{"id":2136,"date":"2009-03-22T21:02:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T20:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2021-10-31T23:42:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T23:42:31","slug":"anchor-hope-time-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"Anchor &#038; Hope &#8211; Time &#038; Patience!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When aiming to eat in the\u00a0Anchor &amp; Hope\u00a0&#8220;gastropub&#8221; (36\u00a0<a title=\"Map of the Cut - Fluid Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fluidfoundation.com\/venuemap.aspx?VenueID=18328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cut, Southwark<\/a>) you will need time &amp; patience. It is not an ideal venue for pre-theatre, unless you are very lucky.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2136 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ah.JPG'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ah-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/tn_CIMG3327.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/tn_CIMG3327-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/tn_CIMG3328.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/tn_CIMG3328-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The tables\u00a0in the Restaurant\u00a0section are for sharing.\u00a0\u00a0We found the service was a bit hit and miss but\u00a0the food certainly hit the mark, with its rustic style\u00a0and good quality ingredients. My earlier experiences were before the recent change of Chef,\u00a0however with the kind of reputation the Anchor &amp; Hope has I would expect it to continue to deliver top class gastropub fare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However if you don&#8217;t want the hassle of hanging around the busy bar, you always have the option of <a title=\"Tas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=867 \" target=\"_self\">Tas<\/a> on the opposite side of the street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UPDATE: June 2010 &#8211; A recent visit\u00a0does seem to indicated that the new team are keeping up the good work. I had a beautifully cooked lemon sole with tasty shrimps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a title=\"Top page - Noexpert.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\">Return to top page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When aiming to eat in the\u00a0Anchor &amp; Hope\u00a0&#8220;gastropub&#8221; (36\u00a0The Cut, Southwark) you will need time &amp; patience. It is not an ideal venue for pre-theatre, unless you are very lucky. The tables\u00a0in the Restaurant\u00a0section are for sharing.\u00a0\u00a0We found the service was a bit hit and miss but\u00a0the food certainly hit the mark, with its rustic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=2136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Anchor &#038; Hope &#8211; Time &#038; Patience!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,26,7,8],"tags":[98,109],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bars-and-gastropubs","category-inexpensive","category-london","category-uk","tag-anchor-and-hope","tag-tas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29916,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/29916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}