Little Nan’s Cocktail Club, 2 Tyrwhitt Road

The venue for Little Nan's Cocktail Club has been confirmed as the first floor of The Talbot pub. They say:Soft Launch will be the 23rd & 24th May with the Official Launch shindigs happening on the 30th & 31st May. We will be open every Friday & Saturday from 5pm - 11pm for 6 Weeks. ...

Stay Tuned at The Ravensbourne Arms

General Manager at the Ravensbourne, Lee Gentry, writes: "We have the first of our new DJ nights starting on Friday 2nd May. 'Stay Tuned' is a first Friday of the month fixture with a handful of local DJs spinning original vinyl in the form of funk and disco. It's free entry, runs from 9pm-1am and ...

Albertines spring clean

The pub currently living with the working title "The Lewisham Coffee Co", briefly known as the Malt & Hops and once known as Albertines is getting work done. This photo, taken through glass in this morning's drizzle, doesn't really do it justice but thanks to a lick of paint, some sanding and a de-clutter, it's already looking nice. Whether ...

Coming soon: The Job Centre Deptford

The name sounds like the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony team dreamed it up, but The Job Centre Deptford is an exciting prospect.The Antic team (behind many of South East London's top pubs) are converting the former site of Utrophia on Deptford High Street into a new bar. Before Utrophia, it was the local job ...

The Montague Arms Returns

We have light pic.twitter.com/FTFFgjG11a— Montague Arms (@Montague_Arms) March 20, 2014The Montague Arms (289 Queens Road, SE15 2PA) is back and reassuringly eccentric.The New Cross pub many thought lost forever when its former owners died reopened last week, festooned by its new team with homicidal foxes, gas masks and machinery. Its steampunk aesthetic is accompanied by ...

The Royal Standard

The Royal Standard86 Tanners HillSE8 4PNSince 2012, The Royal Standard has become hostel with a pub attached. Only guests of the hostel have access to the bar area.If you've stayed there, please post your reviews here.

New Cross, I love you: LaBeouf back in action at the Hobgoblin

Shia LaBeouf has had another altercation in the Hobgoblin pub, in New Cross. This time, the US actor squared up to another drinker, who had allegedly cussed his girlfriend's mom.LaBeouf is dating English actress Mia Hoth, whom he met on the set of Nymphomaniac. Hoth's mum lives near the pub. The good news is that ...

The Montague Arms reopening soon

Bar top in @Montague_Arms pic.twitter.com/eITmVR8PVq— The Brown Derby (@brownderbypub) January 13, 2014 More good news for the South East London pub scene. The Montague Arms has hit the comeback trail.The legendary New Cross / Peckham borders pub closed in 2012 after the death of its manager and while its unique brand eccentricity was lost forever, ...

The new face of The Honor Oak

Punch Taverns, owners of The Honor Oak, seem to be serious about reopening the pub. Ali spotted this planning application, to go with their commitment to invest in its refurbishment, for:"The installation of various externally illuminated fascia and projecting signs on the elevations, together with a replacement swing signpost to the front forecourt."The look and feel ...

Bert’s Kitchen at the Amersham Arms

Bert's Kitchen is the new team behind the food at The Amersham Arms.Run by recent Goldsmiths graduate, Rose Walsh, the Kitchen will be serving up a new menu (although of course, burgers still play a central role), with an emphasis on locally-sourced ingredients. She says:"This week we'll be opening the kitchen from 5pm to get ...