Camberwell, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

“Still pumping out the big and loud flavour bombs with a simple style that suits the venue” (“technically well-cooked, robust dishes”, which the “in-house butchery helps make even more special”): this 10-year-old “in the heart of Camberwell” is a sibling to Waterloo’s Anchor & Hope, and has Mike Davis at the stoves, who learnt his trade at the A&H. That it still feels like an “unpretentious” boozer is key to its appeal (“its clients are hipsters who don’t like posh restaurants)”. Top Menu Tip – “incredible Steak and Guinness pie”.

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”.