The Gladstone

Super friendly staff and ace Pieminister pies. They even have a little roof terrace to catch the midday sun.

The Gladstone is a very well-​known pub in Borough right by the tube off the high street. It’s small and intimate with a very friendly staff. Although I normally wouldn’t go to a bar alone for a drink, I did go once at the Gladstone and felt completely comfortable. The staff was very interactive and laid back. The prices are very reasonable and I would happily go back again.

This is a proper lovely little pub with a feel good hippy vibe.
Friendly staff, great live music, and pieminister pies (which I’m not a huge fan of). Beer, real ale and a couple of tasty house cocktails but nothing fancy. I’m told by a friend their wine selection is good but I haven’t tried any myself yet.
It’s a petite space not much bigger than my open plan kitching /​living room and on Friday and Saturday nights it’s standing room only. Plenty of seats, tables and a comfy sofa. They’ve also got a bookshelf which people tend to help themselves to and return when finished or replace it with a different book. A big pile of board games made this a favorite place of mine to spend a lazy Sunday.
The Glad showcase live folk and blues bands with a reputation for excellence. So good in fact in the summer you’ll find people dancing in the street outside.
Dog friendly if your pooch is well behaved.

This place has me written all over it! Great little pub, hidden away in Borough. There’s really good beer on tap, Pieminster serving up delicious pies and really good live music here weekly.
While this was my first time here, it will certainly not be my last! Really great ambience and vibe to the place and is worth the walk from London Bridge.

Such a great pub — £3.60 for a lovely beer, free papers to read, a nice ambience, plenty of tables. It’s rare to find anywhere this unspoilt in London.
A great selection of beers too — including Meantime, Brew Dog, Brooklyn Lager and Sierra Nevada.
Definitely on the list to revisit.

This is a real find.
A ‘real’ pub on the outskirts of borough market. We sat upstairs with the rest of the Saturday night crowd… young enough to be our children but seemingly chilled about us oldies being there. We enjoyed beer, Pieminister pies (complete with mash and mushy peas) all topped off with a short but sweet set of live music.
What a great way to spend a Saturday night in London.

this pub is so great. small, quaint, quirky (they have a shrine to their dog… that alone won me over). they put on regular live music, and it’s always free. i went because my friend’s friend was playing there, although sadly i had another gig to go to so i didn’t get to stay for the performance.
good selection of beers, ales and wines. my viognier wasn’t chilled enough which is my only criticism.
they serve pieminister pies, which i have on good authority are delicious, and seem to be a most excellent food of choice in a traditional boozer such as this.
i’ll be checking out outcoming musicians and heading back here soon for sure.

C’est countrymusic et folk comme je né l’avais jamais entendue, en grand vitess. The Gld s’appelle le plus grand petit boîte dans l’univers, et c’est vrai, c’est un pub tres petit avec beaucoup du monde, mais souvent avec la musique magnifique. Je le suis sur Facebook (The Glad) et quand je vois un band qui est interessante, j’y vais et je né regrette rien. Les musiciens anglais sont quelque fois fous, mais tres agreeable, il faut y aller pour entendre et apprendre

Lovely little pub, cosy and often has good live music playing. Food is decent enough. As it is a small pubm not great for groups.
Staff are pleasant.

Amazing pies, cold beers and sunny weather! At least 2 of these can be guaranteed all year round!
We didn’t have the pleasure of staying for the evening but the band that was soundchecking whilst we ate added a nice bit of atmosphere to a Sunday afternoon’s drinking.

Every time I come here I fall in love with this pub a little bit more. Now serving Pieminster pies, I kind of want to make it my local. Great live music most mights, super relaxed and friendly staff making the whole place have this awesome vibe.
The serve tasty cloudy sider on tap! I love it. I want to move in.

This pub has a really nice feel to it. The music is great but nothing I had ever heard before. The lighting and décor is good too. The have cornish ales and the selection of pieminister pies looked interesting, shame I arrived at the wrong time of day to enjoy them.
Has a big screen for sport but doesn’t feel like the kind of place I’d watch a match, but I don’t mean that in a bad way. I know a few pubs around Borough station but this is definately the best I’ve found so far!

A brilliant pub. With a great band who live upstairs. I think they own the pub, I’m not sure. But they’re called something like mystic mood orchestra or something and they were fab.
It’s very out of the way, if you come from London Bridge as we did. It was quite a shock to realise how close to Borough station this place is so get off there instead.
It’s the perfect pub for sitting outside and catching up with friends. But without the band it might just be an average pub so I’d find out when they were on next. They do beer out of cans and cheap white wine, but you’ll have a great time if you want somewhere of the beaten track.

This is a real neighbourhood find, you feel as though you are seated in your neighbours front room which has a bar fitted at one end. This place is tiny and gets rammed at weekends and most week nights too. Friendly staff and a variety of different bottled and cask beers. Occasional bands but more a boozer that you can happily wile away an evening or alternatively a Sunday. Great staff, board games and if you are waiting for a late date a number of books to amuse you.