The Slug at Wimbledon

Brilliant vibe. Packed full of SAFFAS during internationals. Its fairly cheap and a dance floor opens up after the game… Love it!

This is part of the Stonegate group which does own the Slug & Lettuce brand. ANYWAYI went there for the Man Utd Vs City match this week (30^th April 2012), got there 7:10pm, stood at the bar for 20mins to be ignored by 2 bar maids who then served people who came to the bar after me. Needless to say the guys could have said I was there first but they looked like tools so I didn’t expect much from them. The pub stank, no aircon, the bar top was wetm no efforts to wipe it down and as I said the service was crap. I watched the first half there without a drink then walked off to another pub. I won’t go to crap place again. As for £1.50 per drink on a Sunday, yeah great for students, I’d rather not have a hangover on a monday!

My salsa friend Hilary and I came here to try Miguel & Mayana’s salsa class here on a Monday evening. The pub is located round the back of the Wimbledon town centre one way system.
It was quiet in the large bar area and the salsa class took place upstairs on the wooden dance floor. It was an interesting class as I was distracted by the huge TV screens showing live football! The other odd feature was a mechanical bull in the corner
Drinks were on the cheaper side and they were happy to give us water after the class.

To start, this place is called The Slug @ Wimbledon and isn’t affiliated with the Slug and Lettuce Chain.
I’ve been here twice. Both times were after celeb stalking at the New Wimbledon Theatre. Both times were on a Sunday. Both times involved £1.50 drinks.
Suffice to say, I’ve gotten pretty drunk here.
The music is super cheesy, the place can smell like vomit in places and apparently the manager doesn’t feel the need to honor a reservation of 10 people even though it’s my birthday. Mangament FAIL!!! If I was reviewing this place on management alone, I’d give it 1*.
But in spite of all of this, I always have a great time here. Just arrive really early if you want a table and note that the £1.50 drink special is only on Sunday’s after 5pm. it also doesn’t apply to all drinks Jagerbombs are a wallet busting £2. Hooray for cheap booze!

Okay, if I seriously lived any closer than an hour and 15 minutes away from this place, I would commute to it. Why? £1.50 drinks alllll Sunday. Enough said.
After seeing The Hoff as Hook in Peter Pan the Panto this year (say THAT 5 times fast), we needed a place to get our drink on and re-​live the splendor that was David Hasselhoff. Debating whether to weather the O’Neill’s nearby, one of their bartenders out for a smoke told us to head down to this pub (Bless ye, Merry gentleman… much obliged).
We did indeed encounter £1.50 drinks (until a smarmy bartender started charging us for mixers too… but still not complaining at £2.00 a vodka/​diet coke), cheap chips, quality onion rings, VERY nice waitresses/​bartenders (minus said smarmy git) and the best thing ever: there were huge monitors all over the place, playing the best of the 80’s music videos mixed with the best of today. We literally started dancing around, the music was so amazingly hilariously good/​bad.
There’s supposedly one just like this in Fulham… I WILL be checking it out!

the slug is a great place, especially for South Africans to meet as we are made to feel at home. The wine is very cheap and the food is great — what more could you want!

The Wimbledon Slug is a sports bar popular with the Aussie, New Zealanders and South Africans living in London — probably due to the fantastic drinks offers, that this bar regularly has on. I went on a Thursday night for the South African vs Uruguay World Cup game and the place was packed full of supporters in yellow and green. Because of the game, all the drinks were £1.50 and although the queue for the bar was always ¾ deep, the staff took it in their stride and were always helpful without appearing flustered.
With numerous screens all over the venue, the bar is fantastic for watching sports and bills itself as the best AFL venue in London. Just make sure you book a table beforehand as the place gets extremely crowded.

The shop was located very close to the wimbledon station and town center. It boasts of two floors, lots of seatings, well designed decorations. The food and drink were very good quality and value for money. Sometimes it could be very busy in the evening but usualy no booking needed unless you want a party. Highly recommended restaurant in wimbledon area.

closeddown and reopened in new location behindthe cinema. Really nice atmocphere with modern décor and good pricedfood and wine. Great to meet friends mid week for a bottle and great asa pre dancing venue too. Love the sharing platters and nachos here.

ok this is pub chain bar so not much different from most other slugs. Its just to be yates win lodge so big improvement. I am not sure I would say the food is very good and they do charge a high price.
Its fine for a quick dink but not a friday lunch time, food took a long time and was expensive.
Lots of pub /​bars in the area so I would say for drink it‘s ok but food not bother.

A Leopard can’t change its spots and neither can you polish a t*rd, so why people bother with this venue I do not know. Honestly I try to forget it exists and often succeed. Let me see, since it was built and opened in 1999, this site has been a Yates Wine Lodge (shut down for creating rowdy violence), another chain who turned upstairs area into an American pool hall (did ok, but didnt bring in the money) and is now a Slug and Lettuce.
Slug and Lettuce shut another bar in Wimbledon only months earlier citing that Wimbledon was over run with bars and restaurant venues. They should forget about this one, it has been overrated by other users on here who clearly have missed a trick by small independent cocktail bar suburban over the road, unless of course these people like this place because it looks polished.
It is chain, formulaic, without culture, or anything of note. Maybe that is why other people like it, but I like a bit of flavour whether it be sweet chilli or reggae reggae sauce in my sandwich, this place is as bland as wet slugs and supermarket lettuce.

Slug and Lettuce Wimbledon is a really nice venue, with ample seating, good sound and moderately priced drinks. Many Wimbledon venues seem to like employing snooty bouncers, but the same can’t be said for the Slug and Lettuce. A three minute walk from the station, food at the Slug is also pretty good: in fact if you go there on a Monday night you can get anything on the menu for 50% off the marked price.
Weekends are fairly busy at the Slug and Lettuce. The music will be too commercial for some, and if you’re like me sometimes you just have to imagine that you’re hearing the sweetest house beats, because Slug and Lettuce looks good enough inside to not have to compromise on good music. They mix a range of cocktails too, and offer local and international spirits and beers.

I know its part of a chain and pretty formulaic, but this is one of the better Slug and Lettuce’s I have visited. Slightly off the main drag, it’s a little quieter and it is more reasonable than some of the more popular ones.
The setup is funky and comfortable with a choice of high tables, couches and tables to sit at. The staff are friendly and helpful.
Strangely enough, have sampled breakfast here and the food was very good and the coffee better. The weekday cocktail specials are also not to be sneezed at.
All in all, good for a safe evening out!

Slug and Lettuce is a reliable chain for a few drinks or something to eat. It can get busy on at the weekends but there are plenty of places to sit so this need not be a bother.
A cosy environment for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Also makes for a great night out as Slug Wimbledon boasts two bars over two floors.
They also show sports and are currenlty showing the Wimbledon championships. Sounds like Pimm’s O’Clock to me!
PS: visit their website and play Slug Invaders … just awesome