the effra in Lambeth

The commanding corner pub only a short walk from St. Matthews church in Brixton. Unfortunately, we were greeted with full-on football crowd when on arrival, but once the game was over and the rowdy intimidating clientele dissipated it became more bearable. Bizarrely they don't sell prosecco in large bottles, only expensive tiddly ones. The kitchen was broken or having a day off.

Great pub great music great find. Thank you.

Great pub with fabulous live music. Highly recommend.

Lovely pub, with great bar staff. It's tucked out of the way a little bit, but we're glad we stumbled across it. Big screens for sport and a relaxing atmosphere.

Seems like a nice vibe but waited for half an hour at the bar without service, bartender eating chips and talking to her friends the whole time, dunno if they had an issue with me or something but from my view a terribly run pub

Lovely, proper pub, had a great mix of people and an amazing live jazz band when we were in.

The food was so amazing so I went back with my friends and they all was delighted they took my word. Really nice pub ofcourse staff are amazing however I will definitely get them amazing wings again. Big up Effra and huge big up to the chef 👌

Good selection of beers and a nice pub with a good outdoor space too. Not too expensive either

Wings are amazing! Good live music on a Sunday

A local pub in Brixton where you can listen to live music on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. I found out about this place through a Jamaican friend of mine who has been living in the area for most of his life. The atmosphere is quite pleasant and the people are friendly, for a London pub. I recommend giving it a look if you like live music.

Lovely vibe in this pub! Enjoyed the new menu too - had wings and they were the best I’ve had. Chef came out and had a chat too, such a great guy!

Been going here for years for the Thursday night jazz, become a staple for me and my friends. Impeccable vibes.

Great neighbourhood pub, sport, friendly staff and live jazz. The Guinness is particularly great.

Had the jerk chicken burger and wings from the new menu yesterday and they were delicious! Abs (the new chef) was very accommodating. A great addition to our local pub!

The best pub in Brixton. Great music, friendly staff, reasonably priced drinks and a special mention for the new food menu - the Effra Burger and chicken wings were next level!

Been going to this pub for 16 years and tonight I had the best food ever! Cannot recommend enough. The wings are banging and the burgers are not to be missed trust me! Met Abs the new chef too and he was lovely and welcoming to us all.

Great pub, live local. Great selection of beers. Lorenzo is the best bar man in the world. Had a burger from Abs too, incredible and a great guy too.

Best pub in Brixton for the last c20 years. Also cracking jerk.

Personal absolutamente fabuloso! La música está fuera de este mundo y tiene la momia más dulce ❤️ & staff! No puedo recomendarlo lo suficiente!

Best bar in London (in other words, the world)

Very good service and nice team work on the site. Very friendly place

This is a old fashioned boozer with a tinge (or a dollop, depending on your point of view) of gentrification near Central Brixton. Good beer, friendly staff, Sky Sports, DJs on occasion. Little patio out the back. Favourite pub in Brixton. Worth a few scoops before a gig if you have the time.

Still my favourite pub in Brixton. Has maintained it's character and charm whilst Brixton itself changes

If you want to watch a game or just hang out while having a few pints, that is the place. Plus some live music! Great atmosphere!

Amazing Thursday night visit. World class band. Boss staff. Well priced beers. Thanks.

Another fun evening with live jazz.

No dog policy. Unapologetic barman. Bad vibes.

Friendly service last Sunday, makes a bit difference, cheers guys 👌

Great neighbourhood pub, excellent atmosphere, live music, play sports and you can order food from anywhere (as they don’t serve their own)!

Nice pub. Nice staff. Nice Guinness. Nice outside. Nice inside.

Proper old school boozer with great staff!

Bar staff were abrasive before we even closed the door. We came from home whilst it was raining, and they said they ‘wouldn’t let us hide from the rain in here’. We were just wanting a drink! To be immediately met with unwelcomeness from a local is disheartening.

Stumbled upon this great bar while scouring Brixton to see a football match. While walking through housing estate we found Effra Hall. Guy working in bar couldn't have be nicer or more helpful great pint and big screens. Highly recommend

Decent local boozer. Round here still searching for that perfect neighbourhood pint hole - everything either too full of yummy mums and hooray cardigan dads or soulessly chainy or both. Lighting is a bit bright in here which is a bad start - sounds picky but boozers just shouldn’t be anything like dentists. Shoot me. Live music is a fun option and the beer selection is decent - Brooklyn, madri and usual suspects. The search goes on…

A wonderful place to meet, chill and catch up with friends. The ambience is warm and welcoming alongside the staff who are exemplary. I didn't sample the food menu.

Went for a pint with my brother. First time since the old landlord passed and does not feel the same 😔

Great atmosphere and good band..very enjoyable evening.

Outstanding live music every Thursday evening and reggae playing on the speakers during the day. I was in heaven.

Little gem of a pub, good value too

Bright and comfy with lovely staff! Loved the huge windows and mosaic tiles on the floor—a gem of a pub

Good pub, some great music. Pity they didn't do any proper beer. It was all that fizz pop stuff. I am told some of it is 'craft beer' ok so why not craft a proper pulled pint? I made do with a respectable Guinness.

Best pub in Brixton, great vibes and so nice to not feel like you’re being ripped off

No chef so no food today, but ambience, people, music second to none as usual!!

A super Kool venue that takes care of the music 🎶 community and actually pays artists ... Bravo & Excelsior!!

Basic, friendly pub with good beer.

Amazing vibe, Annabelle gave us the best service ever. She is the best!

Decent little boozer off the beaten track in Brixton. 2 Czech beers on tap. Friendly staff. I’ll be back 😎

We went there for the jazz band and it was definitely worth it. Great environment, crowd, staff work really fast, easy to get drinks. There is also an outside area. They don't serve food, but they do allow you to order online and get it delivered. Please check in advance the days that the band is playing, we were there on a Thursday.

One of my fav pubs in Brixton for watching football and live music. But please don't come here, you'll just make it harder to get to the bar.

Lovely pub,good atmosphere and great live music. A bit of a gem if you love music

Lovely pub. Staff were friendly. There was a blues band on - they were a bit loud to try and have conversations with friends (we weren't right next to them), but forgivable because they were great!

Lovely old pub with a good range of beers

Great pub with great atmosphere too!

Great atmosphere and a good selection of fairly priced pints. Went there for premier league on a tuesday, good set up of screens and not to crowded.

Great pub, my favourite in Brixton

This would be the perfect local - great beer selection, reasonable prices, decent live music. Except it's not dog friendly. Probably the only pub in 2023 that isn't dog friendly. Go here if you hate dogs I guess.

Came for the Sunday Jazz night. Was thoroughly enjoying the music and noticed this elderly lady sitting in the corner, sipping a pint, head weaving to the music. Thought to myself ‘oh how cute.’ 5 minutes later she stood up, busted out a trumpet from god knows where and led the band through a frenetic solo that electrified the room (see video). So is Effra Hall a unique place to see some jazz? Yeah I’d say so.

What a great find! Looking for a few drinks after a meal in Brixton and checked out this place to find it bursting with music from a live band - we stayed the rest of the night. Great beer choices and can't wait to go back soon. 🍺

Great atmosphere and fantastic service.

We came to watch the Portugal / Morocco world cup game. There was one guy manning the bar as the pub got progressively busier with minimal standing room let alone free tables. Every single one of us came back from ordering drinks commenting on the guy running the bar on his own, stunned at how good he was taking multiple orders, completely unphased by the increasing business around him. It was genuinely impressive and I can't praise how good he was enough! V strong selection of beers on tap, big screen for football, and a small outdoor area.

Belting place. Great music. Nice people

This is the best pub in Brixton in my opinion. The Guinness is always good. Good atmosphere. Beautiful building.

Watched a world cup match there, the beer and the service are both good, I recommend!

Best pub in South London. Can't say the fence next door is the same quality. Should add that when this fence was under my jurisdiction, it was upright and true.

This place use to be such a great vibe and then they changed it all

Just a great pub. Excellent for footy. Big projectors. Decent beer and crowd.

Live jazz on a Saturday night, great pub, friendly staff. A really decent boozer!!

I've heard a lot about this place but went for the first time this week, midweek. Despite everything - the midweek time slot, and the lingering effects of the pandemic - they had a live band, and it was buzzing. Not exactly choca block (on a Wednesday), but still lively, with friendly people going to enjoy the live music and have a little jive, maybe.

🎵. 🍺🍸🍷Now I get what everyone was going on about. When I'm off the beaten track... ... "I'll be back"! 🤠✌️

Gute Bierauswahl. Für Londoner Verhältnisse anständige Preise. Ich war am frühen Nachmittag dort. Sehr ruhig. Gut zum Entspannen!

Cracking pub. Decent beer, great for sport and good music nights. All the wins.

Delicious Curry!! Lovely pints and great service💕 don't miss on the fun jazzy nights

Went there running into a memorable performance by a Spanish band. Every one is a talented dancer and I won't forget that night

Great old school Brixton boozer with regular live jazz music on several nights a week

Great pub, chill staff, jazz Thursdays, nice smoking area, sports on every night, ideal all round.

The bands are mostly great, but the pub is too expensive. The owners treat the staff like slaves and have no respect for the musicians. Lukily the majority of the staff, not the jumped up bar mangers, are welcoming and polite.

Great atmosphere & everyone's dancing to live jazz

Was taken here by a friend it's a nice pub. Tucked away from the busy traffic on the high roads. Nice Friendly staff. Inside is nice and spacious could do with more comfortable seating inside. Also the outside area for me seating was very uncomfortable after awhile as it's wooden seats. The Outside area was very nice especially on a hot day but it can get very crowded and people getting way to close as it benches people are bunched up together. It's a smoking area so it does get busy. Jazz nights are great, Latin too. The Live band is great good atmosphere and vibes. You can also watch sports. Will definitely go back again for a drink.

Excellent service and friendly staff excellent service

Went there yesterday with a friend before heading to Brixton Academy to see Jimmy Eat World & to check out if the lofty claims are true; I can safely say that the pub was the best I've been to in South London - bar man was chatty & friendly, beers were reasonably priced (probably the cheapest round of the day), drinks were well kept & the outside space was a mini oasis, place was pretty busy too so it's definitely a popular spot

Fantastic blues nights, we had super lovely barman and they have Brooklyn pilsner!

Pricey but totally worth it when soothsayer are playing!

Very good. Jamaican jazz super.

My first time visiting this bar with a friend who frequents on occasion. I really had an amazing time. The bar staff are more than friendly but nice guys /girls and competent to match. I was blown away by the band who preformed at 110% making the place electric. Some of the locals didn't seem to appreciate just how lucky they are to have such an amazing bar. I spent time inside as well as outside in the garden that had a real good vibe. The customers were all friendly and spent a lot of my time migling with a few groups during the evening. I'll l definetly be going back Wednesday for more of the same. There's music Wed, Thurs and Sat coming up so gonna make my week of entertainment I think. It's been a long time since Brixton was on my night out agenda but its certainly going to be again. Thanks guys for an amazing evening.

love this place, super cute jazz perfect beer selection and super clean bathrooms <3

Manager top bloke. Can't ask for more

Plays jazz on a Tuesday but still had the football on. Brilliant

Lovely local bar ... great very large screen for sports..

Such a great bar. Good drinks and great live music. Well worth a visit. The staff are very friendly. Lorenzo the bar man was lovely. Such a great spot. We go there regularly when we visit Brixton.

Great music and dancing (and American football)

Good local pub. Regulars still talk at the bar but there's olenty of space for occasional visitors. Also a small beer garden.

Very lively atmosphere and nice friendly people

Big fan of this little local pub. Lovely staff, diverse clientele and jazz on Saturday evenings. They also have a big screen for sports events and a selection of board games fo choose from.

One of the best place in brixton, Nice food,music and staff... They were my neightbours near kellet road.....

Great time for all of us last night staff very welcoming and friendly team 👍💯

One of the best, and one of the last remaining proper, pubs in Brixton. Family owned, decent prices, old school horseshoe bar, live jazz, great crowd.

Great little pub in Brixton with live jazz music. The food is pretty good and the drinks are reasonably priced. We had two mains and two pints of cider and it all came to about £30. I'd recommend the Ital curry if you like veggies and you fancy something warming & coconutty.

I’ve spent the best Thursday evenings here, great staff, nice atmosphere and a fantastic jazz band!

¡Tienes que amar este pub! No muchos como él se fueron. ¡Es un local al que siempre volveré! Encaramado en una esquina con dos lados muy diferenciados. Si te gusta el deporte del año, pasa el rato a la izquierda, charla a la derecha o fuma en el pequeño pero agradable jardín de atrás.

You standard locks pub. Nice staff.