The Hartley, Bermondsey  rated2 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Bermondsey

address:

64 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 4TR

phone:

0871 258 5328*
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nearest stations:

Borough London Underground station
(990m) - zone 1

London Bridge Railway stationLondon Underground station
(1Km) - zone 1

Elephant and Castle London Underground station
(1.1Km) - zones 1/2

London Bridge City Pier River Thames boat service
(1.2Km)

St. Katharine's pier River Thames boat service
(1.3Km)

how to find it:

Borough: Exit tube, cross the road and head straight down Great Dover Street, all the way to the Bricklayers Arms (the great big roundabout). Bear right down Tower Bridge Road and the pub will be on your right.London Bridge: From the Tooley Street exit, turn right and walk down Tooley Street before turning right down Bermondsey Street. Walk all the way to the end, past the church, the cross over Long Lane. Head straight on until the road joins with Tower Bridge Road when you should see the pub across the road from you.

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nearby attraction(s):

The Fashion and Textile Museum (670m)

Design Museum (1.1Km)

Cross Bones (1.1Km)

picture of Hartley
Located opposite the oldest Pie and Mash shop in London, the Hartley offers a more modern take on the world of wining and dining (translation: Tower Bridge Road gets a gastropub). As with many gastropubs, it's a comfortable enough place to pass the time in. With this one though - despite the best efforts of the friendly bar staff - we felt there was something missing. Complaining about the options on the pumps may sound petty in a gastropub, but a selection of Guinness / Stella / Boddingtons / Staropramen just doesn't cut it these days. Seriously quiet when we last looked in (we have a feeling most of the possible clientele didn't make it past the Garrison on Bermondsey Street) with only a few of the punters from the pub's previous incarnation propping up the bar. We're sure this one fills up at other times, but on the evidence of our visit, it wasn't a pub at ease with itself.

reviewed:
27/02/2006
reviewed by jack

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