The Crown & Cushion — Restaurant in London

🚇 Lambeth North 🍺 £5.10 Pravha ❤️ A traditional old school Lambeth boozer where Ireland meets Thailand. . This pub is just a short walk from either Lambeth North or Waterloo stations and sits on busy Westminster Bridge Road. . This boozer has an imposing frontage which stands out from the new buildings that surround it. If you look closely you can see the Trumans eagle, a clear sign of a well built pub. . Inside the decor is as traditional as it gets, the walls are littered with Irish memorabilia and there is a great neighbourhood/local feel to the place. At the back is a small courtyard type beer garden which is a great sun-trap. . I was with my son and we plotted up on a poser table near the bar and watched a bit of the Wales v Italy six nations match, the horse racing was on another telly which was been monitored closely by some of the Irish punters. The atmosphere was great and there was a balanced mix of young and old in here, a key sign for a good pub. . The beer was good, my pint was a bit lively, I refrained from asking for a wafer to go with it. There is Thai food served upstairs which is highly recommended and the reviews are very favourable. . In and around Waterloo station there are some really top drawer pubs, The Crown & Cushion is up there with the best of them. . 📊 Information correct on...

Very odd night.

We tried paying for three drinks with card, the bar staff told us it didn't work, so we paid with a £20 note, and we didn't get any change from the barman. The bar staff didn't want to take any money from us at all until we sat down with our drinks. Looks like they were arguing about something.

After we did pay for our drinks, a member of staff slapped the change in my hand after we had to ask for it, and suddenly got very aggressive towards me.

He thinks I was clicking my fingers at him... from what I can tell (I clearly wasn't). He was clearly in an extremely bad mood about something. Somebody else might have been getting aggro with him, which is sad, but it wasn't me? After speaking to somebody else in the bar who witnessed the incident, he had been arguing with somebody else.

I am really confused about the situation. The barman came off the bar, got in my face and started shouting at me to "come outside". Absolute overreaction about absolutely nothing as far as I and others I spoke to in the bar could tell.

Absolutely baffling situation. Shame as I use to enjoy the pub. Clearly isn't the first time it has happened either judging by another review...

What a find! I doubt I'd ever have stepped foot in this place were not for a friend suggesting it as a place we could meet and watch the football. It's a real pub and aside from the LCDs littered on various walls, one can't imagine it has changed all that much over the years/decades! Even some of the characters in there look almost out of some old film, ticking all the boxes for pub resident, shouting out incomprehensible things at the telly in support of his beloved Chelsea! So in this pub, which isn't that large, we still find many locations to sit and you can grab a stool and plonk yourself in most places! When football is showing (e.g a Champions League evening), they will show the games and often multiple; I've been here whilst Arsenal were on one screen, Chelsea another and Celtic on the last! Service is prompt and polite and the food is... surprisingly good! Really! I think there's a thai place perhaps next door, well they certainly provide all the food and it's excellent value (especially for central London) and really tasty. It really was...