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Entrance is into a smallish room at the front, which has retained a lot of the traditional decoration. Wooden panelling announces the names of all the old Trumans beers, and an open fire keeps the main room toasty and warm in winter. There's also a fantastic back room with a stage area under a proscenium arch and gold lamé curtains, which in the past has hosted live music of all varieties (including Hugh Metcalfe's bonkers club night, the [http://www.iotacism.com/klinkerizer/index.shtml Klinker club], at which you can never be sure what to expect). There's a separate room with pool tables, and a beer garden out the back.
 Despite the three handpulls there hasn't always been real ale, though on a visit in December 2008 they had Harvey's Sussex Best on one. There's also a fairly limited selection of beers. The house wine isn't particularly good.
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The Ivy House reopened under new management in June 2011, and on [[Kake]], [[Ewan]], and [[Kerry]]'s visit in early July, the place still seemed to be finding its feet. Despite the flyers on the tables advertising film nights (Mondays), acoustic nights (Tuesdays), quiz nights (Wednesdays), funk/soul/'50s rock and roll nights (Thursdays), and live music (Fridays and Saturdays), the entertainment for the relevant evening (Thursday) seemed not to be happening; the back room was empty and although there was music playing in there (quite loudly), none of it was from any earlier than the '70s.
 However, it still manages to be a great pub. It has retained a lot of the traditional decoration. Wooden panelling announces the names of all the old Trumans beers, and an open fire keeps the main room toasty and warm in winter. There's also a fantastic back room with a stage area under a proscenium arch and gold lamé curtains which puts on live music of all varieties (including Hugh Metcalfe's bonkers club night, the [http://www.iotacism.com/klinkerizer/index.shtml Klinker club], at which you can never be sure what to expect), as well as doing salsa and disco nights (the proprietor has kept Beer In The Evening up-to-date with details of these).
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There are three handpulls on the part of the bar that runs through the back room, but on our visit the Greene King IPA wasn't on yet, the Adnams Bitter had just run out, and the Caledonian 80/- was undrinkably sour. They did however have Addlestone's Cloudy cider (£3.70/pint) and Cerveja Sagres.
 There's a separate room with pool tables, and a beer garden out the back.
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Food is served from a menu focusing on pizzas and burgers. [[Kake]]'s pizza had smoked salmon, spinach, black olives, and an egg (£8; photo to come); it wasn't bad, with a well-flavoured base and a nice runny yolk on the egg (though unfortunately most of the yolk was lost due to the pre-cutting of the pizza into squares). The olives did have a faintly unpleasant flavour, though not enough to dominate.

Accessibility: A step to get in. Once you're in, the bar, seating, and toilets are all on the same level.
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* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/4753/ Beer In The Evening comments]
 * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/4753/ Beer In The Evening comments] (mostly comments from the publican)
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Ewan]], and [[Kerry]], July 2011.</div>
 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and others, 3 December 2008.</div>
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summary='Traditional pub in Nunhead.' summary='Traditional pub in Nunhead.'
website='http://www.ivyhouselondon.com/'		 summary='Traditional pub in Nunhead.' website='http://www.ivyhouselondon.com/'

First impressions are that this is a locals' pub situated just off the top of Peckham Rye, in the southern reaches of Nunhead.

Despite the three handpulls there hasn't always been real ale, though on a visit in December 2008 they had Harvey's Sussex Best on one. There's also a fairly limited selection of beers. The house wine isn't particularly good.

However, it still manages to be a great pub. It has retained a lot of the traditional decoration. Wooden panelling announces the names of all the old Trumans beers, and an open fire keeps the main room toasty and warm in winter. There's also a fantastic back room with a stage area under a proscenium arch and gold lamé curtains which puts on live music of all varieties (including Hugh Metcalfe's bonkers club night, the Klinker club, at which you can never be sure what to expect), as well as doing salsa and disco nights (the proprietor has kept Beer In The Evening up-to-date with details of these).

There's a separate room with pool tables, and a beer garden out the back.

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Last visited by Ewan and others, 3 December 2008.

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