The Herne

[Spencer]

Hi, The Herne Tavern has been taken over by the guys that run the Palmerston, and renamed The Herne, although they have not got round to redecorating the front yet....

Could we have it added to the vote please? It is my local pub now, great garden, if somewhat unusual, nice food and cheaper than the Palmerston... Very good for kids if you have them :)

Spencer

[Guest]

Yes I can highly recommend the food. We ate there a week or two back and had lovely two course meal for less than ?20pp. Great value and very high quality food.

It is certainly a child-friendly pub, which is great if you have kids, but makes it something of a no-go zone for the rest of us on Sunday afternoons ;)

[Mark]

The Herne has now been added to the vote, I was going to say no as it's not in SE22 but I checked, and it is, so it's now in the running (well, there's some catching up to do...)

As I've mentioned on the poll page there's been some cheatin' afoot, so only registered users can now vote. It's a shame but someone who works at NatWest plumped up the Vale's vote. There was also someone registering using various fake email addresses so we've had to introduce increased security to the registration process i.e. when you register you receive an email which has a link in it, you click the link and bingo, you are one cool registered cat.

[Polly D]

We went to the Herne on Saturday. Great food, friendly staff and best of all, no smoking at all - not so good for my boyf as he'd just unwittingly lit up - but nice waitress explained they're getting used to next summer's non-smoking policy. Definitely a plus point I'd say.

[Guest]

I agree Polly. As a militant ex-smoker (the worst type), I am a big fan of smoke free bars.

The Herne is better every time we visit: busier, more beers on, better atmosphere. If you're going for dinner on the weekend, you will need to book. We failed to do so, and ended up eating in the bar.. but since noone was smoking, it was great! ha ha ha

[beatnic]

They've turned the garden in to Teletubbyland :-)

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[Guest]

GO TO THE HERNE!!! LOVE IT!

[Mark]

We tried to book a table for four at the Herne yesterday lunchtime (called about 11 o'clock), but they were booked until 3. Note to self: get up slightly earlier on a Sunday to book lunch or perhaps even get yourself together to do it the day before. Saturday.