Skehans Freehouse in Lewisham

Guinness, Tayto, and live music. One of the best nights out in London I've had in a long time. 8 piece brass band had everyone dancing and played MANY encores due to demand. Bar staff were incredible and having a great time too - special shout out to Rosa for taking care of us. Will be back for another night this summer.

Very fun and friendly pub. We were served by Rosa who was really funny and attentive. It was our first time coming here, we were recommended Skehans by a friend and definitely weren't disappointed! Great drop of Guinness as well. Thanks Rosa! We'll be back to try the Thai food next time.

Definitely my favourite pub in the area it has very local and friendly atmosphere, nice interior. Rosa was serving me the other and I have to say she’s the funniest , very lovely and helpful . She managed to not get lost in the corridors of the pub as it is huge ! Can recommend anyone who’s near by to pop in .

This place has an incredible vibe and the staff are insane. In particular Rosa who was kind and attentive. She made sure everyone at the bar waiting to be served was acknowledged, so no one felt over looked. She was so lovely when dealing with customers. Thank you for making our night incredible. We will be back

A good friend and I came to Skehans after a recommendation, was impressed by the friendly atmosphere of the pub, helped by the great bar staff, Edy in particular who served us one of the best pints of Guinness I’ve had in London. Music was spot on too, all in all a quality, affordable pub!

I love Skehans! Great atmosphere and the loveliest staff. Edy was serving me the other day and really made my day :) It's a must-go.

Great Thai food and great Thai salads Klodia has been there years and serves me every time I go there with family Pub has an amazing atmosphere

The best roast I had in ages! And very reasonably priced. We visited the pub with close friends and had a wonderful evening. Such a great atmosphere. We stayed for the life music too, which was a lot of fun.

Very friendly pub!! Great location! Barmaid Sophie was very helpful and friendly!! Great selection of beers!! We visited st Paddy’s day so it was very busy but staff were on the ball

Fantastic bar with a great atmosphere we were especially impressed by the Scottish girl who made our visit such fun… can’t wait for our nxt visit

Great live music, atmosphere, and drinks — Sophie behind the bar made our night so memorable, she’s a gem. Will definitely be back for another pint.

Couldn’t have asked for a better pub. From the bouncer to the bar staff everyone was unreal. A special shout out to Ian who is truly one of the greatest men I’ve ever met! He made us feel so welcome and truly made the night! The food is amazing, the Guinness is unreal and the music is top notch - it’s voted London’s best pub for a reason - don’t sit on this recommendation, you won’t be disappointed!

Unique atmosphere and great people Live music, friendly staff and a great look of this pub that what’s makes me coming back Really recommend this place Just go for it

We went for my friends birthday to the Thai restaurant and the pub afterwards.The Thai food was so delicious and the green curry sauce was to die for. I can’t recommend this place enough.Staff were so welcoming and very attentive.We were served by the lady who looked like she was in charge .Did not give us her name.The pub was great atmosphere and it’s not a bad Guinness considering it’s London.

Not my first time and definitely won't be the last! The food is great, staff are amazing and the atmosphere is an absolute vibe! The chow mein is my favourite but I'm sure you won't be disappointed :)

Great pub with fantastic atmosphere. Live music is superb so is their Thai food. Try the basil leaf salmon and you’re in for a treat. Highly recommend.

Great night out! Nice music and very friendly landlord taking time to speak with customers. Fantastic one of the kind decor.

I come here regularly! Love the atmosphere of the place and the live music makes it even better. Food and drinks are priced good so that’s a plus! Also stuff are very friendly and welcoming, especially a bartender called Danny was a star in service!

Great food and really friendly staff Very busy weekends I’d recommend the sea food and green curry.i was served by klaudia and another lady there

great food, i’d recommend weekdays if you want to have a bit more of a quiet time. weekends are very busy and lots of queue for tables staff are very welcoming and very friendly, can’t remember the name of the lady with the curly hair...

Excellent Thai at Skehans and Klodia is super knowledgeable with the menu - loved the green curry with the coconut rice. Recommendable for a midweek night out

Delightful evening in a great pub with excellent food and lovely service. It was very well paced, Music absolutely fine until 9:15 when it was rammed up but it was the doors so no complaints from me!

Amazing Restaurant, seamlessly combines the best of Thai cuisine and traditional Irish pub fare. The vibrant Thai dishes and cozy Irish pub ambiance make for an unforgettable dining experience.

Great atmosphere,The staff is friendly, helpful and easy to talk to. Great place! Highly recommended 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Definitely back again

Very busy. Great atmosphere. Excellent service even when it was crowded. We will definitely be returning there as we want to try the food.

Really really rude staff really bad food, clearly has a hygiene problem, found an insect in my food. Went before a few years ago and had a much better experience. Place is awful now. Stay away.

Rude security. Not dog friendly. Drunk people surrounding door. Not a nice place at all. Really gone down hill if ever was that up.

Attended with boyfriend for some Thai food who has a severe nut allergy, stressed this when ordering the food. Thai fish cakes served with a sauce with peanuts in. Had to pay upfront so did not know this and were not told before the food...

I love this pub, but the security guard is incredible offensive and inappropriate. Sat out the front, he forced us to move over as he then proceeded to sit down and drink a pint next to us. We then witnessed him go up to multiple...

A well run friendly boozer that serves well kept Guinness. The garden has been well designed and skilfully built and the staff are polite and courteous. Skehans is a gem of boozer.

I want to preface this review that I absolutely adore many of the locale and I have never left a poor review on any business before, let alone a local independent one. First time I went here in September, I was immediately pulled aside by...

We went in the restaurant section with our parents, 6 persons in total around 8pm. Sticky tables but decent food, we’ve been told 3 times they were stop serving at 9.25 and felt to promise a rude waitress we’d have been out by 9.45. And...

bouncer on a crazy power trip!! picking and choosing who to let in (while eating with his head down not even paying attention) and shouting at people who then get confused as to what he's doing. went out of his way to make a small young woman, who was on her own, feel intimidated and uncomfortable after she got some air because she was feeling sick. he was shouting over her and not letting her speak while she was calmly trying to understand what was happening. did the same to another guy who arrived after her who had left his drink inside, then let him inside but still made her wait outside alone. you know something's not right when a bouncer calls you a c**t and threatens to bar you when you ask him to speak more respectfully to a young woman. think his name is Patrick but someone needs to check he is okay. on the night be acted like someone who takes pleasure in exercising the 'power' of his role whilst ignoring any social responsibility. lovely pub though, great live music and social atmosphere. just a night spoiled by an individual.

Ok - I read a few of these one star reviews and felt compelled to put the record straight. This is a pub. It’s a great, great pub. Busy, vibrant, cool, friendly crowd of all ages and with terrific live music to boot. I can’t speak for the food or the Thai restaurant, which seem to have attracted the bile; but if you like a really good pub, this is it.

I went to this pub last night. I ordered Tempura and crispy squid. 2 hours later i was at the toilet throwing out even my soul. I had crap coming out from both ends at the same time. I don’t remember last time i was that ill. This morning i woke up with more diarrhea. Thanks. I will report this situation and request to have an inspection to that restaurant.

It has been the second time that I’ve been treat like this ! Super extremely RUDE waitresses (short with brunette curly hairs) from the Thai restaurant. I’ve been it this gastropub many times because we love the food, but my last two visits have been extremely unacceptable and very far from pleasant. First we were over charged for everything, everything was a few more pounds that on the menu and I was made paid in cash and never got I’ve been it this gastropub many times because we love the food, but my last two visits have been extremely unacceptable and very far from pleasant. First we were over charged for everything, everything was a few more pounds that on the menu and I was made paid in cash and never got a receipt. When asking eventually, to a bar staff, if the prices had changed we were told no, we check the website and again no, so the only thing to think is that she was the one overcharging us. And rarely when my girlfriend when to buy rice, after me telling her about the overcharged, by magic it was the right price, yes because she was ready to argue. And this evening I went for my Tom yum & pad Thai which I love. I could barely walk as my leg is immobilise (obviously limping) and she, she same girl, made me go up and down to take my order. Went to the restaurant and asked if I could order from upstairs, yes, once upstairs I saw her and asked her to take my order, no, you need to go to the restaurant, I came down again with a lot of effort, to only wait for her and been ask for my table number which I didn’t remember and she made no no effort at all to help me with that: without table number I can’t take your order. At this point I just got enough and walk away because I couldn’t stand it anymore. I work in hospitality as a bartender and waiter. This situation was unacceptable! I’m super extremely disappointed

Terrible experience with rude staff. On the menu online there are gluten free symbols next to certain items, because of this I chose this venue for the evening since I have coeliac disease. Upon ordering the waiting staff had no idea what gluten was, I described that I couldn’t have wheat, barley or rye, so there couldn’t be soy sauce etc, but chef should know what gluten is and it says on the online menu as mentioned. The staff told me that my food would taste plain, as if I have chosen to be gluten free to be an inconvenience, and proceeded to refuse to speak with the chef to ask what would be suitable due to ‘language barriers’. I was made to feel embarrassed and was treated in a rude way. She took my order, writing ‘no soy’ next to the items even though I ordered tofu and demonstrated complete ignorance. She came up to our table two times to say actually I couldn’t have what I ordered because on the curries etc it was in the ingredients (so this is packet food). I requested a refund and was given cash even though I paid on card which is irritating and received no apology. I found this experience very stressful as a coeliac and was reduced to tears as it’s embarrassing the waiting staff arguing with you and going out for a meal and not being able to eat a single thing. Do NOT eat here if you have allergies. False advertising, rude staff.

We ordered take away as the eating areas were all full. The starter of chicken satay was over cooked and dry and not particularly fresh. I had drunken noodles with pork, the noodles were all stuck together in a lump with a few bits of meat and none of it had any flavour. My partner had weeping tiger beef which was just lumps of beef with very little else and very little flavour. Would not use again.

Rarely do me and my friends go out for food together and we were buzzing with anticipation having heard great things about the food. Having booked days before and confirmed on the day we turned up with empty bellies. Sadly we were turned away by a very rude server who would hear nothing of our reservation. Luckily the pub staff were accommodating and found us a table to drink some well needed pints. Enjoy the pub. Boycott a Thai with unnecessarily rude servers.

Had a great time, Patrick the bouncer made our night - so friendly and fully stocked with hand sanitizer

Watched the Liverpool v Man Utd match in here and was pretty much full, then went to much quieter Thai restaurant out the back. Service was very slow given the place was almost empty and the food was ok but nothing spectacular, though the Fresh rolls starter was really nice. Pub also has pool table and dart board, and TVs outside

An excellent local pub with good Thai food and a great atmosphere. Very pleasing to enjoy Staropramen on tap!

Tiene una pequeña área al aire libre dulce con luces de calor y mesas. Hay una mesa de billar, máquinas tragamonedas y juegan al fútbol. La selección de bebidas está bien, la comida es del jardín de Chai, pero te la traen en el pub, que es agradable. Bastante acogedor pero no hay perros.

Fuimos para el almuerzo del sábado pero no lo hacen así que esperaron, con unas cuantas cervezas. Hasta las 5 de la tarde para que comience la comida tailandesa. Grandes techos en forma de L y altos.Se mostraban deportes en varios televisores alrededor del pub y hacía bastante frío por dentro (y por fuera). ¡Barmaid llevando un abrigo detrás de la barra! Se le preguntó sobre la calefacción y se le dijo que debería estar encendido pronto, es decir, en la época del año, no en el día. No importa.Variedad decente de cervezas, mesa de billar, televisores, asientos al aire libre, etc. No vi ninguna cerveza artesanal, pero pueden haber tenido algunos.La comida tailandesa en la noche a partir de las 5 pm era fresca y sabrosa.

For some reason, top Thai food is found in a pub. And this is a standard pub with delicious Thai food, seriously good food, at decent pub prices!

Visité la última noche de lunes a escuchar skehan sesiones "al Oriente del tio mermelada". La noche era agradable. El pub en sí es muy agradable con una buena degustación de cerveza (Melancólico, Sharpe's Atlantic y Truman en bombas de mano). La música era en su mayoría cosas de blues tipo jugó en una variedad de instrumentos: guitarras, contrabajo, piano, violín. Por desgracia, varias de las guitarras eran mucho más alto que el de los amplificados otros instrumentos, con el resultado de que cuando jugaron los demás estaban ahogados en una pared de ruido. Disfruté de la noche, pero habría disfrutado más si podría haber oído la música correctamente.

Skehans is a hidden gem, a real treat!! Great atmosphere, lovely decor, pool table, juke box and all the traditional things a pub needs!! Lovely garden at the front and back. Beautiful Thai restaurant hidden at the back!!! Regular bands and live music!!

Skehans is the best thing about Nunhead. Really fun and lively local pub with unexpectedly good authentic Thai menu. Jukebox and pool table make for a fun Friday night.

I love this pub. The 'pub' part is always busy and has a great atmosphere. The thai restaurant attached is one of my favourite local places to eat. I love the thai basil salmon. The service is always good too.

Amor por la música en vivo Skehans y vibraciones veraniegos - tienen un gran espacio al aire libre. En los últimos años han tenido una renovación sutil, pero mantuvieron su llamamiento a la comunidad más amplia. La carta de vinos ha mejorado mucho y la comida que ofrecen sigue siendo genial (comida tailandesa). Volveremos!

Como tu comentario anterior me pareció que la comida era agradable, pero nada especial. Que desconocian el restaurante detrás del pub y porque teníamos un bebé con nosotros el personal sugirió que desplazarse al restaurante - Gran llamada. El vino de la casa era mediocre, la decoración estaba cansado y kitsch. En general me alegro, pero no fuimos lo pensaré volver.

This really is the best pub in London! The food is great; I suggest the drunken noodles- they are superb!

Great beer, awesome Thai food, wonderful acoustic folk music Came here on Sunday night. Was a fantastic evening.

Nos encontramos en Skehans después de aprender que ofrecía un gran jardín abierto que sirve cerveza y comida tailandesa (un favorito personal).

I had a great time last night with the friendly people at this fun little neighborhood pub. They had live music that started after the game. And the food is absolutely amazing. They're connected to a Thai restaurant and serve a variety of different types...

Un fantástico pub local para relajarse y comer, uno de los pocos pubs izquierda que están todavía tradicional, buena comida tailandesa y a un precio razonable, buen ambiente, saludos.

As I approached I thought 'hmmm looks like it's seen better days' but as soon as I got inside, shut the front door, could I have been more wrong. Great people. Great chat. Great times. And for the ladies out there, one great barman ;) The Thai food drove me wild, felt like I was right there in the rice paddies with the sun beaming off my sweating forehead. They also had a guest ale called 'Zoe D' and lord knows I love to hear my name tehehe. Would I go again I hear you say? Quite frankly, I'd live there if I could! Do yourself a favour and hurry on down this second.

Un lieu convivial, bien décoré, avec possibilité de jouer au billard… De bonnes bières. Que demander de plus ? Je recommande… possibilité de commander des plats thaï du resto d'à côté...

Poppy and Banjo have been to this joint a fair bit of late, they enjoy the odd ciggie and Skehan's has the cutest of gardens. It presents a fine colourful haphazard display of flowers and a brace of Asianesque covered booths to smoke within. They assume it has as much to do with the Thai restaurant, found in a glorified cabin in the small garden and they applaud them for their efforts. The pub inside is a little scuzzy, that's fine by them. The beer on tap is a tad uninspiring but the mixed local clientele, probably like it that way. Live music, darts, pleasant service, muted sport on television screens, doesn't jar. They could do with a convenience spruce up, scrap the dominating pool table, introduce some better tipples on taps but otherwise, Poppy and Banjo like it just as they find it.

We went to the Thai Restaurant part at the rear...the food was fine, the decor was fine (for a Thai eatery!). Nothing outstanding.would we go again? Possibly.