The Great North Wood in Lambeth

Always a great pub, and the slow cooked roast beef in Sunday was awesome.

Always a great pub, and the slow cooked roast beef in Sunday was awesome.

All perfect! We passed a really nice Sunday noon. Very tasty Sunday roast, big meal portion! And mostly… cost effective!!! Thank you!!!!! Sergio

All perfect! We passed a really nice Sunday noon. Very tasty Sunday roast, big meal portion! And mostly… cost effective!!! Thank you!!!!! Sergio

This place is a great place to have your Sunday roast and if you have allergies the staff are attentive to your requirements. My Son has multiple food allergies so eating out is often a challenge. However this place is the best in West Norwood so far. The staff here clearly work as a team. Compliments to the Chef and kitchen staff. The food is tasty and fresh. Thank you for a great Sunday dinner, I will definitely be back soon.

I had left a mediocre review a while ago but have since been for food and drinks several times more and it’s been sooo much better! The Guinness is the best in the area, food really good, lovely vibe and the service is always warm and friendly. Hoorah!!

Toss up between chicken or aubergine burger. I chose an aubergine burger for a healthy change. No patty...ONE slice of aubergine in a bun with salad. Cost £13 wish I'd spent £1 and had something worth eating! Overpriced rubbish

Lovely place. Staff are a good fun.

Tony was great - very friendly! Padron peppers were bloody hot!!!!

Tony has been absolutely amazing this evening . Anything we have asked for he has literally been our beck and call! The reason we come here every time is because of his service - we wouldn’t come anywhere else to watch the euros ! Friendly , attentive and just amazing ! Thank you x

Great food and atmosphere. The staff very friendly and attentive, especially Daniel . Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend 5 stars all round 👍👍

Can some one tell the team at this pub you do not serve ketchup and mayo as condiments for a roast dinner!

Excellent pub with a great Sunday toast! Staff are all very attentive and lovely especially Daniel!

Food was delicious! Service was fantastic, Daniel ensured we had everything we needed and provided great service with a friendly smile. Would highly recommend

Beautiful Sunday roast for Father’s Day. Food was really great and the service was wonderful. Thanks, Daniel, for making our day!

Food was delicious! Fantastic service. Would highly recommend. Daniel was great from start to finish. He is very efficient. Can clearly see everyone there are very hard working, making all customers feel comfortable from the welcome.

Brilliant food, brilliant service - would highly recommend. These guys always make us feel so welcome, going above and beyond. Dog friendly and easy to navigate with a pram too.

Slightly bias as work for company, but just had the best roast. Potatoes were great and large portion. My son said ‘mum, the wings have chicken on them!’ . Sadly quiet as Lambeth Country show on down the road so atmosphere just picking up . Very happy and full . Thanks guys

Food was delicious - burgers are small portions for the price compared to the focaccia which was huge. Nice food and pub, train times on a electronic machine behind the bar a nice touch as well

Great service and great time , Tony was great and loved scrabble

Tony was great and helped us with our pub scrabble game! Great pub & service. Go Tony!

Tony was awesome - thank you!! We had a table of 20 and got every order right, thanks a bunch

Great pub, great service. Thanks to Tony for dealing with our big group

Lovely little place, tv needs an upgrade though!

Tony was an incredible server, he went out of his way to make us feel comfortable, going above and beyond. Particularly when he bought out a dog bowl and treats for our dog Bonnie! Thanks so much Tony

The Great North Wood is a marvellous pub with a good range of beers, spirits and wines. It also serves great food. I was with friends who had a very top burger of meat and I had a vegan salad, no I'm not vegan, but as I am 65 I have my modelling career to consider of course. Food great, booze great, atmosphere great, and the staff were excellent and joined in with banter animal fcd humour. All round smashing!! Get there. You'll not be disappointed. I give this a TD rating. TOP DRAWER.And up to scratch still.

Love this place, Adam is amazing 🤩

Daniel who served us was amazing. Very attentive. The food was really good and the price of food and drink is great. Will definitely recommend and come again.

Good atmosphere, great experience and service from Daniel.

Daniel was serving me and my friends tonight and he was soo nice and made sure we were okay. I would really recommend coming here!!! Thank you Daniel!

Lychee martini by Tony and Danny 10/10

Love that Tony guy, good chap excellent drinks

My dish was overcook but management did not charge me. My friend had a delicious haddock goujon sandwich which was thoroughly enjoyed.

Great food (Tuna salad is delicious!) and great service!

Lovely food and atmosphere. Daniel was awesome and very helpful!

Attention to detail, preparation, taste. Ingredients. Care when questioned on specifics in gastronomy. Awesome place at the bottom of the road, felt like bein g in my lounge😋🔥🔥

What a local pub! It's fabulous 👌 the food, the drink, the service, wow!

Danny, Tony, and kasper make amazing cocktails and are always so friendly and accommodating. The food is great and the atmosphere is warm and inviting.

Excellent. Great ambience and character.

Good service good staff I e Daniel first time there Daniel made us very welcome will come back and bring more friends with us

Nice pub, amazing food, great service especially from Daniel and Matthew. Great value for money, had small plate but portions were big.

Great pub...super atmosphere, friendly staff. Football, great Guinness & a Jazz gig upstairs. You could spend a week there..

This is our local but we ate for the first time last week. Had a great Sunday roast (including the veggie options!) and the staff are always so helpful and friendly.

Nice place to warm up on a rainy, chilly Saturday. Very friendly staff, good food and beer

Great pub. Great food and a really friendly landlord. One of my favourite pubs in the Crystal Palace/Gipsy Hill/West Norwood area

Friendly staff, great atmosphere, and a good IPA! We hope to visit again!

Staff was amazing and helpful, I'm wheat & gluten intolerant, which is always an issue at pubs, but the manager was great about discussing all the options. (Fingers x'd about some GF onion rings in the future!) Doggo's get special treats and loads of clean water bowls available for fresh water. No mucky slobber bowls here. Food was freshly prepared and actually get to the table piping hot still, which is great. The fries are to die for.. no seriously.. some of the best I've had in a very long time & the BBQ chicken wings were crisped to perfection, while succulent inside, with just the right amount of sauce. The pub has an amazing vibe and caters for all. I seemed to arrive in the lull (thank goodness) as the place was in full swing by the time I left and was simply packed. Obviously a fan favourite and I can see why. Keep an eye out for diffirent events during the week as they seem to have a full calendar of entertainment. I'm definitely going to try a Thursday Jazz night next time I'm in the vicinity.

This pub is my local and me and my girlfriend LOVE it. However, during our last 4/5 visits our time has been ruined by someone who regularly brings their dog along which continuously barks throughout the evening. I am talking about a loud high-pitched bark that makes you feel completely unrelaxed and happens every 2/3 minutes. It’s a huge shame as it just means the pub isn’t a place you can come to relax or chat. We’ve both grown up with dogs and absolutely love them but when your dogs barking non-stop and people are leaving because of it - it’s time to take it home!

The staff were friendly and helpful and the drinks selection pretty good but the food was terrible unfortunately and the lack of soft furnishings make it really loud when it's busy. I had a few of the small plates for dinner and the squid was so tough it was hard to chew. The prawn arancini smelled so fishy (and probably old) it was off-putting. The padron peppers weren't bad and my wine was delicious but I didn't feel the cooking met the expectations that the menu had set.

I love this pub. I lived in West Norwood for twenty seven years and was lucky to experience this place opening a couple of years before I left. A clear case of ‘if you build it, they will come’. The previous pub was an absolute disaster. In a desert of decent pubs, let alone places to eat, this pub is now an oasis in South London. I was killing time in south London in Jan 2024 and needed a place to eat. I remembered the GNW. It was odd to come back but I’m so glad I did. The steak I ordered was perfectly cooked. The chips were crisp and lovely and the onion rings were the same. I’m so glad the GNW has kept up its standards on all fronts. I will be back again. Thanks to the great staff as well. Keep up the good work.

Best pub in the area. Good range of beers and ciders on tap.

Nice and Relaxed South London Pub, I went for the 80's night "Rebel Rebel" that is upstairs, but escaped downstairs for a better choice at the bar, fairly priced drinks, nice staff, lovely crowd. Me like!!!!

Nice pub. Good drinks. Nice staff but food was overpriced for what u get

Very nice place, good beer and good burger!

Some of our large party were disappointed there were no steak pies on the day we went. This information was a bit late in arriving. My fish and chips was wonderful. The chips were especially good. The person who served us was very obliging. A definite recommend.

Fantastic place to meet friends for drinks or take the family out for some food.

This is a pleasant pub. The train times show are helpful and it’s a reasonable atmosphere. Probably the best pub in the area. But staff are - whilst well meaning - slow and more interested in talking to one another. Worst, when presenting the card reader (note: cashless, card payments only) they will automatically add a service charge. So you won’t be presented with the option to tip or choose the amount - they do it automatically (when they can bring themselves to serve you!). Some people don’t mind this I know. But I do.

Always enjoy a visit to the great North Wood. Popped in yesterday afternoon with a few friends and children for a drink to celebrate the end of term, and the staff could not have been nicer. Friendly and accommodating, chatty and had a laugh with both adults and kids. Pub was lovely and cosy, lively but not chaotic. Enjoyed my chicken burger and fries, would order again. Thanks for having us.

Amazing pub, nice vibes great garden. Adam's a legend too

Good local beers - inc By The Horns, and a great upstairs event space. Also nice to see an electronic train departures board behind the bar, so that you can see when your train is expected.

Good beer and a warm welcoming atmosphere. ... Plus West Norwood train departures displayed over the bar

Am a West Norwood local and have been coming for a while. Finally got around to reviewing the place! Great food and service, all staff are helpful and proactive, especially the Welsh manager who’s always in good spirits and cracking jokes. They ran out of Guinness once which upset me but I couldn’t ask for a better local and family pub!

Great pub with friendly staff and food is always tasty! Beer selection is varied and always have craft beers available. The jazz night and cocktail specials are always a winner. Bonus points for live train times behind the bar!

Best pub in West Norwood. Decent burgers, food generally consists of reliable classics, friendly staff, 1-3 well kept real ales - the landlord strives for interesting/local beer (tied pub) - recently they've had Otter, Thornbridge, By the Horns, Bexley etc. Jazz upstairs on Thursdays is great. This place has really found its feet and seems to be thriving.

Rude, unpleasant, arrogant, and unprofessional manager. I won't be returning to this pub. A formal, detailed complaint has been submitted to CG Pubs Head Office via email. I await a response. Update: In response to my complaint to Head Office following disturbing and threatening behaviour from the manager towards my 2-year-old, a written apology was received. Nevertheless, given the nature of the incident, I won't be returning to this pub.

Today was surprisingly amazing for the Sunday roast at the Great Northwood

Decent fish cakes in a quiet local. Today a lovely relaxed Sunday lunch.... With a nice red...

Lovely Sunday roast and very friendly team

Bar staff were incredible with drinks, but we booked a table for dinner at 7 and by the time we ordered at 7:50 were told the kitchen had closed despite it saying online it closed at 10 and no-one telling us on arrival or drinks orders that was different

Food is great and staff really friendly! A lovely local pub. Steak is great price and delicious

Brilliant service and good pub grub. Nice rear garden

Nice pub right next to West Norwood station. Looks somewhat dark from the windows outside but is in fact light and pleasant inside. Staff has always been helpful to me. The pub is great to watch sports while still keeping a light atmosphere. You can meet all types of people there, which is great and somewhat rare for a sports-focused pub.

Nice place. Nice function rooms. Go :)

Great staff, lots of entertainment from live sports to music and quizzes. A decent selection of beers/Ales and the food is of a good standard but could do with a refresh occasionally.

Excellent burger, friendly local pub.

The food is very tasty, the beer garden is secluded and lovely. Can even check the train times while sitting in the bar.

It's my local so I am going to happily declare my biased view, but it is genuinely a great pub considering its location limitations. A far cry from the old days as the Norwood Hotel, the beer selection is great, friendly service and lovely, easy-going atmosphere to catch up with friends. They even managed to fashion a half decent beer garden. It's one of the best places to get a Guinness too, clearly a well looked after keg cellar!

Great little pub with a lovely atmosphere. Had a Sunday roast which was decent. Lovely art around the pub from local artists and some live music too

Really great place - excellent staff

First time here .had a Wake after funeral in the upstairs of pub. Very helpful bar staff responsive and friendly. Just what you want. Gòra Mèile Mah Agàt

Very pleasant and attentive staff. Casual dining / good pub grub. Reasonable prices and relaxed atmosphere.

Food could have been better but was alright for a gastropub. Staff were all super friendly and greeter and served us really quickly! Found the idea of a live departure board above the bar very fun, also the playlist is excellent

The steak sandwich used to be served (May 2023) in good quality home-style bread with ample filling. On this occasion (August 2023) however, the bread was the cheapest packet bread, one slice burnt, the other hardly toasted and the filling much less than before. Definitely won't be repeating lunch here. Sad as it's our 'local'.

This is a lovely pub by the station, well furnished and cosy.

I celebrated my 30th birthday here and was really happy with the experience on the whole. Adam and the rest of the staff are very friendly and accommodating!

Amazing deal on Cocktails Mon -Wed. I had two Margaritas for £12. Most important...they weren't watered down. 🤩

Great pub with super friendly staff and a spacious outdoor area - one of the best places in London for a few beers!

Great local pub. Nice beer, good food.

Good burgers, friendly staff had Guinness cider and cocktails all of which were good nice beer garden and handy train departure screen as its right next to station

Lovely pub with a super friendly manager and staff. So nice to be around people genuinely interested in their jobs. (We didn't eat here so can't comment on the food)

I ordered the steak sandwich, there was hardly any steak inside of it, the bit of steak that was there was chewy, the salad on the side was turning brown and had no dressing on it, the table had hair on it. The arancini was dry and the rice inside was quite dense. My friend ordered the fish finger sandwich and found a huge pea inside of it. The drinks recommended by the bar man was lovely and made us welcome. But the food isn't that great I'm afraid.

Outstanding. Food was full of flavour and cooked to perfection. Huge portions and great variety of dishes. Staff are good fun and worked so hard - we came on a Sunday and it was v busy but they were efficient and really helpful.

Staff are lovely and the food is great. Would definitely come again.

A nice pub - the barman was really friendly and the food was not too bad Thumbs up 👍

Went here for the Rebel Rebel night upstairs last Friday. Really great fun. Staff were really lovely especially Mitchell, who I had a long chat about music with 🎸🎹❤️

Hele leuke plek sfeer is super gezellig en lekker eten

Great food, excellent service nice place to hang out with friends

Amazing, dog friendly pub with friendly staff and all dose vibez

Sunday roast very good value for money and generous portions! The veggie wellington a few too many chickpeas, but still nice.

Nice local pub, bit pricey. Large garden at the back.