Picture of Hole In The Wall, SE1 8SQ

Historical version 4 of Hole In The Wall, SE1 8SQ (view current version)

  • Telephone: 020 7928 6196
  • Address: 5 Mepham Street, SE1 8SQ (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
  • Opening Hours: 11am-11pm Mon-Thu; 11am-11:30pm Fri-Sat; noon-10:30pm Sun

Real ale pub very close to Waterloo Station, hidden under the arches of a railway bridge.

The entrance to this apparently very small pub is off Mepham Street, hidden down behind the bus stops outside Waterloo. However, going through the small front room leads you into a much larger space behind. Sport is shown on big screens and the feel is very much that of a locals' pub, despite its proximity to a major transport hub.

Food is served noon-9pm Monday to Saturday, and noon-4pm Sunday. Ewan wouldn't particularly recommend it, from the evidence of what he saw being eaten on a visit in early 2008. Looked to be fairly standard pub choices, nothing special.

See also:

Last visited by Bob, 24 May 2008. Opening hours and food times taken from Time Out website, May 2008.

Comment added by Kake: Two bars and a beer garden out the back. The back bar has a pinball machine ("Mediaeval Madness"). Beers on are TEA, Doom Bar, Greene King IPA, Broadside, Abbott, and Young's Ordinary. Agree that it feels very much like a locals' pub, at least this time of day.

OS X co-ord: 531019 OS Y co-ord: 180038 (Latitude: 51.503586 Longitude: -0.112059)
This is version 4 (as of 2008-05-30 15:00:11). View current version. List all versions.