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On a visit in August 2009 [[bob]] had a pint of HSB(£3.20) which was fine. Thai food is still served they have a sunday set lunch menu as well as the normal menu. There are sunday roasts availabel as part of the sunday set lunch. |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[[bob]], 16 August 2009. Opening hours and food times taken from website, March 2009.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and Jo, 29 March 2009. Opening hours and food times taken from website, March 2009.</div> |
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Fuller's pub on the edge of the Rotherhithe peninsula, not particularly close to any public transport other than the Hilton Ferry to Canary Wharf, but convenient for a Thames Path walk.
There is a horseshoe-shaped bar out the front with tables and chairs along each side photo, and dining room with table service out the back. The ladies' toilet (single, slightly cramped cubicle, clean enough though) is worth a visit for the amusing cartoons on the wall. There's a beer garden out through the dining room, though we've not been out there for a look yet.
It serves decent beer (London Pride is £3 as of May 2008). There are eight handpulls, most with London Pride, as well as Everard's Beacon on a visit in March 2009.
It offers good Thai food at reasonable prices (main courses with rice from around £8 as of March 2009), as well as a small selection of more traditional pub food Photo of menu front and back. Food is served 6pm-10pm Monday to Thursday, noon-2:30pm and 6pm-10:30pm Friday, noon-10:30pm Saturday, and 10am-10pm Sunday, and takeaway is also available during these hours. (They used to offer a delivery service, but we don't know whether this is still available.)
In May 2007, Kake and bob tried the £10 starter platter for two; the spring rolls were very good, and the rest of the platter was fine too. Pla rad pric (deep-fried cod with tamarind sauce, £9) was good, if a little sweet, and a generous portion. However, it wasn't spicy at all, despite being described as such on the menu. On a March 2009 visit, Ewan's vegetarian red curry was a perfectly reasonable example of the form photo. Food service was polite, unobtrusive, and perceptive - even though they were very busy. Kake would say it was excellent for a pub.
Bar skills are perhaps just slightly less excellent; bob has noted on two occasions that the staff didn't seem to know they were supposed to turn the pump clips around for beers that were off.
As of May 2008 the Pride may have gone up to £3/pint - this is the price we (Kake and doop) were told, but we paid "7 pound something" for a pint of Pride, a coffee (£1.95, from a filter jug, "perfectly respectable"), and a slice of apple pie (£3.25, reheated in microwave, with squirty cream from a can on the side) photo.
The place was fairly quiet on a Sunday afternoon, with four or five other customers. Music playing but not annoyingly loud, and quite chilled out. Landlord seems quite friendly.
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GPS data collected by bob on a Garmin eTrex, 1 April 2007, and released into the public domain: OSGB 536521, 180292
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