Blythe Hill Tavern in Lewisham

Great pub, Guinness and bar staff are really good.

Cracking pub. And I mean pub, not a bar or anything poncey, a proper pub. Great service and a long way from the dearest too.

Very very nice pub. Cosy. Very good Guinness Pizza van outside on Fridays (van dough) is nice too. Outdoor seating is heated and covered in winter.

Basically the best pint of Guinness in SE London

Awesome pub.. fantastic vibes and very relaxed .. will be back for sure 😊 Guinness poured properly!

Friendly service, delicious pints and a gr8 radiator in the gents 👍

A lovely local Irish pub with a huge beer garden and lovely staff. You can order Yard Sale Pizza to be delivered there.

The favourite little spot in south east London for a pint of Guinness

Traditional Irish style pub with great decor and wide choice of drinks. Favourite with locals - does not do food but there is often a pizza van outside.

I have always like this pub tradition pub with a great range of whiskeys and ales

One of the few traditional pubs left in London- Well stocked, clean and friendly run by a very experienced Guvenor . Wish I lived nearer would be my port of call anytime !

It's where I go in London whenever I feel a little homesick. Top Guinness, unassuming place, several of the team there for a least the thirteen years I've been visiting

Nice and REAL place. Sometimes food trucks show up!

Fabulous bar staff. Excellent beers.

Best pub in London-town. STILL. Best Pub In London.

Fabulous pub. Old school charm. Well kept beer.

Don't complain about the lack of dot dot dot at London pubs. Give these lads a try.

Great pub interior, traditional decor, wood panelling with interesting artwork/trinkets/memorabilia. Shows sport and has a good sized outdoor area. They put effort into their hanging baskets. The staff in short sleeve shirts and ties is a touch

All good thank you Great pub an atmosphere

I love this pub so much. Hands down the best pub in London. Reasons below: - Independent owners - Let you bring your own food in - Best Guinness in London (will bring your Guinness to your table) - Old school decor - Brilliant spacious pub garden - Eclectic mix of young and old punters all mixing together - Legendary landlord (and other familiar members of the team) - Not extortionate prices

Best Guinness this side of Dublin!

Great pub. Wide range of beer and whisky. Good summer beer garden. Sports on TV.

Fantastic pub with selection of ales and great service. Full of character and charm

Another stalworth of great London Boozers.. This place has so much character. Massive beer garden for the summer. the bar in the middle of the pub means there are 3 different seating areas so it's cozy inside and they usually show all the sports. Good for the Irish sports and rugby too. Guinness is not great here anymore for some reason but it's fine once you're able to drink something else. Neck Oil is better than the slop you get up at Tottenham but that's not hard is it. Staff are great and will bring your pint down to you after you order. I heard they have a cracking Football team that play in the Veterans league too.

LOVE this pub. Great prices, staff are super friendly and so well dressed. They even have Tayto crisps and a lovely back garden. Would choose this pub over any other local hands down.

Great Irish owned pub with a great mix of clientele and really nice atmosphere

Fantastic pub with a fantastic Guinness. Great service and atmosphere

Cracking pub. Lovely bit of Irish music

What a great pub. Servers are amazing and this place offers a friendly welcoming atmosphere. I would highly recommend a visit to this place if you're in the area.

Sorry peeps...All I wanted to do was go to the toilet.

If you are looking for an old school Irish pub, look no further. No nonsense, straight up pub. Nice staff, good Guinness. Sláinte!

A real pub, friendly and genuine, with the best Guinness.

This pub is so so cute AND cool. we liiiike it Great beer, sound staff. Love it.

Arrived on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day with my mate from far away telling him this is the best place to spend his birthday only to find the pub was bookings only. Fortunately we pleaded our case with the owner and he recognised me and allowed us access. The best racing pub in London and the best pint of the Black stuff outside of the Emerald Isle. Fantastic atmosphere. great staff, Top Guvnor. Well done Conn!

🚇 Catford 🍺 £5.80 Guinness One of the Best Pubs in London. The Blythe Hill Tavern is located in South East London on the border between Catford and Forest Hill. The nearest station is Catford, it’s a ten minute walk to get here. The pub was built in the mid 19th century and started life as The Blythe Hill Hotel. This is three room pub with a public bar on the corner, a saloon to the left and a large room running across the back of the pub. The decor here is outstanding, so much so that it has been Grade II listed by Historic England. The walls are clad in dark wood panelling which originate from the 1920’s. Around the walls are a treasure trove of old signs, posters and mirrors relating to Irish writers, Irish brews and sporting pursuits. Other features include exposed beams, fireplaces that roar in winter, traditional seating and to top in off, a proper pub carpet. At the rear of the pub is a large beer garden that blooms in the summer. The beer lineup was great, there was a decent selection of four revolving cask ales, familiar favourites and of course Guinness. I ordered a pint of St Jame’s Gates finest, my pint was excellent and pleasingly cost less than six quid. There is food available here by way of @vandough pizzas. They serve up 10” pizzas which all cost in and around a tenner. Check their socials for timings. My brother and I arrived bang on opening at met Con the Guv’nor who was warm and welcoming. After ordering our pints we ended up having a great chat with Con about Ireland and London pubs in the 70’s and 80’s and the many characters that ran them. We were also chatting about The Arsenal as we are both fans and visiting Highbury and the pubs around there back in the day, what a lovely fella. The pub hosts Quiz Nights, Live Music, Live Premier League and Rugby. The @blythehilltavern is a Multi award winning pub which is traditional, welcoming, quirky and authentic. This is one of the best pubs I’ve visited, I loved everything about this place and Con the Guv’nor is an absolute diamond. If you have London pub to visit list, put this one at the top. ℹ️ Info correct 17.02.24

This is a very nice pub. I don't know if they do food.

Had a weekend over in crystal palace revisiting my brother and sister in law...its there local great atmosphere great staff and made us feel welcome..

Best service of any pub I've been to. Great crisps.

There doesn’t have to be an explanation. A group of friends at a weekend. A perfect neighbourhood pub, well kept ales and affable hospitality.

Best guiness in town and a great outdoor space

Best pint of Guinness for miles...

Lovely pub, great pint of Guinness which is left to settle and then topped up. Just like being in Ireland. Good place to watch the football/rugby. Also a nice big beer garden. Never eaten their so don't know about the food.

It's like stepping back in time in this cosy local, a timeless gem with impeccable, pint to your table service.

Lovely, busy locals pub. Horrible, cold toilets (well, ladies anyway!) I come because it's local and has good beer. We deserve better though.

Fantastic best pint of hop head

Famous for the Guinness, they also have plenty of well kept ales. Cozy in winter and lively in summer. Pizza is available from a van sometimes, but they let you order in as well.

Dark space, tables were dirty and floor wasn't clean. We weren't tempted to stay long. There was a group of old men sitting around with a few pints swearing at each other ~ not a family friendly atmosphere or welcoming to many families.

Probably the best run pub in London - not gastro just a good old fashioned pub.

Warm Irish pub with proper Guinness and proper service

Unique Irish pub really great 👍 well worth a visit.

Very welcoming and friendly authentic unspoilt pub. Best in the area by far! Beer is good too! Would highly recommend.

We only went for a couple of drinks. Great atmosphere!!! Garden out the back was a hidden gem!

Cracking ,characterful, old style multi roomed pub with a good beer garden. Beers were surprisingly expensive for the area though.

Excellent pub, all comers made very welcome!

Brilliant pub, its very highly regarded, for a good reason. Particularly good for GAA matches, since its an Irish pub. Prices are a little too high for my liking, but I like to think it's because they pay their staff well, who are all very competent barstaff.

A rather charming and traditional interior. The bar staff wear white shirts and black ties. They keep their beers in excellent condition and at the time of visit I was lucky enough to try the Harvey's Porter . This pub has certainly gained in popularity over the last few year and it can get very busy. It was quiet on Sunday evening . A no nonsense establishment that is a must visit if you find yourself down that way

Friends of mine have been raving about this lace for years. I was brought up in NW London (Cricklewood/Kilburn)and remember when every pub had an Irish landlord who dressed in shirt and tie and knew every customer's name and served great Guinness. This is a throwback to those days and I can think of no greater compliment. It's great to visit a pub which is just that; not a pretentious gastropub with eye-watering prices, but a place to meet, to talk and to mingle. Long may it remain so.

Absolutely brilliant beer in a real, proper pub.

Ultra decent pub, auld fellas behind the bar serving great Guinness and always has the football on. Trad nights as well. A delight of an establishment.

Can't beat it, incredible atmosphere and service.

A friendly Irish pub with an excellent, well treated selection of real ales. Small dogs are welcome. However, whilst my greyhound counts as a small dog, a very small staffie puppy , I was looking after one weekend, was deemed to be a dangerous dog. So, if you're planning to take Fido along, it would be wise to check whether your dog will be let in. Having said that this is a gem of a pub that I can certainly recommend.

Lovely beer garden, plenty of shade. Dog friendly

Great authentic pub with a massive outside area, plenty of seating. Guinness is one of the best around.

…to when so many pubs looked like this, The Blythe Hill Tavern has resisted the temptation to become the same as so many other pubs in London. Nice ‘garden’ space at the back too and a superb selection of beers and ciders.

Fantastt Irish Pub with all the requisite stained woodwork. Would recommend!

Horrible people, and the bar only serve old blokes or pretty women.

Proper pub. Great, friendly bar staff

Went to local shop to buy Milk on the spur of the moment on the way home I called in for a Lemonade. Apparently I didn't even know the Wales v Ireland Rugby match was on. Being Welsh, I stayed to watch. Wales lost though! Still I enjoyed myself, someone bought me another Lemonade. Excellent bar staff! Great, friendly local Community Pub! Live Irish band on Thursday's. Get on down and groove!!! 😂 (Reason for LEMONADE) Muslim!!!! I've only ate a Pizza in the Pub Garden before which was a treat 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

Cheap pints, smart barkeeps, nothing to dislike, rammed when we went and ended up sat outside which wasn't ideal in January but seems very popular

I am ashamed to say that despite living in SE London for many years I did not know about this pub. It is a lovely old fashioned pub, reasonably priced, great professional bar staff and the best pint of Guinness I have had for ages. My drinking companion sampled a couple of the real ales from the excellent selection on offer and said they were very good. The traditional Irish music session was an unexpected and great bonus. I will definitely be going back.

Have been a few times this year since lock down regulations lifted with friends who are regulars there. Family friendly. Typical old style pub and makes no apologies for it! (Nor should it!) Staff have always been friendly and efficient. Can be busy at times as obviously a very popular pub but can usually get a seat in one of the three bar areas but also nice large outdoor seating area. Good selection of drinks (and crisps!) Great range of ciders - the apple pie one is delicious!

All of humanity is contained within.

Good local pub, great friendly staff who are always so welcoming. Cheap drinks. Great garden area. Shows sport but doesnt do bookings.

Convenient and well set up for watching the current football championship. Although when darkness falls you stand a good chance of watching a family of young foxes running along and using the corrugated roof of the outside area to get from garden to garden.

Best Guinness in South London. Proper.

Great pub, real ales and a fine pint of Guinness!

Excellent as it always has been under Cons stewardship over the past 30 years.

I love this pub. Great outdoors area and friendly staff. They have a selection of many different ciders- order the rhubarb one (it’s the best)

Vile landlord, incredibly rude and offensive for no apparent reason. Aviod if you don't want abuse from the owner

If you want a good pint of Guinness this is the place to go!!

Lovely little old school pub run by gentlemen in ties... a rare sight these days! Curteous, polite and top class service. Amazing selection of ciders, popular beers and Irish whiskeys. Beautiful beer garden.

Seem to have the social distance stuff going as well as possible. Great pub as always.

Great pizza, perfect with a Guinness served by the old school barmen. Perfect service

An unusual luxury - a pub that still feels authentic and unpretentious and yet isn't grimey and depressing. The staff are just the right amount of friendly, don't expect amazing beers by today's standards but you will get a lovely pint and a traditional pub atmosphere Nice garden

A real local pub, so rare these days!

On a Thursday they have traditional Irish music! So it's lovely to sit there with your drink and listen. Friendly place too!

Proper pub. Good selection of drinks. Guinness well maintained.

The best Guinness in the South, served to your table if you've put in a large order. Small & intimate with bags of character. Well worth the visit and is as good as the view from Blythe Hill.

Cracking Irish pub. Lovely, well lit garden space and nice playing area for little ones.

Best pints of Guinness this side of the Irish Sea.

Lovely little Irish pub in the middle of a residential area. Great place for a drink. Nice garden at the back and family friendly since there's a playground

One of the best pubs in London. A Catford institution. Better than most Irish pub in Ireland. A large bar staffed by friendly and professional true barmen. A great pint and they have the Gaelic sports on the TV. Great

Love this place! Con and his staff really make you feel at home in this proper old Irish pub. Great guinness, interesting mix of people who you can stop and chat to, Irish band, Van Dough pizza on a Friday night and a lovely garden with brilliant mosaic and playground to keep the kids occupied. What better way to while away a Sunday afternoon, Friday night... or any other for that matter!

A quaint and lovely atmospheric pub, split into an Irish and English half, large beer garden child friendly. Thursday's they play live folk music so enjoyable. Check it out.

This is a great place to go with friends, really friendly staff you are made to feel welcome immediately, nice beer garden for the summer.

Excellent authentic Irish pub. Superb staff and great local atmosphere.

Great warm, traditional pub. Does a lovely pint of Guinness.

Small friendly pub, wish they had more stouts than Guinness.

Fantastic little gem, best pub in South London

Nice and cozy. All you want really