The Thirsty Bear (South Bank)

• You set up a tab at the bar (you can spilt the final bill between multiple cards) and you will be presented with a white credit card type thing
• Go up the stairs and you be greeted with an eastern American
• Preppy style sport bar with a long curved bar
• In my opinion the best burgers in London
• The Thirsty Bear (South Bank) is great fun to go to for a group of friends with a healthy appetite (for big ass burgers)
• To be honest is what you're here
• The burgers are both presented on alpha male chopping boards
• They're skewered from head to toe with a wooden spike (to hold the masses of toppings together)
• The Redneck burger comes piled with masses of bbq pulled pork (double smoked
• Sliced dill pickles are crunchy and sweet
• The bed of frilly lettuce is a bit much for us
• The meat in the Thirsty Bear burger is a blend of fillet
• So the bone marrow is a welcome addition to mix
• One minor point was that whilst the burger was moist
• It is lacking the fat content to turn the bacon cheeseburger into my favourite kind of gushing juice monster something the redneck burger didn't need with its mountain of pulled pork
• The burger comes wrapped in what is effectively a bastardized rosemary Foccacia bun
• Works jolly well with the burgers
• You get a choice of French Fries or triple cooked chips with your burger
• French Fries were great hot
• Triple cooked chips were were underdone and soggy
• We had a chat with the chef afterwards and he's changed his triple cooking technique so they are likely to be better when you get down there if they are
• I found this is a really solid burger that said
• A bit of work on the triple cooked chips is definitely needed
• Of course where else in London is there a pub where you can you pour your own pints using a tap on your table
• Thirsty Bear wasn't exactly doing a roaring trade (where is at such a time) but I noticed quite a few tables were reserved for later
• Beer (or cider) is directly pumped to where you are sitting
• Just before we left I poured myself what turned out to be a third of a pint and was charged £
• The downside to this method though is that you only have a choice of Strongbow (bleugh) or Amstel
• The other beers and wines on offer through the iPad are pretty decent my friend had a Malbec and I had a glass of Picpoul
• The guy behind the bar was really helpful
• Since we visited at lunchtime when the place was fairly empty
• That has cheese and pulled pork along with the beef patty and it was moist and delicious
• The only issue is that it was impossible to eat it as a burger because everything was slipping out of the bun and I had to use a knife and fork
• The sweet potato fries that came with us were also amazing
• My friend got the crispy chicken burger which was more dry so he managed to eat it normally
• Across two levels with a large projector screen on the first floor
• Several seating options though the much touted iPads to order were nowhere to be seen
• It was a fine experience with the pub food very very good
• The portions are huge though

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