OK, so to be fair to this place, it was a Tuesday so it was er...pretty dead. They have a nice garden, in many ways trying to do the same thing The Magic garden does. it's a bit pricey, we ordered to share, Fish, chips, minted peas, tartar sauce and fries which set us back £14 which TBH considering the quality, was worth giving a miss. It wasn't up to much. Drinks are picey too, so not a place I'd go to again, except they have a good beer garden with cabin type booths with TV's so I guess if a big game is on it would be worth it. Other than that it as all a bit meh. Avoid (unless ther's a big match on and it's sunny.) read more

When there's a game on, you can expect this place to be completely packed. Once they were bouncing people at the door because it was too crowded! The garden is really cool in the summer. Lots of nooks and crannies between the treehouses, firepit, picnic tables, and other assorted seating areas. Haven't been during the winter yet, but apparently they roll out these Moroccan tents to cover about half of the garden. No treehouses in winter sadly. This place is great on a lazy Sunday afternoon. You can even bring that special guy or girl and have a cuddle in the hammock ;) read more

Hope & Anchor - The garden at night in the summer - Pubs Near Me - London, XGL

I held a small birthday party for my partner here after searching high and low for a socially-distant covid-friendly venue. I was able to reserve one of the huts in the back garden, and we used an app for both ordering and paying. It felt completely safe, which is exactly what we wanted. The service was great, food was fantastic and drinks were affordable. Talon (sp?) took amazing care of us and I'd go back in a heartbeat. Give these guys your business, people! read more

This is such a nice pub with one of the biggest beer gardens in London. I kid you not. It has about 4 little huts, or tree houses, a fire, loads of seating and then there's the inside cool decor and a brilliant place for hanging out with friends. There's loads of drinks on offer - cocktails, good beers and the food is typical pub grub and quite good it is too. Enjoy. read more

Hope & Anchor - Pubs Near Me - London, XGL

Oooo the outdoors garden is really great! I don't care that's a chain, and true the interior is rather standard style, but seriously it's summer and all I care about is where I can kick it with a pint and my mates and enjoy the hopefully sunny weather. Agree with everything Louise P. had to say about it's garden plus they'll be showing the World Cup on that huge screen... definitely think it will be my spot to be in June!!! Only negative about the place is that it is exactly in the middle of Clapham Common tube and Brixton tube so 1. there's nothing else around it and 2. it's a bit of a hike from the tube from either station but guess that will help keep the masses out of the garden. It's mine! All mine, mwahahahah!!! read more

Despite being a chain, this probably competes with the Camden version for the 'best in category' award for the finest Grand Union. If only for the garden. It's huge. Really, huge. With a giant screen for the sports, little thai huts to make a private party even more, well, private, and an open fire pit is a great touch. It finds itself somewhat between two mindsets - you'll find the typically casual Brixton crowd, with their converse and skinny jeans, jostling with, but usually overwhelmed by, the Clapham abercrombie crowd. That's the only downside to this pub - the clientele can be hit and miss. There are an awful lot of girls wearing dresses and stilettos that wouldn't look out of place at a wedding, if you know what I mean. But on the whole, it's a great pub, especially good in the warmer months! read more

While 1 star might seem harsh its really because this place could be a 5 star so easily but instead the people that run this place are morons. Yes it is one of the nicest beer gardens around with cool little huts you can hire, a big screen, and plenty of outdoor heating/seating etc. However if the bar is any more than half full you will face massive waits to get served. it is so bad that i have seen a fight break out, basically people are waiting so long to get served they are willing to fight about it! The bar is massive and there is even a bar upstairs but it is always under staffed, the first time i went, i thought oh there having teething problems because its new, then i went again and again and it was the same. The last time i was there i was halfway thru a friends birthday night out when i just had to leave. i couldnt wait anymore and instead walked out and went to another pub alone, thats how bad it was. Unfortunately this is my friends local and he always suggest we met there for a drink, however i have a firm NO GRAND UNION rule due to the fact you cant ever get a drink! read more

Came here for a Rekeordelig cider event. They'd decked half of the HUGE garden out in flowers. So many flowers. Twas gorgeous! I believe the outdoor huts are a permanent feature of the garden too - they are very lovely - especially for a slightly grubby part of London. The bar itself inside also seemed really nice on our way out. Gutted we couldn't have stayed longer but would definitely go back. read more

Picked this bar to celebrate Australia Day as it had a lot of advertisement online. I believe the festivities were outside. My friend and I decided to drink inside out of the cold (chilly air not going to put us in Aussie day mood). Good venue with quirky mismatch furniture. Almost felt like I could have been back in a Melbourne pub. It was a good night out, I had the house white that was very good. Only fault that the service was slow even though we were sitting at the bar and inside wasn't that busy. read more

Trendy pub in deep Brixton, inside the pub looked traditonal but still very trendy with a nice friendly young vibrate crowd and atmosphere, serving food and also a outside patio area again if you fancied a bit of fresh air while you are drinking. Will say on the flip this place definately is not a Wetherspoons and I found drinks in here a little to steep for me, still taking that aside and if your happy paying a little extra it's not a bad choice, but I won't be rushing back there in the not to distant future too pricey for me. read more

I've only been here once, but I loved this place. My friend had booked a table in the outdoor area which was an awesome, little surprise which you don't expect as you're walking through the standard-looking pub/bar area. The beer garden has been decorated to make you feel like you're in some warm, hula-vibe land surrounded by small wooden huts and loads of pretty fairy lights. The bar staff were really attentive and made sure they were always ready to take orders at our table and the cocktails were GOOD. However the outdoor area closes at around midnight, so it's better to go earlier to get the most out of it. Inside had just as good an atmosphere, varied music and a noticeable amount of people who were easy on the eye... A definite must-go-to place in Brixton. read more

Really nice venue with friendly and helpful staff. We made a reservation and they were so helpful and attentive. I had a pizza and it was amazing. Their outdoor seating area is huge and well decorated. read more

Hope & Anchor - Such a great pizza!! - Pubs Near Me - London, XGL

FYI review for the Rekorderlig event:10/10 for the set-up, it was amazing! Obviously the cider was great but the food was the only thing that let it down a bit (and the weather but what can you do!?). The beef canapé was pretty horrible and there was a delay on the other nibbles, so we were all pretty peckish. Having said that the Swedish burger looked amazing even though we didn't get a chance to order it! Rekordelig always put on an interesting night! read more

Hope & Anchor - Rekorderlig event at Grand Union - Pubs Near Me - London, XGL

We came here on Saturday night for Gaz and Beth's party. It was ok, if I was in the area I might go again but its not worth travelling for. I thought the layout of the downstairs bar was poor, it didn't take very many people to make the open spaces really crowded and difficult to move around, and you needed to move around to get to the bar or outside to the smoking area. The upstairs bar was laid out better but lacked atmosphere. As for the drinks - both the Heineken and Red Stripe tasted watered down, warm and flat read more

The Hope and Anchor is a bit of a hidden gem. If you like to loaf in with leather sofas and a laid back atmosphere, this is one to check out. The beer garden is massive with an outside bar area and a tree house/drinking den - although get here early to nab it as it's very popular. A number of people have recommended the food to me but can't really comment as I haven't tried it, yet. read more

Full review on http://www.thehappinessprojectlondon.wordpress.com I took advantage of GU's 2 for 1 burger offer for joining its mailing list, and headed there this avo for some sun, cider and an attempt to finally get this HPL burger quest going. Grand Union Brixton has a very good and large beer garden which was rammed full of happy smiley (and some slightly tipsy) people. I ordered cheese burger and chips, with coleslaw on the side. The chips were nice but there was REALLY disappointing tastleless coleslaw. And the burger. Woweee. It was bigger than I remembered it. The cheese burger at Grand Union is huge ridiculously huge. Stuffed with all the good stuff huge juicy meaty burger, tons of yummy melted cheese, cheesy mayonnaisey relish at the bottom, tomato relishy stuff at the top, half a frickin' lettuce, and a giant slice of beef tomato. Awesome. Apart from you just can't eat it!!! Take 1/5th of the burger and smear it on my chin, dump 1/5th on my lap, the lettuce just EVERYWHERE, the burger in small pieces, the bun spread like breadcrumbs liberally over the plate and table, and only about 3/5ths in my mouth. I was forced to eat small chunks of what had fallen onto my plate like a chipmunk or parrot fish, and then lick or wipe the various relishes off my hands, mouth and chin. It tasted really really good, but I just don't like getting that messy when I'm eating, sorry GU. For me, thats a #burgerfail. Great burger, just make it easier to eat, pleeeease??! read more

I love this place!! Booked it for my 30th Birthday and was given my very own Thai hut in the garden. Best beer garden in London by far! read more

I had an absolutely awful experience trying to book one of the garden huts here. I booked and paid £70 over the phone (on a Tuesday) to reserve one of the huts, and was told that my booking also included free entry for my 15 guests before 8pm. I then received a follow up email on the Friday (three days later) saying there had been changes to entry into the venue. Free entry was now only until 6pm and I'd have to purchase a 'Super Guest List' for another £30 to allow the original free entry to 8pm! I replied and said this wasn't good enough and that they needed to honor my original booking as these were not the T&Cs I signed up for. I then ended up in a rather long email fight with Jessie the Sales Manager over the weekend where I was told that they were not going to honor the original booking and that their cancellation policy did not allow them to refund me. So essentially I was being told to suck it up. I eventually rang the venue and was spoken to just as rudely on the phone with them spouting their cancellation policy at me once again, even though they were responsible for the changes to the booking. I managed to get an email address of the higher manager, Mark, and sent a compliant letter. My money was refunded within 15 minutes. I have no idea why they have someone so rude working their bookings and reservation system but this needs to be addressed as they're going to have a lot more unhappy customers. I will not be attending any of their bars. read more

Had a really good night here! We won a bottle of Prosecco and the staff were so nice and friendly. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because when I went into the room upstairs, there was a wooden ledge I didn't see and I tripped over it and split my knee open (this was before the prosecco haha). White tape/something reflective would have prevented this as the ledge is in quite a shadowy part of the room. Other than that (and a bartender slow enough to rival Mr Bean in Love Actually) it was a fabulous venue! Great food, lovely staff, and the music was ok too. read more

My advice would be to go for the burgers and bubbles option on the menu. Reasonably priced for bottomless proescco and the staff are generous and pleasant. If you are lucky enough to have Deeloc working on your table, you will never find your table neglected or your glass empty. If there is a sports event on they have a lot of screens and it's a good atmosphere to watch sport in. The decor is shabby and chic, it is thoroughly a jewel of Brixton. read more

Amazing pub with one of the best beer gardens I have EVER seen. With little tiling themed huts, red Chinese lanterns, comfortable seats a large stone table with yes a fire pit in the middle, and TV's everywhere (so great for watching sports). Happy hour is until 8 with a selection of cocktails that are buy one get one free (and which are extremely tasty). Food seems quite expensive, but you get a good bang for your buck. I would recommend the sliders. 6 mini burgers for £10. These should be to share however as they are really filling! The bar inside is also amazing with a vintage, Retro miss-matched decor, large wooden floor and lovely worn, homely feeling fittings. They also have an upstairs which I didn't visit. The only downside is that the ladies toilets are terrible, quite messy and the doors don't lock but other than that I love this place! read more

Although not an area I'm too familiar with this pub is quite a good one. Very spacey, reasonably cheap and a suitable range of drinks available. The beer garden is massive, so great for those sunny afternoons throughout the seasons. There's a bar upstairs called Myth, which I didn't go to, but it is open until 2am so you don't really need to venture anywhere else. read more

The garden has just been refurbished. It is amazing! The tree houses are fav and there's big screens and cinema seating and a tuk tuk! Inside is ok. Gets really busy, even with upstairs open but good place to go, especially if you get in early. read more

The manager was very nice, but it was a shame that gangnam style was on an official band song list. Do not go here if you really want to dance like a horse. read more

The Grand Union has one of the best beer gardens in London, with charming paper lanterns and tiki huts to climb into and relax. Their Pimms Cup is the freshest and fruitiest that I've ever had, and the food's not bad either! To sweeten the deal even further, it's on tastecard! read more

This place has the best outside area. You can rent tree houses which are particularly handy in winter! The food left a little to be desired but can't complain that much because decently priced! My only problem is that the outside area closes so early but hey... fair enough, can't have it all! read more

The cocktails are great and the food is pretty good too. Service at the bar is often shockingly slow. I love what they've done with the garden, it's great even in cold weather because of the marquees and the heaters. Worth booking if you want a seat in the summer. It also has an area (upstairs I think, or maybe downstairs!) if you want to dance, but when I went it was pretty grimy and absolutely packed. read more

Tasty food, nice decor, rude staff

Nice pub with comfortable tables and chairs. I also like their chicken burgers and chips. A good impression was made to me by the polite and friendly service. read more

I really like this place once you get in. It has a great outdoor area which is fantastic in the summer. Most of the times I've been there has been a good atmosphere. It just becomes a nightmare to get into on the weekends. Unless you have a big party booking you'll be waiting for ages and the bouncers can be a bit funny with you. read more

OK so it's a chain, and as such it's somewhat lacking in personality...but...as chains go...it's one of the better ones. Fairly comfy and pleasant on the inside, if a little overdone. A note to the interior designers hell bent on creating a boho chic vibe - sometimes less really is more. But no matter, as I'm not going to be lingering in the bar area for too long, it's the garden that I'm here for. This gets my vote for best beer garden in London. Firstly it's seriously spacious - that alone almost wins it first place. Secondly it has a lovely circular stone fire that's lit in the evening with seating all the way round it - it makes a gorgeous focal point. At the end of the garden are 4 Thai style treehouses which seat around 10 people - wonderfully cosy as they all have heaters - whack up that heating, pour yourself a Singha and you could almost, just almost, be far far away.... They've really thought about this garden and shown it some love - great lighting, heating, and lots of greenery. And, the crowning glory - a huge screen outside on which they show films. Could it get any better? Actually, yes, if they could just expand their menu a little - it's burgers, burgers and yet more burgers....but really, when the garden is this lovely, I'll let it pass.... read more

Went there for the first time with my friend (a hot blonde). We got in with little trouble but the bouncer gave me a dirty look (me being oriental). Decor in the back garden was really nice, so the next day I wanted to go back with my brother, only to get refused at the door. That arrogant bouncer said it was booking only. But you know what, the 2 groups behind me (all Caucasians, but they dressed way more casual than me) in the queue didn't have bookings either but they were allowed in. I confronted the bouncer with it, and he replied with: I am the one who work here, if I said you can't go in, then it's the policy. Very snobbish and racist! read more

Love this pub! They've just done a big refurb. Booked one of the tree huts for my birthday and had a great night. Nice atmosphere, love their cocktails. Didn't try the food - looked like the usual pub type fare though, burgers & pizzas etc. Would def recommend for special occaisions. read more