Hand in Hand in Merton

Cozy pub with local crowd. Dog friendly.

Friendliest pub I have been to. Great food and couldn't be more dog friendly.

Nice pub and nice staff but on the Monday we went they didn’t have any of their famous chicken and leak pies!

Lovely roast and great service - thanks Poppy!

Just a wonderful pub , amazing cask ale selection, best I've ever seen. Food was class and staff exceptional and attentive.

Always great! Our favourite pub in the neighbourhood

Great country pub feel and good selection of low and no alcohol beers

Best vegeterian roast dinner I’ve had I ages, delicious. Great service from PoppyX our waitress. Definitely be back

Like a pub should be - always nice service and good food and wide choice of drinks

Not t the best value lunch before but excellent location and food. Would definitely come here again

Great atmosphere and really good pub food.

One of the best pubs in Wimbledon and probably in London. Food is amazing, atmosphere always great regardless of summer/winter time. And the staff are the nicest!! 💫

Had a most pleasant lunch with good service from friendly staff. Food was very good as we're the drinks.

A wonderful place to visit. Great food, great atmosphere and great staff. What's not to like. Xx😁

Great setting, and the guy on front of house allocating tables (probably the manager) is very friendly and cheerful, unlike most of the bar staff who seemed surprised to be there and not particularly happy about it. If we had just had drinks I would have given it 4/5-stars. But we decided to eat… My steak was very well cooked, but very gristly. It was mostly gristle in fact, with bits of tasty meat in between. The peppercorn sauce however was inedible. Watery and just awful. You can buy better in the Co-op. My friend had the fish and chips and the curry sauce that came with it was also awful. The rest of the food was good, but not fab. And my steak meal cost £29 - so not good value by any means, even if it had been mostly meat. I wouldn’t eat here again, but I would stop for a drink…and then eat somewhere else. Such a shame!

One of my favourite locals. I have recenly had their new gluten free fish and chips, and the batter was fabulous. I highly recommend.

Nice early evening dinner in The Bakery area. Good, efficient and friendly service from Poppy and rest of the team - thank you. Made a couple of recommendations on food & drinks which were great.

Great evening. Helpful and friendly staff. Quick turnaround on the food. Food very good and well priced.

Fantastic pub!! Magical setting with great food and good beer. A gem beside Wimbledon Common. Sit inside, outside in the garden or on the grass in front of the pub. Special place.

Roast was amazing and the service from Poppy was great. Thank you!

Went for a Sunday roast dinner. The food was incredibly delicious, and the whole atmosphere of the pub is amazing: cosy and lively. Special thanks to our lovely waitress Poppy who looked after us, made sure to arrange for drinks and meals quickly (we were so hungry!). We will be coming again and again.

I was served by a lovely lady, I think her name was Katie. She was extremely attentive towards myself and my friends making for a very enjoyable experience! The food was also delicious, will be back!

We had a pie which was delicious! The whole team was amazing and accommodating… definitely will be back! P.S extremely dog friendly!

10/10 experience, friendly staff and attentive service. I had the beef pie, really enjoyed the food, one of the best pies I’ve had in a long time. Came with the family, had a big table to ourselves next to the window, felt very comfortable and welcomed in this traditional pub. Although it was busy, we managed to feel like we were individually looked after.

Gorgeous pub with great atmosphere and superb food. We were served by Vincent (who must be the manager) - hugely professional and knowledgeable but also very warm. We’ll definitely return

Great food, service and atmosphere. Really appreciated it not to have loud music. We had such a cosy and lovely time. 🕰️

Very nice setting and the food was good too.

Love this pub ! Charming pub on the edge of Wimbledon common Highly recommend

Lovely pub, good atmosphere, food lovely however my roast could have been warmer and puddings we’re delicious. Service was a little slow very difficult to get their attention.

Nice location but beers overpriced and nowhere to sit. Staff didn’t really care. No thanks.

My experience here was perfect, it was a beautiful sunny day with both inside and outdoor seating. We had a dog with us so we chose indoors , the decor was beautiful as was the food. Every dish was scrumptious. Looking forward to going back.

Great atmosphere and location but the food was below average, disappointed

I didn’t want to leave a public review so emailed the pub directly to tell them of our experience. My email is below. Unfortunately the pub ignored me and showed me the service we received in the day was likely quite consistent so I am now posting our experience here. Hi, My friends and I came to you for a Sunday Roast on Sunday 2nd June at 3pm. After our visit I received an email asking to review our experience. I started to write the review but saw it was for external publication and didn't feel it fair I do that as our experience was less than ideal and these reviews that are published online can be harmful to a business. But I do feel I'd like you to be aware of our experience. The area we were given was lovely but the staff totally forgot about us. A lot! It was an hour after we were seated that our order was finally taken and even then it was only after we went to find someone. The drinks took a very long time to come, only bottles of wine and/or prosecco or a spritz, nothing that takes lots of time to make. At one point we went to the bar staff to double check it was actually table service as we had been left to our own devices for so long. The food was OK. The person that had the pork belly was very happy with their food but it was lukewarm and came without the apple sauce, which they then had to wait a long time for the sauce to be brought out. The hogget was quite tough and, again, lukewarm with all potatoes very obviously having been reheated many times as they were hard on the outside. The same with the beef. All of the staff were friendly and smiley but there was no organisation in terms of no one actually looking after our table. We saw four different members of staff during our time there so no one knew what had been done in terms of orders etc. Again, we had to wait ages for our bill and ask for it a second time. As someone who runs a business I feel feedback, good and bad, is extremely important to ensure we ae offering our customers the best service possible so wanted to share this with you today. Kind regards,

Absolutely brilliant pub, booked for a large party through the booking system which was nice and easy and the management had great communication throughout the booking. Service was perfect throughout the booking and the drinks were amazing everyone in the group said it was the best ales they ever tasted. The food was the best in Wimbledon we particularly enjoyed the fish and chips and burger The pub had a great atmosphere and was nice and clean Will definitely recommend to friends and return

Loved it .Tom the dog is friendly

This was a great pub for a weekend lunch and a drink. Plenty of good seating options including some great outdoor tables. Food was all delicious and there was a good selection of beers on tap. It was also a great bonus that it was right on the common so after your drinking and eating you can walk a little bit of that off!

Lovely pub barman was very professional nice cosy and comfortable inside nice selection of beers one of my old haunts from the past

Great pub in Wimbledon with good food and a warm and welcoming atmosphere

Nice atmosphere but food was so so. It was very busy so that may have been why .

Lovely pub in a beautiful rural setting . Idyllic !! Cosy inside. Lots of atmosphere and good vibes. Food was really good. The fish & chips was excellent , and the mushy peas so I'm told, are actually famous ! The pub gave a really favourable impression of British culture and culinary traditions - to our young Swiss student - who was visiting England for the first time, too . Last but not least, the bar staff were amazing and extremely good at their jobs. We will be back !!

Yet another Top Trip enjoyed by the two humans and Sir Jeffrey de Labrador

Delicious food, lovely service, good environment, will definitely visit it again soon.

Lovely place, very welcoming, friendly staff and good food!

A great Gastro pub close to Wimbledon Common. The manager Andrew has been there for years and is a wonderful host.

Cosy pub in a very pretty area. Service was friendly, toilets and everything else clean.

Just had the best experience here, the team were amazing and went above and beyond to make sure we had a lovely birthday meal for my elderly granny with dementia. They gave us our own room- The Study- to make everything easier for her wheelchair and for privacy, they were so kind, and everything was delicious. Thank you to Andrew for being so attentive to the note on our booking about our needs. So appreciated

Disappointing food, not great service, cold coffee, I’m sorry but won’t be coming back

We waited 40 minutes to receive our order.

Fantastic atmosphere, very friendly staff.

Returned recently for football and Alex was awesome, very friendly and helpful. A great pub.

One of the most unique pubs I visited in the area. Beautiful and cozy rooms. Great service. Pies were excellent.

We went here after the tennis they and we’re able to find a table for us. Food was excellent and atmosphere very good. Joe was our waiter, very accommodating and friendly as were all the staff. Would recommend

Our server joe was very polite with very fast service.

Great pub, good service and good beer. Didn't eat there but the food looked pretty good

First port of call for Sunday lunch when we return home to the Village!

Atmosphere should’ve been six stars. We booked a table inside and they were so helpful at letting us take a table outside against normal procedure. They sent out a fantastic waiter to take our order from the table outside. We had a wonderful time down to the great atmosphere decent very decent food and a very friendly and helpful waiter.

Superb Sunday Roasts for lunch. Roast Lamb and Roast Beef cooked perfectly with all the trimmings. Didn’t have a chance to get a photo in before we all demolished them. Lovely bottle of Inkspot South African Red wine to go with it followed by deserts and some port. I’m not sure why I’m not here more often!!!

As usual, the staff were very friendly and helpful and the atmosphere was very nice. However, very UNUSUALLY, the fish and chips meal I had was very underwhelming and not up to the Hand in Hand’s usual standard. This is no longer a cheap meal so I was disappointed with firstly, the portion size (very few chips), the fillet of fish was on the small size and the mushy peas were solid and cold! Come on H in H, you can do better than this - please get back to what we’ve come to know!

Cozy, country-style pub with numerous rooms and outdoor seating by the Wimbledon common. Quality food, prompt service and a great selection of tap & cask ales. Make sure to book ahead for Sunday roast!

If I could give more stars I would - top notch. We had a couple of issues this evening, but life isn’t perfect and you judge not by perfection but by how things are handled in its absence. We were blown away by the outstanding attention and service we received. Every member of staff made us feel welcome and part of the furniture. I’m confident that the Hand in Hand is going to become a regular go to local pub for us, with its wonderful surroundings, lovely people, yummy food and excellent choice of drinks.

Superb vegetarian Wellington! Great atmosphere and service too.

We had dinner with a group of 5. Food was excellent, fresh and good quality BUT service, although friendly, was very, very slow. We had to chase to order drinks and food and then it took our main courses to arrive nearly 1.5 hours after we had ordered. Luckily food was good. So long as you have lots of time and your appetite can wait you will be fine.

I like this public house. Our parents sometimes went there, occasionally taking us there when we were children in the 1970s.

Food was not too bad but very let down by poor service. It took over an hour for us to receive our mains, long after we had finished the appetisers. Staff were inattentive and we couldn't get their attention to ask for more sauce, cutlery, or even the bill. Asked for one burger well done and one medium rare, but when it was served they said they both had to be well done. Well then what was the point of asking how we wanted the burgers? We have not experienced such poor service in a long time, it was embarassing as we were taking visiting family out for dinner. The only consolation is there was no service charge. The food is average at best, we will not be back. We only came here for the pies, which a lot of the other pubs in the area don't do, only to be told they were sold out. The only pro is it is very dog friendly.

Super yummy food and good vibes! Plus the pub has a cat!!!!

Our last visit to the hand in hand was to celebrate my birthday with 12 guests. Unfortunately the original booking was only for 8 but Andrew kindly moved us to a different area to accommodate our larger group. We were very well looked after throughout and I must say the food at the Hand in Hand is on point. It has I would say, one of the best authentic Beef Shin pies I’ve ever had. They also kindly provided plates & cutlery for a home made birthday cake which was very much appreciated. Andrew is a genuinely warm, hospitable and funny publican who's always ready to help when he can. Overall, it's an excellent pub by Wimbledon Common with a relaxed vibe and quality food and would strongly recommend anyone in the area to go for a drink or even a meal.

Lovely food and great welcome and service.

The food, the service and the atmosphere: lovely. Pretty considerate with allergies. All you want from your afternoon in Wimbledon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Quaint place especially if the weather is amazing. Best to come in early if you want to get a spot

Attended beer festival with friends. Interesting beers. A good evening.

Our group of ladies held their annual reunion at the Hand in Hand. We couldn't have been more warmly welcomed and more thoughtfully looked after. The staff were all very helpful and cheerful! There was a varied menu and the food was good.

Good pub, good youngs food. Good crowd and nice location 👍

Had a lovely Sunday roast here! Poppy was so friendly and attentive. Definitely will be back!

Our waiter was very attentive, accommodating and pleasant. The general atmosphere was lovely and the morris dancers really added to the vibe.

Once again, an excellent Sunday lunch served by the wonderful Poppy! You can't beat it!

A lovely pub environment and a great place to sit out in the sun on the grass or at a table.

Amazing food and drink, great pub, great atmosphere and fantastic staff! Perfect spot for summer drinks and a bite to eat

Absolutely brilliant, helped by the great service, beautiful weather and stunning little setting, away from the hustle and bustle of Wimbledon Village.

Amazing hospitality and well looked after by Freddie.

I just love this pub. The team there are always so friendly and welcoming. Just a few weeks back, despite it being late April, they put the fire on, just for us. You’re really made to feel like you’re at home. Except the food’s much better, well when I’m cooking at least. I also want to say thank you to Poppy, from the exceptional service to your amazing wine suggestion. There wasn’t a time we wanted for anything, yet we never once felt rushed. Whether you’re in the area, or looking for a truly special pub, you’ll be glad you went.

Beautiful pub very friendly and great service. Had Sunday lunch with my family . Highly recommend

I love everything about the Hand in Hand. The location, the cosy pub, the super lovely staff, and the food is delicious…..especially the pies. Oh my days, the pies!!! The 40 minute wait is worth every second for that delicious suet pastry! My only criticism is that whenever I go to eat, the food is always served on cold plates (and gravy in cold jugs), so your food is cold before you finish eating it. It’s such a shame. Can you please buy a plate warmer. Also, if I am being super picky, your gravy could benefit from being much thicker. Personal preference but I find it far too watery.

Had dinner with a friend yesterday the service was superb and both meals exceptionally good. Altogether a great experience

Lovely pub with very nice sunday roast. Service from Poppy was amazing!

Delicious food and great service, thank you Kirsty!

I went to the hand in hand on a busy Friday night and managed to get on one of the only remaining tables. Despite it being so busy, we felt really looked after and food was incredible. I ordered steak and it was cooked perfectly. It was by far one of the nicest meals I’ve had out in a long while and I would definitely recommend going here for a brilliant evening.

Another fine offering from the Young's stable. The Hand in Hand in Wimbledon is popular, friendly and well presented. The staff are great, offering super service and a great smile. The pictures tell me the late Queen Mother along with the man who used to be called Prince were active members of staff. A good fun place to visit and I would be happy to work away in "The Study" anytime. Good fun.

Come for a few pints, ended up staying for a lovely meal. The team were great and so was the food. We will be back very soon!

Lovely traditional pub.Good atmosphere. Brilliant service. Delicious food. Good beer. Great service. Will definitely visit again when in the area. If it’s good enough for Sir Trevor…… 😉. X

We called the pub to book a table and were informed that we could just walk in as they had plenty of tables available. However, we still gave our name to reserve a table just in case. When we arrived at the pub, we were only given a bar table, and were told that it was the only one available. The staff suggested that we try to find another table that did not have a "reserved" sign on it. We found this service to be shockingly bad and the staff were unapologetic. As a result, we had no choice but to walk out.

We had a lovely weekend lunch. The food was great and Poppy, our waitress, was excellent. Attentive, knowledgeable and we weren't rushed. Great experience.

A cosy place despite its size with an helpful staff. We had excellent and plentiful fish and chips.

One of my favourite pubs in Wimbledon Village. Visited again on a busy Saturday evening (13/04/24, a very warm day) . Staff were extremely friendly and found us a table immediately. Though it was busy ,staff were smiling and very accommodating ,as they always are! My friend and I ,had drinks and a few dishes to share and snack on. We had the camambert , chips, roasted cauliflower and the hummus. They were all delicious! Hand in Hand never disappoints!

a very cosy pub, honestly might be my favourite pub exactly for how homely and inviting it feels :) plus its dog-friendly, Maddie loves coming in with me for a hot chocolate or a beer (she always gets treats from the staff) absolutely lovely atmosphere and the staff is so very friendly!

Fantastic experience at the Hand in Hand, above all the service. Three cheers for Philip B behind the bar. Friendly and efficient.

We had a lovely evening and Poppy looked after us very well. She was attentive, friendly and went out of her way to charge one of our mobiles. Food was fabulous. Just as feedback the Kale on the 'sausage and mash' is rather garnish than a element of the dish. Would be lovely if there was more of it. Thanks for a lovely evening.

Such a lovely pub, great atmosphere, amazing food and dogs very welcome!

Excellent service by Poppy! She cared for our needs and good food. Highly recommend

Hand in hand is like a lovely country pub in London. Lovely fires, rustic atmosphere, very dog friendly and great service. A fantastic spot in the heart of wimbeldon common.

Cosy countryside feel with great food and service