The Duke of Edinburgh Reviews Summary

Beer Garden

Pros:

• "Huge beer garden out the back with an outdoor bar, bunting, lots of seats, a pool table, and a stage for bands."
• "The beer garden was huge and would have been amazing in summer."
• "Looks like a quaint British village pub on the outside but it has a huge beer garden with plenty of seating."
• "This place is a great old school welcoming pub. Very spacious and has an amazing huge back garden."
• "Has possibly the biggest beer garden I have ever seen in London and is well worth a visit in the summertime for that alone."
• "One of the best beer gardens in Brixton and Clapham."
• "The huge beer garden is heaving on a hot/sunny day."

Cons:

• "Booked a table to watch sport, at half time they closed the garden and everyone came inside."
• "Garden is MASSIVE but, it looks incredibly dirty! All canopies/umbrellas are thick with black dirt!"
• "The garden area closes at around 10:30 pm and all the people have to move inside pub area which is very small and this makes a lot of congestion."
• "Renowned for having a great covered beer garden but they shut it at 9:30 which is ridiculously early and forces everyone inside which causes unpleasant crowding."
• "The garden is very large but it looks like a backyard that hasn't been attended for weeks."
• "The only down side is the garden closes at around 10pm so you are forced to go inside."
• "I thought it was a bit odd that you’re not allowed to stand up in certain areas of the beer garden due to neighbour complaints."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere, service was quick and staff friendly."
• "Large pub with lots of beers on tap. Was very busy in the afternoon but loads of staff and no trouble getting served."
• "Great staff as well - very everybody is keen and nice!"
• "Excellent bar staff."
• "Friendly staff and really nice manager."
• "Very friendly and helpful staff."
• "Nice pub, efficient service, friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Kenzo (apparently the manager) was very, very rude and the attitude was incredibly unprofessional."
• "Staff and management treated everyone like an inconvenience."
• "I found the staff very unfriendly and unprofessional, their app to order drinks has bugs."
• "The staff on this place don't pay any kind of attention to customers."
• "Was met with a very unfriendly & arrogant woman behind the bar."
• "The male staff were shouting constantly as if they were drunk."
• "Very rude, unwelcomed and not flexible at all hostess."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "The jerk chicken and fries served from the outside kitchen are to die for."
• "They also have good prices on drinks and happy hour as well!"
• "A well-catered watering hole, who serve up a mean fish of jerk fries."
• "Jerk chicken burger is a must. Plenty of spice and juicy."
• "Great selection of beers in the pub from American craft ales to European beers."
• "Dog friendly and good food as well."
• "The food is lovely (vegan options available!)."

Cons:

• "The accompanying Yorkshire puddings were stale and hard as a rock."
• "Ordered their 'Bodean's BBQ' which was disappointing."
• "Food has gone very badly down hill here since changing to the Bodeans menu."
• "Food was not great - had a jerk chicken burger with fries, food came out cold and the chicken was covered in fatty skin."
• "The salad was stale, the chips were more like potatoes, the cheese looked like plastic."
• "The food was awful. My fish (from the fish and chips) arrived partially raw."
• "The food quality was bad the ribs tasted off and the sauce was not nice."

Ambience and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Local favourite full of super-slouchy sofas, retro lamps, flea market posters and flavoured ciders."
• "Crowd is late 20s to mid 30s on a Sat night. Has a bit of a communal spirit, people will make eye contact and smile."
• "Fantastic pub, nestled in-between Brixton and Clapham."
• "Love the authentic wood paneled interior."
• "Service is efficient and the atmosphere is buzzy."
• "The atmosphere is great and relaxing."
• "Such good vibes."

Cons:

• "Not a particularly nice atmosphere inside on the weekend."
• "Inside is fairly dank but there's an amazing beer garden hidden out the back that's definitely worth checking out on a nice summer day."
• "The indoor area is nothing to speak of."
• "Standard pub. Has an entirely unmerited popularity."
• "No track and trace or social distancing. Booked ahead for a table in the garden but was a free-for-all with big crowds of people."
• "The service and ambience were atrocious."
• "Would not recommend at all."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Huge garden which has plenty of shade."
• "Have to order through app, and drinks come quite quickly."
• "Garden is lovely with great seating areas and cute lighting."
• "It’s fairy lights and large benches make it a beautiful setting."
• "Coronovirus procedures are also very good, hand sanitiser provided, social distancing followed and the booking system works."
• "An obscenely large beer garden (almost all of which is well protected from the elements)."
• "The beer garden is immense and well located."

Cons:

• "There was also sick at the back door to the garden next to where we were sitting and none of the staff bothered to clean it up."
• "Some of the fake leather sofas look like a knife went through."
• "The tables are crammed in with little room to move between them or even stand around a table."
• "I would prefer tables to be cleaned (our table had animal poo on it, staff saw it and did not clean)."
• "Pint are served in plastic single-use glasses if you're seating outside..."
• "The use of toilet attendants hassling you for change is also very tedious and makes you dread needing the loo."
• "I have rarely been into such a grotty place."