Al Roulexe

Great pub in an excellent location (especially as the wonderful North Sea Fish restaurant is round the corner!) Always really nicely chosen cask ales, good selection of other drinks too. Enjoyable inside, on my most recent visit I watched some of the Olympics and also sat outside for a while. Staff have an element of old-school about them, you can tell they know their trade. Always very popular, and the food sounds good too, I'll try that sometime.

I've always really enjoyed this little pub. It's had some changes and refurbs over the years but has retained character and a homely feel. Friendly staff, three cask ales on my last visit, and nice wines too. It's a fun place to go with friends, a partner, or just to chill out on your own with a book or newspaper.

Initially slow service (drinks took ages) but nice enough staff, though awkward when one of them nervously quizzed us on why we were sitting at the wrong table (we’d asked if it were OK as the other table was cramped next to a group and right buy an opening door, gusting in cold air).

Menu only viewable via scanning barcode and using your phone, absolutely ridiculous and totally unacceptable for a restaurant of this price point. Really difficult to see everything clearly and make decisions.

Starters: friend’s spring rolls looked nice; my hollowed-out tofu with beansprouts was a simple dish but the dipping sauce was very good. My main of fish curry was delicious, but disappointingly small. Side of tofu and beansprouts was OK, but very simple and needed some soy sauce on the table. Friend enjoyed his noodle dish.

Overall, a rather underwhelming experience though I’d certainly like to try a double portion of that fish curry. In the past I'd perhaps give a '3', but with everything so expensive now, it's a '2', especially with the menu nonsense.

Lovely little pub. Characterful with a mix of people, a locals’ pub but everyone welcome. One very nice chap bought me a drink at last orders, had a really good chat afters. Really classy, fun young lady running the bar, a real natural at it, a throwback to the good old days. She asked me if I had any last requests for the music, which was granted (I asked for Lenny Kravitz) and she told me about the place, and where the fantastic paintings of London streets on the walls came from (no spoilers, go in and ask!)

Absolutely delightful old pub, beautiful interior, really cosy and homely. Three polite and friendly guys behind the bar, four real ales on the pumps and a little telly showing the news channel, which I think adds to a pub these days, but they need to turn on the subtitles! Great mix of people, two chaps playing chess, a little Indian crew, some old geezers, friends, couples.. One request, please get some good wines in! Even if they're still basic ones, go up in quality a little, as the reds were really quite awful! Look forward to my next visit to this charming place.