The Riverside, Vauxhall

Our rating: FAP Rating 2 - Click for an explanation of our ratings User rating: Not rated yet! - Click for an explanation of our ratings (1 review)
View:
Photo
Map
Streetview
FancyaPint?'s review...
FAP Rating 2 - Click for an explanation of our ratings
Opened a few years back, this is one of four riverside bars run by Young's and built by the developers St. George as part of a complex of luxury flats. No surprise then, to find a venue that feels not unlike an exclusive All Bar One in terms of design, and where the usual Young's beers find space next to offerings of Peroni and Pimm's on tap. As you'd probably expect, the prices at this one are higher than average, and whilst it's never a chore to drink beside the Thames, it's rather an odd experience to knock back a few here: not often will you leave a pub to see a sign directing you one way to the tube station and another to the concierge. Indeed, the mix of wealth, high-rise living and security - MI6 is the next building down river - does add up to something from the pages of a J. G. Ballard novel. We're fascinated by how many of the drinkers here come from outwith the surrounding flats or indeed work for Universal Exports. At heart then, this feels like a Docklands bar that - akin to that whale from a few years back - has floated upriver. Still, if what you're after on a Saturday night is a near-deserted pub close to the centre of town, come on down.
Reviewed by 21 Feb 2010    Helpful? yes/no
User reviews
Contact details

5 St George Wharf, Vauxhall, London, SW8 2LE

020 7735 8129
riversidevauxhall@youngs.co.uk
www.riversidelondon.co.uk

Features:

How to get there
Nearest Stations
Door-to-door journey planner
How to find the The Riverside pub

From Vauxhall: Follow the road to Vauxhall Bridge then bear left or aim for the river from the station. From Pimlico: Follow the directions for Tate Britain, turning right when you get onto Vauxhall Bridge Road. Keep straight on, crossing Vauxhall Bridge. St. George Wharf is on your right and the pub is at the far end of it.

Nearby attractions
Is this your pub? Claim this listing to add your pub's web site, more photos or other information about your pub.
History
27 May 11 Updated by piranha