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For years, the bar on this site made a living trading as the moderately funky, student-pleasing 100, until a makeover by the team behind Tooting's Smoke bar tried to capitalise on the nearby White House's menu of funky house and cocktails. Now, with the Grey Goose, everything's gone grown-up. The chef works hard to locally source a great menu of gastropub classics (massive pork chops with slices of black pudding and apple sauce), and there are hand-pulled ales and wheat beer. A pretty, heated outdoor deck space plus the elegant upstairs Blue Bar (available for private hire) complete the picture. A fireplace, sofas and brioche bread and butter pudding make it a difficult place to leave.
Time Out Bars, Pubs & Clubs Guide 2008/9
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Good fun, good company, generous. Very sociable and love good wine, food and getting out. Into most sports and keeping in shape but not a...
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We had Sunday lunch here and although we were warned that the food would not be on schedule - they had planned a BBQ but the so-called 'summer' had meant relocating all cooking activities to the kitchen - we couldn't have been happier. The manager was delightful, recommending (reasonably-priced!) wine, and whisking up an exciting vegetarian option for a member of our party who couldn't find anything they liked on the menu.
We all had the burgers (the roasts wouldn't have been ready until 2.30 and we were going to Loaded in the Park) and they were delicious - moist, succulent, perfectly cooked (rare) beef. Chips were hot, crispy-on-the-outside-fluffy-on-the-inside, french-fry style moreish marvels, and, although we wanted pudding, we couldn't fit it in.
Well-priced, well-sourced, well-cooked & prepared food - a gem.
It's a tragic shame it's in Clapham (I live in Hackney) but at least it's not full of the usual Clapham collar-up crowd.