Historical version 17 of Royal Standard, CR0 1SS (view current version)
- 020 8688 9749
- 1 Sheldon Street, CR0 1SS (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- 11am-midnight Mon-Sat; 11am-11pm Sun
Fuller's pub in Croydon, in the Good Beer Guide.
It's small but cosy, traditional and friendly, and hasn't much changed over the years since bob first visited in 2004.
Although the beer garden is across the road from the pub and situated under the Croydon flyover, it's actually much nicer than these bare facts might suggest, and quite a pleasant place to sit out in summer; the road outside the pub is a quiet one, and the flyover traffic is high enough up that it doesn't really intrude.
The pub has a selection of board games (including Boggle), and a shelf of books which you can read in the pub or take away with you if you make a charity donation. There's also a fruit machine.
One of the best pubs in the area, totally free of lager louts.
When Kake et al. visited in July 2011, Discovery was £3.25/pint; they also had HSB, ESB, London Pride, and Chiswick.
As of July 2011 they do food at lunchtimes, but not in the evenings. However, in the evenings they do filled rolls and some very good pork pies (£2.50) photo.
Comment added by Blanksight: A great regulars' pub, serving four Fuller's beers in mint condition. If you're lucky there'll be food of some sort. No music, no machines, only darts.
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