The Magic Garden Pub in Wandsworth

Total GEM!! I must have passed this place a thousand times and only went in for the first time this week... Aaaaaah, so glad this kind of understated, unpretentious yet sparkly place still exists in London, never mind Battersea/Clapham. The website says it's 'a festival in a pub', I'd agree! (Didn't have food here, so can't comment.) After close inspection of my bank statement, I must say though that £7.20 for a pint is wayyyy too much (especially when there's no band playing that day)..!

Favorite place for a drink in Battersea. If you like a gritty pub with a cool small stage for live music, this is your spot. Will happily return.

Nice venue with a lovely and cosy garden. Great music and live shows

Great atmosphere to meet friends for a couple of drinks!

Great place for music any day of the week. Fab garden , very eccentric

Amazing atmosphere, great music programming, really nice garden. Staff are friendly, a great vibe. Well worth a visit

Love love love this place, such an awesome atmosphere and cheap drinks. What more do you want!

Weird. Paid to get in to then pay for a drink and no entertainment. Maybe need separate entries for people who literally want just a drink because £7 entry each for nothing but a drink is bad!

Great atmosphere, loved campervan in the garden.

Must visit Very atmospheric and surprisingly large with different areas

This is a racist pad, the atmosphere from the staff was awful the looks we got just not acceptable I am birscial, we had a birthday party book a table staff did not check on us or make us feel happy. There was no kind friendliness!!!!

If yout want 2 hours of entertainment!!!! Came for event that was advertised as 07:30 - 02:00 Do not come before 21:00!! Paid an entrance fee but there was no music from live band as advertised, told by bar staff they don't start before 21:00 Why am I paying to come before when there is no advertisement?? If I booked a ticket online it would have been more expensive It would be a really good night but false advertising is really making me question why I came. Pay to drink basically as the event is not correctly advertised. Very poor!! When I asked the bar staff, they had no idea and said they would pass on the message. Really ot acceptable Could potentially be a great venue but for this reason... never book or believe the promo The event is advertised as 19:30 - 02:00 They played from 22:00 - 00:00 The band was amazing but massive false advertising If you want good entertainment come late and pay for 2 hours Disgustingly false advertisement Could be a great seller but so many lies when posting... frustration level 1000% Don't false advertise a good set!!!

Didn't have food, so I can't rate it. But what I did have was a pot of tea, big pot of tea and lovely it was. I was told that this place had the best bar garden, and they are right, a lovely magical garden lovely decorated and lots of character. I will definitely be coming here again. I will try the food next time. So here is an update, I just love this place it's my 4th time coming to this pub and the main man behind the bar is a gentleman. I don't drink alcohol, but I love the pots of tea and pots of coffee and a glass of coke filled with ice and lemon, This is my little paradise in a wonderful beer garden. You have to visit this place if you're looking for something different in a beer garden 😉 😀

Was taken here for my birthday. Blues night Great atmosphere, very talented bands. Loved the play room with organ

The live music is such a good vibe .

Complete disaster. Booked a table for 25 and there are 8 spaces.

I’ve been coming here for nearly 20 years, since it opened. An incredible place… beautiful garden area, amazing live music, and the staff are simply fantastic. An amazing world of a pub.

Amazing place! Service good and the ambience so nice.

Lovely pub, lovely atmosphere. Beautiful beer garden with loads of different areas to sit. Different themes incorporated into the garden with sofas, soft, hard, plastic furnishings. Average price is £7.00 a pint ( at the time of my visit). But we'll worth a visit if you are in the area. Clean bar, clean toilets. Nice, friendly staff. A good night out! Live music nights too.

What a gem of a pub!! Popped in here for a drink with my daughter after we'd been wandering round Battersea Park and I need to come back! The garden is a delight with lots to look at and plenty of seating.

Visited the Magi Garden to watch a band!

Currently (may 2024) refurbishing the kitchen, so it's drinks only, but you can bring your own food, which is a massive selling point if you ask me. Suitable for large groups, especially during warmer days. Better reserve your table. Just keep in mind, it's 3 hours only!!they moved us to another table when some of us wanted to stay longer. Prices, you're looking at £6 for a pint and £10 for a spritz.

Didn't eat here, so I can't rate that. Looks a bit shabby on the outside but a total surprise once inside. With a very uniquely decorated beer garden.

Really enjoyed the table side magic! Card tricks were great. The food was fabulous and drinks were flowing!!! Esme was the best hostess, thank you 😘

Lovely place with great atmosphere. The kitchens being redone so they've adopted a BYOF (bring your own food) which was a nice touch!!

Great live music last night, love the garden area -so Magic & unique! Amazing staff!!!

Magic! The garden is fun with some friends

Good to get off ya nut 🥜 in there

Great place for live music and lots of cool little places to chill in the garden. Will be great in summer.

Absolutely brilliant 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 massive garden with so much going on. Caravans, huts, sofas, pianos all sheltered. With live bands most night and djs. Vibe is always wild and friendly. Definitely one of my favourites in the area.

Such a vibe in here, music aswell 🙌

Literally the best pub in London

Absolutely delicious evening. Thank you to Rob, wonderful hospitality and all round gem. Great vibe

Incredibly friendly staff behind the bar, Chris and Martine to name a few. Came here for drinks on my friends 30th party. Specific shoutout to the security guard Rob who dealt with difficult situations with absolute class. Happily return and recommend.

Boyfriend and I came here for a Friday night date. We were looking for live jazzy music and we were not disappointed. In fact the whole night went above and beyond our expectations (we have been wanting to come for years and finally made it down). If you are looking for great cocktails and a great atmosphere with incredible live music - get yourself down. Mr London college of fashion aka security man, made the night for us. I did not catch his name sadly. We were newbies and he welcomed us, told us the drill and made us feel at home. The coolest smoking area/ lounge. I would elaborate but it was a nice surprise so you’ll have to go and see. Until next time Magic Garden xx

Excellent atmosphere, nice staff & great gir entertainment

It's a perfect place for enjoyment. We can enjoy different kinds of DJ / band groups every day. It's awesome 👍😎

A very interesting and quirky place, with intimate live music.

Love this hidden gem of Battersea. Specially on Thursdays night's, when they have the blues jamming. Service is great, and the beer garden is amazing and fun. Great decor, nice ambience.

Amazing for music.Festival vibes and atmosphere. Well worth a visit..they often have DJ's..£5 on the door.

Went midweek in the run up to Christmas and have to say was disappointed. Only two beers on tap and barely anything in the fridges. Barman was however friendly and rather apologetic to the situation. Pub itself (inside) felt tacky rather than quirky like the pictures suggest. Outdoor/garden may have been better for that, but inside just felt run down.

Best bar ever! Staff amazing and great after other spots are closed.

Your gorillas at the door need to distinguish when somebody causes a problem or not.

Fun place with live music and an outdoor area with lots of seating, however it’s not heated so was pretty cold. The drinks service was very slow and the owner was pretty rude so hesitant to come again.

Always good here... Possibly the best pub there's ever been!! It's Magic!!!

Had a great chilled night with a sauna (not normally there) and live music.

Really chilled vibes. Lovely place. Massive beer garden.

Very strange and stupid booking policy even when the venue is empty. Very rude and aggressive staff

Really cool garden with lots of props and easter eggs

Won’t let people in on fireworks night?? Edit in response to answer from venue. The venue was no more than 25% full. Your colleague on the door was confused “I’m really sorry but my boss said I can’t let anyone else in”. No sign of being at capacity and no mention of reservations. Poor experience. I strongly suggest you avoid.

Soooo Pretty 😍 Such an ecollectic multi use space Will be back

Nice cocktails, attentive staff, comfy seating casual place

This place is pretty awesome, we love the vibes, music and beer !

This is a great place, highly random and great to go with friends. If you want a chilled vibe, great staff, and a funky background, then come here. Music every night with people quesing from 20:00.

Went to The Magic Garden to watch a performance for an Afro-Peruvian music band yesterday night with family and friends, and we saw someone delivering pizzas from elsewhere to people inside so assumed it would be fine for us to buy food and eat it while we watched the show. We bought a pizza and then my sister asked if she could have a knife so we could cut it and the short guy (with the man-bun and gauges if i remember correctly) said something along the lines of "You bring in food from somewhere else and i have to bring you a knife? I'm not your slave" He was also very rude to my friend's mum for absolutely no reason. My sister and my friend's mum both have noticeably Latin American accents and are just as polite as me and my friend who don't have accents and he was fine with me and my friend so.. if he's not xenophobic then he might want to fix his behaviour to reflect that.

We had a party of 6 inside and 2 other friends at the door that were denied entrance because they "didn't have a booking". We didn't have a booking either and we were at a table without a reserved sign (the middle area between the bar and the garden) with other empty tables also without a reserved sign. The bartender gave me a speech about the maximum amount allowed which I normally understand but it was 19:30 and the place was half empty. I told him that we had a great time so far and that we're happy to stay longer , but we need our 2 other friends to be with us, otherwise we have to leave.. Obviously.. From a business point of view it would have been wise to agree with our terms and let the 2 friends enter, but the bartender's reply was "see you later then". Extremely rude for absolutely no reason. It was an important reunion, but the venue ruined it. We regrouped in another venue so we can all be welcomed. I guess we won't "see you later" ever again.

Always great fun and great atmosphere. The security guys at the door are great too. Nice space and good gigs/music.

Lovely atmosphere would visit again!

They didn’t do food but they allowed us bring pizza from across the street

Love the furniture, lovely staff. Always a good casual night out.

Amazing place, Magic Brazilian Band vibe. Super recommend 👌❤️

Hidden gem, love this place. Great vibe, live music, nice chill out space and garden too.

Realy enjoyed thursday Blues jam night. It's free, and people are friendly. The staff are helpful, kind, and approachable. You can hang inside right next to the stage or chill in the outside beer garden.

Felt very chilled better then the pubs in north london

Great line up and great crowd Edit to add: great venue and staff too!

How can I describe this place? Well if you think of a cross between your Nan's back bedroom, a festival and a house party you have kind of got it in one. There was live music on which was pretty good but then off to the side of the bar you sort of find yourself in a room filled with old furniture and a dining table. Wander on from here and you in an outside space under canvas which has a taxi, a couple of sheds and lots of sofa's. The atmosphere was really good the door staff were brilliant and drinks were good value. It really is a cool gaff, utterly brilliant and unique.

Fantastic spot for drinks and live music, there was no food but I loved that they let me bring in takeaway

Does not take large groups and does not take the potential of groups who have found the place

The most useless pub ever. Owner started screaming at everyone to leave 5 minutes ago and told everyone the were idiots. Utterly pathetic, would never go back p.

Unpleasant experience. Honestly expected more just people smoking in a closed space. No music at all. Will definitely not come back.

Great music, great cocktails and a great time had in the garden!

Security staff are dreadful and rude. Toilets full of people throwing up. Avoid.

Would update my previous review but doesn’t seem possible. Maybe google should make these edit-able. Love that this place responded to my feedback. That deserves another star. Thanks! Maybe I’ll see you tonight since we’re staying across the lot and it’s our last night here before we head back to CA, US.

Dig the playlist. Staff are friendly but they let me know it would be last call an hour and a half before last call…and again a half an hour later and a half an hour after that. Just seemed a bit unnecessary and excessive. Perhaps this is just the way it’s done here. No food. Seems they could make a little more $ by offering pre-packaged snacks (crisps, pretzels…etc.)

I love this place. The band playing was very funky and cool. The only bad thing about this visit was the Bloody Mary that I ordered. This is my favourite drink and I don't know what they did, but it's the worst I have ever had. It's almost like they filled half the glass with Worcester sauce and then added a touch of vodka and tomato juice. sadly not spicy at all. Apart from that service was good, music was great and as always awesome surroundings.

Great venue because it has a beer garden, plus usually live music and a DJ so covers all the bases! Good crowd and decent drinks and was grateful to be able to bring our own food in! If you are making a large group booking like I did, I suggest you say more people are coming than you’re expecting so you don’t get crammed into the smallest possible reserved area. I booked for 35 and had three picnic tables and next to zero standing space in the beginning because families had parked three huge proms in the narrow space we did have. Someone next to us had booked for 40, a mere 5 people more, and their space was huge. I think at least six or seven couches and ample standing space. Felt generally overbooked in the beer garden to be honest so that was definitely a downside. I did try to speak to someone about it but they were not interested in even letting me finish a sentence!

Absolutely fantastically quirky pub. Good location. Reasonably priced drinks. Friendly staff. Perfect for large groups.

I went here for my 24th Birthday get together. We booked an outdoor space, and the evening started perfectly. Later in the evening, my friend was made to feel uncomfortable by a man. I then went to a security man who got the manager, who did not did not take us seriously at all. He told me to stay out of it and used some abusive language. He did nothing to help me and my friend, we did not feel safe, so we left. I do not think it’s fair that I was not taken seriously when my friend was made uncomfortable. I wouldn’t not recommend this place if you’re in a group of girls alone.

Do not go here! The owner is unbelievably rude, swears at customers and has no interest in treating customers who have pre booked well in advance with any respect. I booked a table in the marque that then got split in 2 and shoved in completely different areas and when we asked the owner why this was/if I can have my original booking, he walked away when I was trying to talk to him, then we were sworn at and kicked out by him when we were not causing any trouble. The manager and bouncers were lovely people and the owner could learn from them. However the drinks are also a complete rip off and they were pouring drinks from bottles they had brought from Tesco. Could be the worst venue I have been to in London.

Good place with great music; bouncers are tough but fair considering it's so popular. Only improvents they could really make is a little more training for the bar staff who seem to get weeded very quickly, and a proper barrier on the stage. A really good night out

Expensive drinks, staff indifferent to guests, would have given 3 stars, because they encourage live music by having the blues jam on Thursday night. But tonight there was one particular bar tender who kept pouring Guinesses like this. No one should disrespect Guinness like this. Absolutely appalling. I called him out on it and asked where the head was and his response was 'it doesn't look like the commercials does it?'. Correct response should have been 'yeah, you're right, it's pretty garbage, let me pour you another'. Maybe give Diageo a call and get one of their reps to come out and give you a training session on how to pour. Submitted to @shitlondonguinness on Instagram.

Nice space, good bar service. However.. nothing out of an ordinary pub that charges £5 to enter. We arrived after the band, so I expected less entertainment. But not to pay for nothing sort of experience.

Quirky and eclectic. Great fun.

Always ready to go out to the M. G. P.

Lovely venue, lovely atmosphere and lovely music. Let down massively by some guy in glasses who was incredibly rude to my friends who had a booking at the venue. Members of our group tried to talk to him to solve the situation but he shouted at them on a number of occasions and threatened to kick out a group of 40 of us who were not trying to cause any trouble! Be careful when booking for events - this was for a leaving do and when about half of the group had turned up, this man became very aggressive when we tried to explain that some people from the list of attendees could no longer come, so other people were now coming to fill their space. Big shame for such a great venue to be tainted by such a rude man. (Not the bouncers or bar staff, they were incredibly nice!)

Beautiful bar to drink with friends and live music! Absolutely amazing!

Popped in for pint after work on way back to digs...cool pub...Nice decor, welcoming staff. Properly cool back garden

Had a wonderful time at this unique hotspot for live music. Cold beers, tasty cocktails and a good selection of food.

A place to have such a good time you for got what you did, I mean you know its bat s**t crazy when the band from the night before are still sleeping it off in the pub Sunday morning😉😜

Visited as part of work drinks and we were all pleasantly surprised. The decor is incredible - and, akin to a cosy living room in places. Lots of space and plenty of interesting bits and bobs. Decent selection of booze at decent London prices. Only downside was that it was incredibly cold: jackets on for the full evening!

A truly spectacular little space with a marvelous garden space. Great for gigs or just hanging out. Highly recommended. I saw my friends The Egg there. One of the best nights and crowd I have ever had or seen

It was absolutely lovely evening to see different bands playing live blues music.

Absolutely lovely! Beautiful music and wonderful staff

Went to see a friend for their bday. Was really chill. Staff were really friendly. 👌

Loved this pub, very lively night and great band when we visited. Will definitely go there again if we are filming in that area again!

Amazing place, loved it and would go back again.

Rude staff very unprofessional too

Nice potencial but lacking both food and competent staff. The quality of the musicians varies but not as high as say the blues kitchen.

I went to the Vietnamese restaurant just opposite. That was alright. But I liked the lighting on the Magic Garden.

An interesting place for a magical night out. There’s always something different going on, from live bands to freestyle groups. Well worth a visit.