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location:
address:
388 New Cross Road, SE14 6TY
phone:
0871 984 4541*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
New Cross 
(100m) - zone 2
New Cross Gate
(460m) - zone 2
Deptford
(580m)
Deptford Bridge 
(760m) - zones 2/3
St Johns
(1Km)
how to find it:
New Cross: cross the road on leaving the station, turn right and you're there. New Cross Gate: turn left and walk towards new Cross station, you'll see the pub just before you get to the station. Burgers and pies, amongst other pub staples. Everything good value at around £5-7. Well made, tasty and good size portions.
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The Amersham Arms - a long-time favourite of students and locals alike - has recently been refurbished by the people responsible for the Lock Tavern in Camden. Happily, they've done a good job - low lighting, retro couches and junk on the walls create a bohemian air. Cocktails are displayed on a greasy spoon café style pinboard and named after classic cars - fancy a Jensen Interceptor, perhaps? A little too clever for it's own good, we admit to being secretly impressed. They're also smart enough to keep food prices down; this is a student heavy area, so a well made burger only costs £5.50, while the beer choice includes Spitfire on tap. Service was good, but the more busy it became - and it became pretty darn busy - the more the queues backed up, in no small measure due to the preparation required for the aforementioned cocktails. It was also good to see that the back room still plays hosts to various musical entertainment - but was the 'Ska Burlesque' night a little too post-modern, perhaps? Overall, we really like it here and hope it doesn't suffer the fate of it's older brother by becoming too trendy for it's own good.
01/12/2007
TV
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bar billiards
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