“Just how a gastropub should be” – this Anchor & Hope sibling would be “a terrific asset” anywhere, but seems particularly “awesome” in “the Stockwell desert”; its “rough and ready” style only adds to the ambience, as does the “enthusiastic” service, and the “superb” and “hearty” British cuisine.
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For a modest-looking gastropub, this new Stockwell outfit has quickly commanded a lot of critical attention, a fact largely explained by the fact that it’s another venture from the Anchor & Hope ...
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Press Reviews (3)
Zoe Williams (24th May 2010)
9/10
High praise for the Stockwell gastropub, where all dishes sampled please. “I don't even need to tell you to come here… it will very soon be one of those places that everyone has been to.”
Fay Maschler (18th March 2010)
4/5 stars
Menus are “short and to the point about seasonality and vibrancy” at this “big, fairly ramshackle” Stockwell gastro pub and served by “amiable” staff at “extraordinarily reasonable prices”. Bar snacks - the foie gras toastie hailed “the bar snack of the year (my award)” - prove particularly noteworthy. “It is a punt well worth taking even if Stockwell isn’t your manor”.
Jay Rayner (14th March 2010)
The critic is impressed by his visit to a recently re-opened pub in Stockwell, where he finds “a hugely attractive type of food: rustic, solid, big flavours, no ingredient frottage”. On an “admirably short” menu, starters and bar snacks attract particular praise, with the special of the day gladly described as “proper dinner”: “the entire operation [is] without pretension; they are absolutely not trying to be all things to all people. They are only trying to be themselves.”
Zoe Williams (24th May 2010)
Fay Maschler (18th March 2010)
Jay Rayner (14th March 2010)
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