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Micropub in [[Locale Eltham|Eltham]], in the Good Beer Guide. Like many such establishments, the decor is simple, with a wooden floor, plain cream walls, and high tables, chairs, and wooden banquettes lining the walls. Various bits of local and beer-related historical advertising add interest, including old pump badges mounted on mock ceiling beams and an old sign for the long-closed Eltham Park Station. A piano sits against the front window. The bar is in the corner, with no handpumps but a board <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/29482956096/ photo]</small> listing the ales on stillage in the cellar behind. A small back room has half-panelled walls surmounted by flock-style wallpaper, and normal-height chairs and tables plus a couple of church pews tucked in the corners. [[Kake]] visited on a Tuesday lunchtime in September 2016. Six real ales were available, all interesting and all priced between £3 and £3.80/pint. Tonbridge Pond Life (£1.50/half) was well-kept. There were two other customers at noon, apparently regulars, and another one arrived while I was there. No music was playing. Service was friendly. One of the characteristics of micropubs is that they aim to encourage conversation between strangers. I would have liked to join in the conversation in the main room, but as none of the seating in there was accessible, I ended up in the back room, which felt a little isolating. Food is limited to bar snacks: pork pies, ploughmans lunches, cheese platters, crisps, nuts, and pork scratchings. A sign notes that talking on mobile phones will be punished with a £1 fine to charity, though texting and browsing is fine. Another sign warns that dogs are not allowed. Accessibility: A small step to get in, no more than a couple of inches. All the seating in the main room is at high tables, and although the back room has normal-height tables, one does end up a little isolated from the main conversation back there. No steps to toilets, and the corridor is relatively wide though does have a couple of 90-degree bends in it. See also: * [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/82612/ Pubs Galore comments] * [http://billspubs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/the-long-pond-eltham.html Bill's Pubs review] * [http://bitterbloke.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-long-pond-micropub-eltham.html A Bitter Bloke review] * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/44336/ Beer In The Evening comments] * [https://whatpub.com/pubs/SEL/13492/ WhatPub entry] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], September 2016. Opening hours taken from sign outside, September 2016.</div>
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