Brixton pub recommendations

[DJ Bigga]

Where's the 'Dear oh Dear?'

Is it another name for that boring Trinity pub place?



Went to the Hob last night and it hasn't changed. Ended up playing pool to past midnight, with a load of the pissed crowd and Barefoot J hanging off my leg. It's not a good place for a quiet pint.

Come on T, I thought you knew Brickie? Dear oh dear is the place on the corner by the park, some call it drinkers corner or whatever. granted it's not a real pub, but the conversation can be quite good if you get there early enough.

 

[sim667]

Bumping a well old pub recommendation thread.

Has anyone got any suggestions for a Pub in Brixton thats quiet for a drink before a gig at the academy? Somewhere we can chat.

 

[colacubes]

Bumping a well old pub recommendation thread.

Has anyone got any suggestions for a Pub in Brixton thats quiet for a drink before a gig at the academy? Somewhere we can chat.

Is the gig on a weekday or weekend?

 

[clandestino]

Bumping a well old pub recommendation thread.

Has anyone got any suggestions for a Pub in Brixton thats quiet for a drink before a gig at the academy? Somewhere we can chat.

Marquis Of Lorne.

Marquis of Lorne pub, 49a Dalyell Road, Brixton, Lambeth, London SW9 9SA

 

[sim667]

Is the gig on a weekday or weekend?

Saturday

 

[colacubes]

Saturday

Bit trickier then. I'd try the Effra Social or Duke of Edinburgh. They're both a bit of a walk from the Academy so likely to be less full of Academy crowd. But it's a Saturday so you're going to struggle wherever tbh. I'd avoid Pop Brixton, Queens Head and Wetherspoons as they tend to be the busiest as they're all nearest the Academy.

ETA - Marquis of Lorne is a good suggestion.

 

[clandestino]

Had a quick skim back through this thread. A snapshot of a happy times long past. Lots of good people on this thread, discussing pubs that either no longer exist or have changed for the worse. And some posters that are sadly no longer with us either. A very happy/sad read.

 

[Maharani]

Marquis Of Lorne.

Marquis of Lorne pub, 49a Dalyell Road, Brixton, Lambeth, London SW9 9SA

Great old skool pub. Nice and quiet and cheaper too.

 

[editor]

Great old skool pub. Nice and quiet and cheaper too.

Whenever I've found myself recommending a Brixton pub as a "great old skool pub" it's usually not long before I'm reporting on its demise/conversion into flats. The Marquis is the very last old school boozer left anywhere near central Brixton. It's such a shame.

 

[Twattor]

Great old skool pub. Nice and quiet and cheaper too.

the Marquis is a pub i'd love to love, but whenever i've looked in they have had nothing but keg lager and guinness. A proper pub needs cask beer.

 

[Twattor]

Saturday

Queen's head is generally not too bad on an Academy night as most of the crowds come from the Brixton direction and don't get that far.

Brixton on a saturday evening is pretty hellish these days and best avoided unless you're feeling particularly masochistic. Get yourself on a bus to the top of the hill and go to Crown and Sceptre - cheap, old skool, and rarely so busy that you can't find a seat even on a saturday.

Otherwise, London Beer Lab is tucked away and off the beaten track; but closes at 9:00, is small, and technically a brewery tap rather than a pub so selection is limited. Ghost Whale (a "micro-pub") was fairly quiet this Saturday and has a little garden out the back but draft beer is limited and the canned/bottled beers can be frighteningly expensive so more one for the connoisseur than for a session.

 

[happyshopper]

Recommending a quiet pub on this thread is sort of a self-defeating exercise