The Black Dog

I met up with my husband and some of his friends after the cricket on Friday and we decided to come here. Everyone was spilled out onto the grass just hanging out and drinking, so the laid back vibe was cool. I went inside and ordered a burger — it was nice and juicy and exactly what my tipsy belly needed. Service was relatively quick and they even had Brooklyn lager on tap!

The Black Dog is a regular haunt as it’s very near work, and is a great venue for summer drinks, as they hire out picnic blankets that you can use on the park opposite, so you can have an alfresco drinking session in the sun. The food is reliable pub grub, a bit on the pricey side but tasty. The burger was well cooked, the right side of medium, with a good slice of gerkin. I had mine with sweet potato fries (you may have gathered from my reviews that I’m a fan) which were the right balance of crisp and fluffy. One of the better offerings in Vauxhall, and the perfect place for post work drinks

You know a place is good enough when you find yourself thinking ‘damm, I’d like to work here’. Kudos to the great people who work here. Caring. CARING.
Prices are not that astronomic for some great pub food, and atmosphere. Brilliant for a date in an up-​and-​coming area. Unlike many other places, you will feel like you want to move in next door.

This is a gorgeous pub tucked away in Vauxhall.
Popping in on a Thursday lunch time for a work leaving lunch we found the whole pub heaving — luckily we’d already reserved a table.
It isn’t the cheapest for lunch, but the menu has so many amazing dishes I really struggled to choose what to have.
I opted for their burger and swapped the fries for sweet potato fries.
It was delicious meal and I was completely stuff by the time I’d eaten every bite.
We also had some marinated anchovies which were yummy too.
I’m already looking forward to going back and trying something else on the menu.
They have a daily dogs dinner for £10 including a drink (can be alcoholic). The day we were there it was steak ciabatta and fries, quite a good deal!
I paid £12 for my meal, excluding a drink as I just had tap water.
I’m a fan of this place!

I’ve only been twice and both times with medium sized group for lunch. Decent speed and quality of service but drastically overpriced for what is served. Pretty average and small burger. Very very average scotch egg. Thrives because of the lack of alternatives not because it’s actually good

The food is good. Nothing super exciting — just the regular London pub foods — but it is good quality, and the staff are nice. It is small, so it is good for small groups.

Came here for a birthday lunch for a work mate. We made a booking and arrived just after midday and there was no one there. By 1pm, the place was packed with local office workers.
We came here because people from work has been here for after work drinks and had their scotch eggs which are apparently awesome. I was tempted to have one, but I opted for a burger instead. The burger which I ordered with extra bacon, was nothing too extraordinary, the only thing worth noting is for the price they charge to add bacon on my burger. They gave me a decent amount of bacon on my burger, for 75p compared to other places where they give the saddest amount of bacon and charge £1-£1.5 for it.
Another thing… Most of us had ordered regular burgers, but one had ordered a veggie burger. They either forgot to put in the order or forgot to make it because it took a while for it to get to the table. Some of us had finished our meal by the time it arrived. My work mate who ordered the veggie burger commented afterwards that he could have made a better veggie burger, that says a lot because he doesn’t really cook.
Overall, it wasn’t bad, but I think I might just come back here for drinks and a scotch egg after work next time.

My boyfriend used to work locally and he’d come here for lunch with the boys or after work drinks and had told me that this pub served great food and had to check it out. So we came here for Sunday lunch (booking is a must) and both had the roast sirloin of beef with all the trimmings. It’s SO GOOD. The beef is served medium rare just perfect. Nothing like a cosy pub lunch on a cold Sunday to warm your cockles! The service and overall atmosphere is great too. It’s a little tucked away but walking distance from Vauxhall station. Oh and yes the homemade Scotch eggs are a-​mazing!

Best scotch eggs in London. Fact.

One word AMAZING! From planning to execution Cokey and his team at The Black Dog did and great job on my partners 40^th! If you are thinking of a place to host your next event with some really good food then this is the place!

My friend and I stumbled upon this bar in walking distance from Vauxhall train /​tube /​bus station en route to Zumba — hey, we were mega early, no judgement! — and we went in for a soft drink and to much on some crisps and wile away 45 minutes before the sweatfest began!
The pub was a revelation and on just spying on their website, it seems they’ve just renovated it. It was really cool and fairly busy when we got there at about 5.30 so that was a good sign. The bar staff were really friendly and polite and I’d definitely return. I also overheard how helpful they were when a group of businessmen asked them about the 20:20 Cricket at the nearby Oval and one of the barmen said I can look it up online for you if you want? Now THAT’s service!
I also liked the look of the HUGE sausage rolls, scotch eggs and pork pies on sale for only 3 quid! Definitely worth another visit just to savour one of those bad boys I say!
Their opening hours are fab — they even do breakfast *wow!* — this is from their website:
OPENING TIMES
Monday to Friday 8am –12am
Saturday CLOSED — available for exclusive hire GREAT RATES
Sunday 11.30am-7pm
FOOD
Breakfast 8am — 11am
Lunch 12pm-​3pm
Bar Snacks and Dinner 4.30pm-9.30pm
Sunday 12pm-​5pm
I can’t wait to return and try it out some more — and for food and at least one alcoholic beverage and when exercise is not involved! ;-)

This is the stuff. Looks and feels like a few places around Kennington but is, like the others, it’s own place. Best selection of beers on tap (including Brooklyn Brewery), very nice food, good soundtrack. All-​round, a cool and groovy place and we’ll be back, time and time again I expect. The landlord was keen that we did