The Pembury Tavern — Restaurant in London

Visited on Saturday 23rd March 2019 for the "Citizens of Everywhere" event. Came half way across London on public transport. Was looking to taste some wonderfully sounding collaboration brews that were meant to be available. Unfortunately for myself & the party I was with that meant virtually no taste at all. When we arrived our attempts to buy a beer were thwarted from the onset. There were 12 potential beers on the list, of which only 3 were on. We were told the others would either be on later or had gone. Considering the event only started the night before I would have been surprised if 9 of the beers had run out already.

So got my first beer, sat down and decided what to have next. Was going to go for a fruit sour, but guess what, when I got to the Bar they had just sold the last one. OK, fair enough, so I chose something else. In the meantime the "pump clip" on the keg tap was removed to indicate it was no longer available. I chose another beer and sat down to contemplate my next beer. Once decided off I trundle to the bar & ask for the beer I wanted. Shouldn't have been a problem .....except that I was told it had also gone! However the pump clip was still on which initially indicated to me it was on. A waste of 5 minutes of my time but nothing more! Oh well, I thought I would try one of their own Five Points Railway Porter. The woman behind the counter looked almost apologetic as she told me that that was also off. By this time we had had enough and decided to move on to another venue because we had grown tired of ploughing through the list of non existent beers from the printed list provided by the venue.

I could understand it if this event was heaving, 3 deep at the bar, but it wasn't. At no time after the 4 beers I tried & failed to buy was an attempt made to change the barrels & replenish the stock. We had gone to see if could get hold of 1 beer in particular, a collaboration between English Brewers Siren & Dutch Brewers Kees, 2 of my favourite breweries. I did ask if there was any chance of this being put on to replace one of the beers that had gone and a lady behind the bar said she would see if it was ready to go and let me know. She even asked us where we were sitting. Never saw her again!

This would have been a 2 star review, the extra star being awarded to the staff who worked really well under what must have been stressful & difficult conditions. If it hadn't been for them 2 stars would have accurately reflected the quality of the event and the way it was managed.Is this the pub with no beer that is mentioned in the Famous song?...

Great place (at times), great pizza, and even greater staff. Unfortunately, on a Sunday, we can't decide whether it's a pub or a playground. The only thing missing is an indoor bouncy castle. Self entitled millennial "parents" is too busy looking at mobile phones or menus while unruly brats run amok unsupervised. What happens if someone falls over one? Who's to blame? The "Adult" having a responsible drink or the "Irresponsible" parents too busy on social media?? And then there's the yapping dogs. Either control your mutt or don't bring it in. And the poor staff can't say a bloody word for fear of being chastised. And where oh where is the manager? Oh, she turns up at 17:25hrs when it's all died down. Surprise Surprise. Sunday's are disgrace. There should be a child only area. NOT the whole pub. UPDATE After coming here for years we've had very few problems, and when we have it's been sorted within a few day's. HOWEVER, since the introduction of a "so called" manager (from Canada) things have gone drastically downhill. TWICE we have been charged for the same BIll, which we had to point out and provide evidence to senior management which in their defence was refunded (after 3 days, appreciated), another time a customer to my right was being attempted to be charged TWICE, but the "manager" backed down after being proved wrong with an excuse of "oh sorry. Thought you'd not paid. This occasion, off the cuff comment, don't charge me twice please, and excuse me whats this extra drink on my bill ? Suddenly, no service you're barred. What?? Check your bill, check what you're paying for and do not be robbed. AND there's certain staff involved. Just CHECK what...

Have heard this is best pizza North of the river and it’s in my area so decided to try it on my way home. Didn’t expect great things and it didn’t get off to a good start when I had to wait 30 mins from ordering to hand over. But the staff were lovely from recommending a good meat loving pizza option and then letting me know it would be a bit longer to wait etc. When I finally got the pizza they gave me 3 free dips as a kind gesture. Got home and opened it up and was pleasantly surprised! It looked amazing! 😍 I ordered the honey pie with extra cheese and extra pizza sauce. (I lived in NY in my youth and the pizza there is legendary so I was ready to take no prisoners! 😅) Well I have to say that with all the cheese it was hard to hold because the pizza is so thin and it was all over my hands but I didn’t care because it was a culinary explosion in my mouth! I literally haven’t had such a good pizza in years! 🥰 It was totally worth the 30 min wait as I was late for a show and the subsequent Uber I had to end up taking! 🙈😂 Wow! Soooo good! And I’m not a pizza crust eating lady but I literally ate every single bit of that pizza! Had half of it then went to the show and the other half later when I got home. It reheated well in my countertop oven and was so delicious! Would definitely recommend you cross London for this pizza! Was tempted to gate-keep this but sharing is caring. 🫶 The pub is lovely inside as well and even though I don’t drink, I’d definitely go there for a pizza and a coke...