Denmark Hill, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

2023 Review: “One of the very finest gastropubs in South London”, this handsome Camberwell tavern is a “really solid and enjoyable local”, and is run by landlord Hector Skinner, who set it up with three pals a dozen years ago. “If it was in Clapham it would be very famous and utterly heaving”. Top Menu Tip – “the sharing roast chicken and the rabbit pie are the best mains”.

“Still very thoughtful and unusual… and with achingly hip punters!” – Camberwell’s well-established sibling to Waterloo’s Anchor & Hope “manages perfectly to straddle the line between a friendly local boozer and a gastro destination”; “big flavours, sharing, generosity and warmth abound in here” (“we went for a special celebration and couldn’t have had a better time… amazing service, nice vibe and reasonably priced for the quality”). Top Menu Tip – “top Sunday Roast”; “…and oh those pies!”

More signs of life in Camberwell – this April 2025 opening occupies the former Crooked Well pub (not far from Denmark Hill overground), and is a second upscale gastropub from the team behind the much-lauded The Baring in Islington. It’s aiming for a ‘considered’ seasonal menu, backed up by a list of mainly natural wines, and its ‘stripped-back pub aesthetic’ is successful enough to have won it an early review from Wallpaper.