Anerley Arms in Bromley

Had my son's 18th birthday there on the 26th October. All the staff were very helpful,attentive and made all our guests feel welcome. the buffet was really good plenty of food this was done by the landlord. Looking forward to going there one Sunday for a roast dinner. 🙂

Very helpful & friendly staff. Good choice of beers on tap.

Flaws: keg beer only, and no food despite the presence of menus. Saving graces: attractive wood panelling, next to station. Update: been back. There was simple food that was good value. Service was excellent.

Great pub with all the associated amenities, ie pool and darts, if you hate cheap pints and a traditional interior then avoid this at all costs, if you love those then get on in

Traditional quiet pub; no music, no slot machines, compulsory digital detox! The sort of place where you can chat and drink - just like pubs used to be. Strange opening hours and food hours, with not bad cheap beers and friendly South London staff and clientele.

Unique digital detox pub. If you in the area MUST try. Sunday roasts area on point 10 out of 10

It was a lovely pub with reasonably priced drinks, a great menu, and friendly staff! I shall visit again!

Super friendly, Dog friendly, great Sunday roasts at way below the $$$ in/around The Triangle... and just a short walk to the park for a post lunch walk. Will be back!

Best pub in the area with great beer to have

A great team , lovely tastey food at fantastic prices. I wish I had found my local pub sooner as I have lived round the corner for 40 years Thank you Anerley Arms for making us feel special ❤️

Proper old school boozer, not many like this nowadays. Reasonably priced pints and friendly service.

Classic Sam smiths pub experience. Very good value and there’s a pool table.

Excellent Sam Smiths pub. Beautiful building with tons of Victorian history. Cheap beer. The stout is excellent.

Classic 'real pub' with a nice atmosphere and affordable prices.

Atmosphere will vary alot here. Thursday nights are full of boardgamers and broad sword academy. Good place for a party and chat as no music or digital devices allowed. Very low priced drink for a pub.

Wev3e played boardgames ay this pub for years. It has a digital detox policy, and its nice to go there to get away from the 'screens'. There is no music either. So you might eother love or hate the atmosphere. I've given it 5 stars for atmosphere because it really suits our needs for playing games, but at the same time if you are looking for the classis 'atmosphere' then you may not find it here. Sometimes though the pub gets busy and there is a wonderful atmosphere here. Also, how's about paying under 4 pounds for a pint! You heard me right. Compared to Crystal Palace pubs that are hitting £7 these days, the Anerley Arms is looking after our wallets as well as our eyes. The pub is equipped with a pool table and a darts table, is dog friendly and the food portions are large and well priced.

Can’t believe I’ve lived nearby for so long without coming to this gem. Such a cosy, olde vibe, great beer, sensational prices. We got two pints for £7.40! Sam Smith’s pubs are always a treat. Only thing I’d ask - would be great if they’d offer veggie Sunday roast!

Such a lovely pub! No screens - come for darts and pool and real people actually talking to each other

Good Sunday lunch. Reasonably priced beers. Service, excellent. Nice old traditional pub, no music, friendly customers and staff. Lovely place to go for a nice quiet drink.

Nice Sam Smith's pub, great pint prices, friendly staff

Great local pub, friendly staff and regulars. Good range of reasonably priced beers. Big garden out the back a few tables out the front. Plenty of seating inside. Didn't have the food.

Stopped by for a few pints and a meal after a lengthy walk from the Horniman museum via Crystal Palace Park. Lovely neighbourhood feel and top notch staff. Will visit again if I happen to be in the area.

Lovely friendly pub with fantastic food, Ian makes everyone feel very welcome. Recommended!

Overall a nice pub with lovely, friendly staff. Very reasonable prices, but food needs improvement. Garden currently under renovation but nice tables out front in a quiet street. Also pool tables and lots of space indoors to hang out. Food: Sunday roast was cheap (£12 for chicken) and large portions (I would say too large for an average person with each chicken roast containing half a chicken!). Best bit was the gravy which was one of the nicest that I have tried. The chicken skin was nicely cooked but the chicken itself very dry, and the veggies a bit bland and overcooked (most just boiled).

We used to live right near it so we would go regularly because I could feed the kids for a fiver. The landlord at the time was exceptionally friendly and nice especially once they warmed to you. The landlord has moved on now though. I don't know what it's like now but it used to be an excellent local. The beers were good, you could play pool and they also had some board games. I would say it's extremely family friendly. Only downside would be the lack of accessible loos. You have to go downstairs. I do know they open the garden in summer. You have to sort of go round the back. I can't really fault it for a local to play darts and pool at.

Fantastic Sunday roast beef lunch,and a glass of chocolate stout to finish the meal.

We enjoyed a meal here over the weekend and I’m glad it’s not overpriced or pretentious, traditional food and drinks from a homely pub

Just like mum used to make the quality of the food was delightful, the staff friendly and the atmosphere friendly

Klasse Biere, gute Preise und nette Gesellschaft. Wir hatten einen tollen Abend mit Billard und Darts!

Prices are so cheap in here for a pint. There cheapest pint is £3 and the one I bought was £3.40. :)

The staff were so lovely and the food was brilliant!

Wow … that has to be one of the best Sunday roasts we’ve had in ages , from the crispy Yorkshire puddings to the Tender Roast beef that melts in the mouth , it definitely is an understatement finding an establishment that can cook a home made tasting roast to this standard , everything from ordering our drinks and eating our food has been amazing , Anita who served us our drinks and Ian (the pub manager) who also cooked our dinner , its so nice to have this hidden charm in SE London , situated next to Anerley Train Station SE20 , I promise you will enjoy the ambience of the pub , wooden aesthetics and the connection with Sherlock Holmes , they have a good range of drinks as you would expect from a Samuel Smiths pub, just an added bonus here that you don’t get from many other pubs.

It's our favourite local, great local, great staff, fantastic deal on a Sunday lunch starting at £10. And great prices on for a pint at £3.40, it's hard to get us to leave

The food was excellent and amazing value, £3 a pint!! Lovely atmosphere & very friendly staff 😀

A very traditional and attractive pub, beautiful interior. Warm, cosy and welcoming. Now doing sunday lunches. Well worth visiting.

Great local Sam Smith's pub. Often nice and quiet but at times it fills up with a friendly crowd of interesting characters. Lovely staff.

popped in with the wife and 4 friends for a spot of Sunday lunch very surprised that you can come here without booking because it was absolutely stonking value for money the member of staff and the chef couldn't do enough for us friendly locals bitter at £3.00 a pint and a lovely drop of red wine to boot will be coming back soon but fear you will have to start booking soon highly recommend

Welcomed so warmly today with my kids, what a lovely pub. Excellent beer, superb building but the friendly welcome the best of all. Will be back.

We went last night and played a few games of Pool. It’s a beautiful pub, pool table (very unusual these days), dart board, board games and reasonably priced drinks. They do food now too so we are going back for Sunday lunch next weekend.

Very nice pub and a top class bar manager. We will definitely visit more and more in the future

Great pub with a friendly atmosphere, pool table and darts, just next to the station. The landlord and the locals went out of their way to welcome us and we'll be back.

Great pub with a friendly atmosphere, pool table and darts, just next to the station. The landlord and the locals went out of their way to welcome us and we'll be back.

visited pub at the weekend as we went to the wireless festival never been here before but was treated like we were regulars by a big guy behind the bar which we later found out was the manager .1st visit was Friday last visit Sunday night and he was there every time with a smile on his face and a warm welcome oh i wish we lived local because we would never leave great pub lovely and clean great beer but most of all the landlord who i believe without him the pub would not be the same many thanks Ian from the lads from Coventry.

rude staff awful beer awful food

A public house with a difference - it has class

There was no food however, that was due to the fact that they re- opened 9 weeks ago. Also Sir Arthur conan Doyle used to go there and write the cases of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. There is pool and darts, drinks are good, they have peanuts and pork scratching. Brilliant. Go in July though when the food is in as it will have more of a an atmosphere. But overall, 10 out of 10. I reccomend to friends and family.

If your looking for a quiet pint this is the place. Never busy, never loud. That's a shame though right?

I think it can be nice neighborhood pub - so the future is in their hand Realistically 4star ...but I live in the area , I hope it will be 5. Their beer is nice ,cold , crispy .

Hands down my favourite place in the area, very clean, and such a cozy atmosphere for a quality beer and conversation, can’t ever go wrong with a pint of Samuel Smith in my opinion!

Proper pub with fantastic beer can't believe more people don't go there as it is how all pubs should be!

The on-tap bitter tasted as though it was on the edge of going off - the bottles were much better though.

Popped in mid Sunday afternoon with a friend. What a fabulous oasis of quiet. Lovely bar lady, great pint, great wood panelled atmosphere, our conversation interrupted only by the sound of snooker balls colliding. This place should be heaving with punters. Don't tell anyone. It's our little secret.

Wonderful pub. Great, friendly service and lovely atmosphere. Pool table and darts too. New favourite near Crystal Palace

Friendly local pub. Excellent staff and great price drinks.

My new wee local when I,m down here amazing landlady,,,nice ambience great place to chill after a hectic day

Very nice atmosphere, people were friendly.

Lovely quiet pub where you can sit and talk with out load background noise.

After ringing to see whether the pub was open and if they were serving a meal 12 October 2020., which they said they were, we arrived and were refused service. In an empty pub btw. We had two school aged children with us. We were told the children could not have a meal with us in the pub, nor at the tables at the front. They do not allow children in the pub . Nothing was on the web site, nor was I told when I rang up. So we walked to the nearby busy and fantastic Bridge pub,, and spent the afternoon there , all of us enjoying a lovely roast

The pub and food is excellent & the staff friendly and welcoming. Don the manager and Luke the barman Are very welcoming as well.

The pub is amazing and it has so much history concerning Arthur Conan Doyle and his great detective Sherlock Holmes. Great decor and immaculately clean due to the present times. Don the manager was a great host and the Bar lady was attentive and polite. Luke the barman was polite and friendly, would definitely go back here without a doubt. It is nice to see a pub with character. Clae Brighton

Quiet, classic Samuel Smith Pub. Nice staff and interesting local clientele. If your soul is in sorrow, have a pint. Great traditional pub if you fancy a digital detox (no phones or laptop).

Just moved to the area and it's the perfect local.

Anerley Arms is a lovely traditional pub. They have well marked out a one way systems to a well spaced out beer garden. Hand sanitiser is provided on entry. They have managed to make us feel safe in a time of uncertainty. I will have to make the pub my regular local

Lovely traditional pub very welcoming. Food was good especially the chips 😃

Double standards. I was told I could not use my phone after a long flight to the UK but the staff who were loud and swearing in the bar area were playing and sharing videos on their phones! Food greasy and beer expensive and limited.

Me and my family came to the Anerley arms pub for a dinner and the staff were so nice and welcoming as soon as we ordered our food didn’t even take an hour and the staff all had a smile on their faces it was a lovely place to spend a day everyone was talking to each other no one was on there phone it was so nice.

Great traditional pub with friendly staff and under good management. Very good lagers and beer, believe food starting soon. They have darts, having a pool knock-out competition starting soon and quiz nights every Wednesday night. What a gem!!

Visted the Anerley Arms after some time with friends i found staff really friendly, the pub is under new management who are very welcoming. The pub is very clean and toilets 5*, what a delight.food is starting soon and quiz nights, will definitely be coming back to enjoy.

Anerleys one redeemable feature. A diamond on the rough.

Lovely and friendly staff. Good prices, great atmosphere :)

Very cosy and friendly. No music! Good for talking. Dog friendly. Good for a good pint and some talk. Have darts, snooker. Not very good for eating.

No real ale. Also empty. But beautifully restored interior. Hope for better days.

Perfect relaxing place.. lovely staff

By far my favorite pub. Staff is great, prices are great, the back garden is great as well. No phones/tablets allowed which encourages people to actually talk. Great place

Vintage vibe — mobile phones not allowed! I really liked this traditional pub and will definitely be back. I do have a few suggestions for the management (others may disagree). I personally like the "no mobiles" rule that they have, but I think they could do it in a more tasteful manner. For example, instead of having lots of signs taped up on nearly every part of the walls, perhaps just one at the bar and maybe one or two elsewhere? There's a way to get the message across without it being tacky or overbearing. Secondly, I appreciated that there wasn't loud or obnoxious music... But the complete and total silence is a bit... uncomfortable, especially when the pub is quiet. It would be nice if there was just a tiny little hint of music in the background. Maybe even just traditional folk music or classical even, just to add a bit of atmosphere.

Great place to catch up. No blaring music. Ok food.

Lovely pub has plenty of different drinks to choose from. Has usual local crowd who are friendly if u are. OK for a night out at ur local.

I had been travelling all morning to the UK and when I arrived at Anerley station I needed somewhere to work for two hours before my room was ready. I ventured in to Anerley Arms and was told in no uncertain terms I was not allowed to use my Mobile Phone and Laptop. I was tired so decided to have a drink anyway and read the paper. There was a table of loud people swearing and laughing but this was a pub so to be expected. The pub was dingy and not very clean. It was filled with the smell of fried food so not somewhere I could stay for long. I noticed that the table with the loud, swearing people were all on their mobile phones playing videos with music and messaging. I asked the landlord why they could use their mobile phones when I was told I could not. I was told "these are staff so it's ok". I was shocked by these double standards and that they were clearly drunk, loud and swearing. I will certain not be back. The beer was average and the food basic, so not even that made my visit good!

A pub of mixed blessings : nicely done out, no music, no fruit machines, friendly. The blokes on the table next to mine were playing connect four and squabbling over it like our twins would when they were five. But no real ale and the pint of bitter which did come was so chilled I couldn't taste it, I left it on the bar. I won't be coming back.

Fab traditional pub but everytime we go it's empty. I doubt they do any advertising or marketing which is a shame because it really is lovely in there.

Friendly staff and customers, great organic Samuel Smith lager x

Tucked away in a cul-de-sac off the main road, it's a surprise to see this gorgeous. victorian edifice, unless you're a regular at Anerley Station. Inside, notices up stating that this is an electronic device-free space to encourage social conversation. I wanted to take a photo of the sign for this post but.... Outside rear space with seating unkempt. Leaves everywhere that from their crispy washed-out colour illustrates it's not a priority. East facing it'll only get morning sun anyway. Frontage outside space much more amenable and there are no stairs to negotiate. It's a beautifully decorated traditional pub, spacious and thankfully devoid if sports TVs, music or fruit machines, as it is throughout all the Sam Smith pubs. It's a nice contrast to the norm. Obviously it's all Sam Smith product so don't expect brands. The service was friendly and efficient. I'm afraid I made a mistake asking for a coffee though. Their automated coffee machine needs recalibration for flavour.

We just popped into this pub for dinner as we got off the train at annerley overground. We were pleasantly surprised with the warm welcome, great service, smiling staff, quick service, and delicious, reasonably priced food.

Great pints and local ambiance. Nothing fancy. Good is ok

No es apto para cenas, el lugar se ve bien y el menú parece agradable pero A las 18:00hrs cierran cocina. Únicamente es un bar más de la ciudad.

Don't do normal named beer strange stuff and steep stairs to the toilets

Spectacular!!! Thank you for the fantastic service and food provided at my mums wake. 🙂

What a great place to be love it

Great atmosphere, nice proper local pub, bar staff are very friendly, so nice to see that not all the pubs are owned by big chains out to rinse you, keep it up

Sam Smiths. Brilliant pub. Beer kept tip top, pool and darts. Friendly, polite and well run boozer.

Old Brewery Bitter one of the best real ales and very well kept. Good food menu as well.

Stopped off on way home. Treated to the best welcome by the staff. Out of their way to make my kids feel welcome cooked them a stunning roast- so beautiful my youngest who ‘doesn’t like gravy’ asked for more! Couldn’t have asked for any better customer service or quality. Would most definitely recommend. Thanks to KJ and Pete (KJ who cooked and then posed for a pic below!)

Very friendly staff that really care for there customers

Friendly landlords...first time I paid a visit to this pub...Will go back again.

Lovely local old pub, darts poll and massive garden. Go there

Generally a quite traditional pub, with great largers and beer

Great welcome, great food and an interesting range of ales!

Historic.. Sam Smith pub.. lovely roasts too

A gem of a find here. A few yards from Anerley Station, it's a great pre-match pub when we visit Selhurst Park. Relatively quiet but a full range of ales and shouts and friendly, helpful staff. This is now on our top away pub list!

Awesome empty Victorian boozer with all the trimmings.