day & is full of seasonal interest in summer & in winter.
There’s a thought-out wine list for accompaniment, but also plenty of interest for ale drinkers” Time Out Guy Diamond said, “This grand Edwardian drinking palace has had the full gastropub makeover with daily-changing menu and just-baked bread on the bar counter, but is still a proper pub with a log fire and 6 cask-conditioned ales”.
It is a 7 minute walk from the station.
PUB RESERVATIONS Kindly note we only take pub bookings by telephone.
Earl Spencer - London Restaurant Reviews | Hardens
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This is a good gastro pub in Southfields.
"This is a good gastro pub in Southfields.
We took Malaysian friends there to experience a London pub.
Drinks are self service and ordering is done at the bar.
Food service was efficient.
REVIEW: The Earl Spencer, Merton Road, Southfields - The ...
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Paired with the lovely warmth in the room, some fantastic craft beers and a very good, accessible wine list – this is the sort of place you only wish was on your doorstop.
The batter on the fish was good, nice and golden but there just a little something missing – I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
The batter on the fish was good, nice and golden but there just a little something missing – I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
It truly is the local pub you’d want on your doorstop, with its cosy charm, outside seating in the summer and a good selection of drinks – with the added bonus of some good quality pub food.
There is certainly room for improvement on the food side and as a local pub perhaps I’m looking deeper in to this more than I need to – but they were just awarded a Bib Gourmand and that’s nothing to snigger at.
Spencer House, London - Wikipedia
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Spencer House at 27 St. James's Place is a mansion in St James's, London, England, and is the property of the Earl Spencer.
[1] In 1758 James 'Athenian' Stuart who had studied the arcadian values of Ancient Greek architecture replaced Vardy as the architect of the project; as a direct result of this Spencer House was to have authentic Greek details in the internal decoration, and thus it became one of the first examples in London of the neoclassical style, which was to sweep the country.
As the home of successive Earls and Countesses Spencer the state rooms of the house became a theatre for the pageant that was London high society.
The lease of Spencer house is valued at 35 million pounds in the 2017 RIT capital Plc annual report.
Together with Lancaster House, Bridgwater House, Dudley House and Apsley House, Spencer House is one of the last of the many aristocratic townhouses which once adorned central London.
Earl Spencer | Bars and pubs in Southfields, London
On a cold and wet Saturday afternoon there are two types of pub.
One where you decide 'well, that's us here for the rest of the day' and the other where you longingly look out of the window and question 'how cold and wet is it really?'
The Earl Spencer falls into the second category.
But there needs to be more, and in truth this is a soul-less, echoey husk that is closer to a restaurant than a pub (the food, it should be said, is excellent).
on leaving the pub the answer was still the same – 'because you live there'.