The Dean Swift, Bermondsey  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Bermondsey

address:

32 Lafone Street, SE1 2LX

phone:

0871 258 5303*
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nearest stations:

St. Katharine's pier River Thames boat service
(340m)

Tower Millennium Pier River Thames boat service
(530m)

Tower Hill London Underground station
(760m) - zone 1

London Bridge City Pier River Thames boat service
(790m)

London Bridge Railway stationLondon Underground station
(790m) - zone 1

how to find it:

From London Bridge, exit onto Tooley Street and walk down to the junction with Tower Bridge Road Carry on across paased the Wetherspoons and take the second left (Lafone Street). The pub will be a couple of minutes up the street

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nearby attraction(s):

Tower Bridge (130m)

Design Museum (240m)

The Fashion and Textile Museum (490m)

picture of Dean Swift
Despite it's proximity to Shad Thames and Tower Bridge we have, up until now, managed to miss the Dean Swift off our reviewing roster. We've rectified that now though and are pleased to say that it's not a bad little pub overall. Presumably named after Jonathan Swift, satirist, essayist and Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, it's a subtly decorated pub with neutral colours along with black and white photo shots on the walls. It could be cold in here but ends up as modestly understated. Friendly service and a couple of ales make for a pleasant time here and they usually show the efforts from the Premiership's finest if that's your game. The Anchor Tap is the natural draw around these parts, but if you fancy a change of scene then you could do worse than sinking a couple of pints here.

reviewed:
18/12/2007
reviewed by redcat
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