The Alexandra

This is definitely better in the summer. Great terrace, perfect for a sunny lunchtime or lazy afternoon.
I recently dropped in on Christmas Eve, and it’s fine. Apart from the eye-​watering prices — £6.20 for a single g&t, yes really.
Still, we were a large group and managed to get a big enough set of tables. Whether that would be the case on a weekend, I can’t say.
Another plus is the proximity to buses and train station. For a more characterful pub experience, I’d head up the hill to the village.

I called in one afternoon as I noticed that they where doing a hog roast & fresh burgers outside, the brewery also owns a streamline American style trailer that cooks & serves various burgers, a sort of street style type food, the trailer moves around to other bars owned by the chain pub depending what is on in the area.
The food served was pretty good, rather expensive but worth waiting for.
With the only down side being the bar, did not have a welcoming atmosphere.
For drinks took a little while to be served, staff didn’t observe who had been waiting in line first.
Food 5*
Bar service 3*

Good food, nice location. Love the roof terrace in the summer, but a pub for all year round.

Best pub in Wimbledon! I’ve been here during day time and night and always had a good time!
During the day we’ve had lunch here in the terrace and in the main pub area, the terrace is always hard to get a table in the summer but it is really beautiful checking out the view and the food here is really nice! Love the chips in a small bucket but there is just not enough of them!
And in the evenings it can get pretty busy on a football night/​Friday and Saturday night where there are bouncers at the door ensuring it does not get too crowded inside! Same again getting a table is also pretty hard to get and queuing to be served can be up to 15 mins! But there is seating areas outside and after a certain time no drinks are allowed outside! There’s normally a DJ from 9pm onwards and the dance floor gets fully fast!
The only downfall is the drink prices are London prices and the terrace is impossible to enter at night as they are so busy!

Split a meat platter that was part of the weekly «Sunday Roast». It was slightly better than expected, but I couldn’t find a beer I liked (tried four of them). They had something claiming to be an IPA that tasted more like a weak APA, about 4 light lager styles, and pink lemonade light lager mix. If they had a wheat or hefferveisen or any not-​light-​style, it would go a long ways with me. I think they are more focused on wine/​mixed drinks here.

Just the place for those cold mellow ones! Lovely roof garden, friendly staff, good selection of lagers and your basic ales coupled with great menu, it’s all a winning combination!!! 3 bar areas/​rooms so take your pic depending on the atmosphere you’re looking for!

The food in the main bar used to be fantastic but the menu has recently changed to boring stuff like penne pasta with vegetables! Bring back the minute steak and the alex burger!!! Good service and location but really disappointed the menu has gone downhill!

A great pub, especially in the summer with the roof top terrace. The food’s good enough but I’ve always used it as more of a place to start the night off with. The staff are very friendly and the price’s a reasonable for Wimbledon. Always a nice friendly atmosphere and it’s a good place to watch the sport without going too mental. Just down the road from the station.

I had so much more fun here than I thought I would!
It seemed kind of an odd atmosphere when we arrived — quieter at the front bar (although still no seats) so we decided to brave the room at the back where it looked darker and much busier but we were naturally gravitating towards the live music.
My eagle-​eyed friends spotted a table and moved through the crowd with the speed and precision of pub-​table-​nabbing pros, promptly plonking themselves down and spreading their coats along the chairs to reserve enough for all of us. Once settled we enjoyed the band playing all your usual pub-​band classics. You know… ‘A Town Called Malice’, ‘Mustang Sally’… don’t ask me to name any more, I’d had a few glasses (bottles) of wine by this point.
Although I found the pub a little intimidating up front (you know when it feels like everyone knows everyone else and you’ve interrupted a ‘regulars-​only’ evening?) it was actually great fun at the back — a real mix of young and old all just having a really fab night!
Some friends danced, the rest of us had slurred «I love you… no no NO, I LOVE YOU…» conversations. All in all a brilliant evening — I’d definitely return to The Alexandra!

Wer aus der Ferne glaubt, dass der Londoner Stadtteil Wimbledon praktisch nur um das Tennisstadion herum gebaut und voll mit weißen Villen reicher Dauerkartenbesitzer ist, der täuscht sich gewaltig. Wimbledons Zentrum erstreckt sich vor allem von der Region um die große Fernbahnstation (an der auch die district Line hält) bis hinauf auf den Hügel, wo die Wimbledon Commons, ein mehr als riesiger Park, über Kilometer Grün bietet das Tennisschauspiel liegt ein wenig abseits und der Wimbledon Park nebenan ist eher ein kleiner Klecks im Vergleich. Und hier leben Zehntausende ganz normaler Leute, ich selbst habe hier eine Zeit in einem Reihenhaus der eher schäbigen Sorte gelebt, an einer der zahlreichen verstaubten grauen viktorianischen Bahnlinien, auf denen die Züge regelmässig zu spät kommen. Das Alexandra liegt quasi mitten an der Lebensader des Ortes der Straße von der Bahn hoch zum Hügel, nahe am kleinen Postamt, das Haus trägt von außen die charmanten Züge der spätviktorianischen Architektur und glänzt vor allem durch seine im sommer gut nutzbare Dachterrasse. da das Londoner Klima im Gegesatz zu vielen klischeehaften Vermutungen recht mild ist, kann man hier gut im Freien sitzen und tut das auch. Leider hat man in den letzten Jahren mal wieder renoviert der alte plüschige Stil mit den verschiedenen Abschnitten gefiel mir deutlich besser, man konnte sich aussuchen, ob man kuschelig auf Polstersesseln oder zünftig eng an Holzbänken sitzen möchte. Service und Angebot waren immer wie eigentlich in jedem guten englischen Pub und irgendwie habe ich auch nie schlechte Pubs erlebt, da das Überleben und vor allem die Anwesenheit von den tragenden Stammgästen ja von einer gewissen Mindestqualität abhängt. Das Alexandra war eigentlich immer gut gefüllt, wenn ich hier war.

The roof terrace is a favourite of mine in summer and we always have had a good time here.

Stopped by the Alexandra on a Sunny Monday evening and got a table on the roof terrace. Great spot for summer outdoor dining, but I imagine it’s hard to get a table on the weekends or towards the end of the week as it was pretty busy on a Monday. Good selection of wine and beer, food was a little disappointing — BBQ platter that clearly hadn’t been cooked on the BBQ, but was tasty enough.
Think we’ll return again to check out the downstairs areas as it has the potential to be an excellent local option.

Great pub, good choice of beers and recently had a new refurbish.
Split into 3 ‘areas’ sports with big screen, general pub and wine bar

good traditional pub. roof terrace excellent inthe summer and useful to smokers. they even have tv on the roof for football. food a bit average

This pub used to be a real old man’s drinking pub, and half of it still is, they have a kind of lounge-​bar where the old guys still hang out. Through the doors though and it becomes a bit more lively. There is also a really nice roof terrace; which is pretty much occupied by smokers at the moment but perhaps in the summer there will be non-​smokers up there too. Good for a quick pint on the way up to Wimbledon village; to prepare you for the walk up the long hill!