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The Old Justice was a pub near the river on the [[Locale Bermondsey|Bermondsey]]/[[Locale Rotherhithe|Rotherhithe]] border, serving Korean food. It has now closed.
 Pub near the river on the [[Locale Bermondsey|Bermondsey]]/[[Locale Rotherhithe|Rotherhithe]] border.
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[http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/05/24/farewell-old-justice-hello-k-place/ According to London Korean Links], it closed in early 2015. According to the South East London CAMRA mailing list, as of Autumn 2015 it's due to reopen as a craft beer pub called [https://twitter.com/WinnicottSE16 The Winnicott].

The information below is retained for historical purposes.

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Pub near the river on the [[Locale Bermondsey|Bermondsey]]/[[Locale Rotherhithe|Rotherhithe]] border.
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* [http://kimchisoul.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/old-justice-new-concept/ Kimchi Soul review of the restaurant]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070708074054/http://www.hwacha.net/nyamnyam/old_justice Nyam Nyam review of the restaurant]
 * [http://www.southwarkweekender.co.uk/food-and-drink/00,news,3471,187,00.htm Southwark Weekender review of the restaurant]
* [http://www.hwacha.net/nyamnyam/old_justice Nyam Nyam review of the restaurant]
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* [http://themightyaubergine.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/korean-restaurants-in-london-busan-old.html Mighty Aubergines review]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], June 2010. Food last sampled by [[Kake]] and [[bob]], June 2008.</div>
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 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], June 2010. Food last sampled by [[Kake]] and [[Bob]], 8 June 2008. Opening hours and food times confirmed with the landlord (by [[Kake]]) on 6 May 2007.</div>
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category='Featured Article,Now Closed'
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 hours_text='noon-12:30am Mon-Thu; noon-1:30am Fri-Sat; noon-midnight Sun'
latitude='51.499756'
locale='Bermondsey,Rotherhithe,SE16'
longitude='-0.062532'
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 opening_hours_text='noon-12:30am Mon-Thu; noon-1:30am Fri-Sat; noon-midnight Sun'
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summary='Pub in Bermondsey, incorporating a Korean restaurant.' summary='Now closed; was a pub in Bermondsey, incorporating a Korean restaurant.'		 postcode='SE16 4TY'
summary='Pub in Bermondsey, incorporating a Korean restaurant.' summary='Now closed; was a pub in Bermondsey, incorporating a Korean restaurant.'

Pub near the river on the Bermondsey/Rotherhithe border.

The front part of the pub is just a standard lager-drinker's pub, no real ale, nothing particularly exciting or unusual. (Although it does now have one handpump, on a June 2010 visit the pump clip was turned round and the young man behind the bar didn't think it was ever likely to be coming back on.)

The really interesting aspect, and perhaps the main reason to choose this place over any of the other locals around here, is the saloon bar out the back — it's been converted into a restaurant area which serves Korean and Japanese food (noon-10pm every day, as of May 2007, with a possible extension to 11pm if the chef happens to still be around).

Kake visited the front part on a sunny Sunday afternoon in June 2008; there was quite a contrast between the scattering of solemn tourists (French and American, I believe) sitting on the benches out the front and the cheerfully loud and tipsy locals inside (who I was quite happy to banter with, but who might well come across as scary or intimidating to some). Strongbow was £2.80/pint and Guinness £3/pint. Another visit on a Friday afternoon in June 2010 was very similar, though with fewer tourists (Strongbow £1.60/half this time).

The back room is perhaps not really describable as a restaurant as such; although it has a separate entrance and there's no throughway to the lounge bar, it really feels more like a room in a pub than a restaurant (especially given the sport-infested flatscreen TV in the corner). On our May 2007 visit, there was also an outdoor dining area/beer garden leading off the saloon bar; it's pretty nice, with fairy lights and plenty of plants in pots, but in June 2008 this door was closed and we don't know if the garden is still in use.

Kake, doop, and Bob visited on a Wednesday evening in March 2007 to try some of the Korean dishes. The food was pretty good, and sensibly priced. The Korean pancakes with spring onions and seafood, served as a starter, were tasty; hot, tender, and crisp without being oily. Dol sop bi bim bap (vegetables with sizzling rice in a stone bowl) was good too, particularly the mushrooms, though it was a bit of a surprise to find meat in the dish as well (a friend of the landlord tells us via email that they'll make it vegetarian if you ask).

Kake and Bob had another go at the Korean food on a Sunday evening in June 2008. (Bob had wanted to order from the Japanese menu, but it wasn't available that evening.) Kake went for the dol sop bi bim bap again (£6.50) photo, and it was again good. Bob had the chargrilled belly pork (£7); sadly, although they have proper grills embedded in the tables now, there needs to be at least two of you having barbecue for this to be sensible, so it came already grilled and chopped on a sizzler platter.

Getting here: Probably the easiest (though not the shortest) way to find the Old Justice is to come out of Bermondsey Station, cross the road at the crossing, turn left, and take the next right, which is Bevington Street. Follow this all the way to the end, and the Old Justice is on your right, with its main entrance just around the corner on Bermondsey Wall East, and the restaurant entrance around the next corner from the main entrance. Note: the photo above is taken from Bermondsey Wall East; if you follow these directions then you'll be approaching from behind the pub on the right hand side of the photo. (No, it doesn't look as if there's a street there, but there is.)

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Last visited by Kake, June 2010. Food last sampled by Kake and Bob, 8 June 2008. Opening hours and food times confirmed with the landlord (by Kake) on 6 May 2007.

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