ELVERSON ROAD
Where better to start than on our own doorstep. It would be easy to be biased towards our
first pub, The Rising Sun. Mainly
because I’m writing this up three days since we first frequented the place, and
already in that time we’ve enjoyed a beer or two on no fewer than 5 separate
occasions. I think it’s fair to
say that no other pub will be given so much dedication on this challenge;
otherwise we’ll still be traipsing around the DLR for years to come. Still, at first glance it appears that The
Rising Sun may well be the only place to grab a beer in this area – that’s if
rumours (well, google) are to be believed that the only other pub in the
vicinity (The Sydney Arms) has long since been boarded up – so the pressure is
on, and maybe, just maybe it deserved all these multiple visits to determine
what rating to give it. More importantly
though, there was a hell of a lot of football on that weekend and we don’t yet
have sky in our flat.
Sydney Arms now boarded up |
There appears too, to be a decent sized beer garden out the back, although in truth this was spotted only by peering through the window into the dark. The cost of beer was reasonable although they did have notices up informing you that the price was soon to be increased slightly, but even that felt ok as it was something they said that they regretted.
The only real negative aspect in our eyes was that of
selection. Food is not an option here
(although it seems you are allowed to bring a takeaway in as some people were
doing), unless you just fancy a snack, and most of the beers on tap were pretty
standard. All in all though, an
excellent start to our quest, and in The Rising Sun, we’ve certainly found our
local.
So what of the area as a whole? Well, admittedly one pub plus another pub
that is now boarded up doesn’t leave the drinker with many options, and it’s a
long way to come from the City just for a cheeky pint, but the area seems
fairly safe and surely an extra mark must be given just for the fact that the
road opposite the pub won ‘Recycling Road of the Year in Lewisham, 2008’. Perhaps that’ll be our next challenge – to
hunt down the last 3 years winners of this quite obviously prestigious award!Rising Sun Ratings
Facilities - 3.5
Atmosphere - 4
Cost - 4
Entertainment - 4.5
Selection - 1.5
OVERALL AVERAGE - 3.5/5
Area 2/5
ELVERSON ROAD OVERALL RATING - 5.5/10
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