{"website":"","version":"4","version_indpt_url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/The_Hope%2C_SW17_7EG","categories":["Pub Food","Pubs","Real Cider"],"url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/id=The_Hope%2C_SW17_7EG;version=4","address":"1 Bellevue Road","fax":"","phone":"(020) 8672 8717 ","country":"United Kingdom","content":"==== Drinks ====\n\nAddlestones cider, Hoegaarden, Staropramen, London Pride, a fair selection of stuff in bottles too, and a medium-sized wine list.  No Strongbow :)\n\n==== Food ====\n\nSandwiches around &pound;5&#8211;&pound;6, all in toasted focaccia with a small side salad, for example crayfish and mixed leaves (&pound;5.80), hummous and peppers, that kind of thing.  Main around &pound;8.  Sandwiches aren't bad, a little overpriced (like everything else in the area).  The sausage sandwich is good, with loads of caramelised onions.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nService very slow the day we were there; only one person on the bar and the food took a while to come but there was another member of staff who kept wandering around and pestering people with food to ask if everything was OK.  This pestering appears to be a management mandate, not the misjudgement of the individual staff members.\n\nBenches outside but you're right next to the traffic so it can be a little hard to hear sometimes.\n\nWe came here at Friday lunchtime and it was surprisingly empty for such a nice day.\n\nOne of my co-workers comments that this isn't really a pub, more of a cross between a wine bar and a pub.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fluidfoundation.com/venueDetails.asp?Venue_ID=2164 Fluid Foundation review]\n* [http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/leisure/goingout/pubs/display.var.722781.index.great_expectations_at_the_hope.html Wandsworth Guardian review]\n\n","node_image":"","timestamp":"2003-12-10T09:31:53","formatted_content":"<h4>Drinks</h4>\n\n<p>Addlestones cider, Hoegaarden, Staropramen, London Pride, a fair selection of stuff in bottles too, and a medium-sized wine list.  No Strongbow :)</p>\n<h4>Food</h4>\n\n<p>Sandwiches around &pound;5&#8211;&pound;6, all in toasted focaccia with a small side salad, for example crayfish and mixed leaves (&pound;5.80), hummous and peppers, that kind of thing.  Main around &pound;8.  Sandwiches aren't bad, a little overpriced (like everything else in the area).  The sausage sandwich is good, with loads of caramelised onions.</p>\n<h4>Service and Ambience</h4>\n\n<p>Service very slow the day we were there; only one person on the bar and the food took a while to come but there was another member of staff who kept wandering around and pestering people with food to ask if everything was OK.  This pestering appears to be a management mandate, not the misjudgement of the individual staff members.</p>\n<p>Benches outside but you're right next to the traffic so it can be a little hard to hear sometimes.</p>\n<p>We came here at Friday lunchtime and it was surprisingly empty for such a nice day.</p>\n<p>One of my co-workers comments that this isn't really a pub, more of a cross between a wine bar and a pub.</p>\n<h4>Other Reviews</h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.fluidfoundation.com/venueDetails.asp?Venue_ID=2164\" class=\"external\">Fluid Foundation review</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/leisure/goingout/pubs/display.var.722781.index.great_expectations_at_the_hope.html\" class=\"external\">Wandsworth Guardian review</a></li>\n</ul>\n","node_image_url":"","os_y":"173481","summary":"","longitude":"-0.163796","city":"London","node_image_licence":"","opening_hours_text":"","locales":["Wandsworth Common"],"os_x":"527591","username":"Kake","postcode":"SW17 7EG","latitude":"51.445437"}