• Garrison

     
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  • The buzzy, bustling Garrison certainly makes a good first impression. Crammed (indeed, slightly too crammed) with funkily jumbled furniture, from distressed farmhouse tables to modish 1970s stool-chairs (and with a mix of ornate lampshades and bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling), the characterful, shabby-chic room is pleasingly removed from hackneyed gastropub style. The cooking is just as eager to impress: sometimes too eager, as with a rather busy starter salad of honey-roasted parsnip, goat’s cheese, pine nuts and raspberry vinaigrette; and a dessert of pistachio crème brûlée, a slightly unhappy collision of flavours. But when the kitchen keeps it a little simpler, as with a starter of salmon on a potato pancake, the food is far more successful. Both our mains were straightforward, comforting and beautifully tender: a special of seared tuna topped with tomato sauce and served on a bed of tapenade potato; and a particularly moreish portion of braised lamb shoulder with spring greens and Jersey Royals. Add in solid service and decent drinks (Adnams on draught; bottled St Peter’s Organic Best Bitter), and it’s easy to see why this likeable spot is packed most nights.

  • Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2008

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  • Details

  • 99-101 Bermondsey Street, Bermondsey, SE1 3XB
  • Tel: 020 7089 9355
  • www.thegarrison.co.uk
  • Category: Gastropubs
  • Travel: London Bridge tube/rail
  • Times: Open 8am-11pm Mon-Fri; 9am-11pm Sat; 9am-10.30pm Sun. Breakfast served 8-11.30am Mon-Fri; 9-11.30am Sat, Sun. Lunch served noon-3.30pm Mon-Fri; 12.30-4pm Sat, Sun. Dinner served 6.30-10pm Mon-Sat; 6-9.30pm Sun
  • Price: Main courses £10.30-£15.50
  • Credit cards: AmEx, MC, V
  • Services:
    • Available for hire: Separate room for parties, seats 25
    • Child facilities: Babies and children admitted (lunch Sat, Sun)
    • Disabled: toilet
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