TheOrator.Press Restaurant Review: The Garrison, Bermondsey, London. December 2023

Deep In The Back Streets of Dickens Territory, off Borough High Street, Is A Dining Establishment & Refreshment House Any Noble Person, Lady or Gent Would Be Proud To Patronise.

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Indeed,

“Please Sir, May We Have Some More?”

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Reasons To Return To The Garrison

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Serving Traditional English Fayre Bravely & Beautifully Blended With A Fusion of Herbs, Spices, And Seasonings Locally Procured, Yet Also Delivering Flavours From Around The World, The Garrison Is A Gem In Gentrified Southwark. Notwithstanding That It Appears In The Michelin Good Restaurant Guide According To Them It Is Still Nonetheless Officially A Pub. But The Fact That That The Michelin Food Maestros Have Mentioned This Gastro Pub At All Is Testimony To The Fact That Its Restaurant Is Operating On Another Level. And That Level, Despite The Laid Back Casual Setting, Is Practically Fine-Dining. With Fine Service. Within A Relaxed Yet Refined Atmosphere. With Fine Decor, Fine Food Creations, Presentations And Suitably Fine Wine.

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TheOrator.Press (TO.P) Is Frankly Very Particular When It Comes To Pubs, But This One Is Exceptional. And After This First Visit We Are Already Thinking of Reasons To ReturnAgain. The Fact That It Is Rated By Both The Harden And The Michelin Food And Drink Guide (Neither Garrison Listing We Knew of Prior To Our Post Visit Research), The Fact That We Received Attentive, Friendly & High Quality Service, And The Fact That We Had A Good Time, Good Food & Good Wine, Might Just Be A Few of Them.

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We Also Love The Location. It’s Pretty Special. Although It’s Really Rather Central, Technically It’s Still South East London. Notwithstanding SE1 Is The Highest Ranking Postcode South of The River, As We Hail From South Ourselves We Feel A Certain Connection. The Dichotomy of Being Central Yet Still Urban Is Something of A Special Geographical Magic Trick Worth Treasuring.

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Plus Historically The Area Is Fascinating. Infamously A Notorious Undesirable Dickensian Slum Area, Twenty Years Ago, At The Start of The New Millenium, Bermondsey Saw The Garrison Restaurant Become Part of A New Movement of Redevelopment And Now It’s A Gentrification Giant. Politically That’s Seriously Unfair. Practically It’s Brought New Opportunities To The Area. And Gastronomically It’s Open To Everyone.

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Everybody’s Welcome To Have As Little or As Much As They Like. And Be As Regular or Refined As They Like. For Us That Kind of Gastronomic Democracy Is Really Important, Alongside Good Quality Generally & Good Service Particularly. So We Especially Liked That About This Place. It Made Us Feel Relaxed, Comfortable And Genuinely Welcome. And If That’s Not Happening We’re Not Staying – Anywhere And Definitely Not Returning. So We Stayed. Loved It. Looking Forward To Returning. And Going The Whole Hog’, Yes, We’d Definitely Recommend It.

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