A roughed-up Victorian corner pub on Vanston Place founded by ex-rugby pros, with 20+ craft beers, Wolfpack’s own brews, a leafy garden and boutique hotel rooms
Wolfpack holds five hundred and fifteen reviews and a 4.4 – a strong score on a good sample – and it is a genuinely stylish and lively modern pub: a roughed-up Victorian corner pub on Vanston Place, founded by ex-rugby professionals, with 20-plus craft beers, Wolfpack’s own brews, a leafy garden and boutique hotel rooms.
The rugby-founded craft beer group
Wolfpack has a genuinely distinctive founding story: the Wolfpack Lager venture was founded by two ex-rugby union professionals, Alistair Hargreaves and Chris Wyles – and it has grown into a small, well-regarded London craft-beer group with its own brews and a handful of pubs. The Fulham venue is its third site (opening in June 2021), joining the original Queens Park taproom (in a former mechanic’s garage) and the West Hampstead bar. There is genuine character to it – the ex-rugby-pro founders, the own-brew craft-beer pedigree, the growing and well-regarded group. It brings real craft-beer credentials and a genuine “social animals” spirit to Fulham – the serious own-brewed craft beer, the lively sporty character, the well-run group pedigree. There is genuine quality and character to it – the rugby-founded group, the own craft brews, the lively welcoming spirit.
The roughed-up Victorian pub
Wolfpack Fulham occupies a genuinely handsome building – a large Victorian corner pub on Vanston Place, a short walk from Fulham Broadway tube, thoughtfully re-imagined by Ellis Design Studio into a “roughed-up,” rustic, rugged answer to the traditional neighbourhood boozer. Because the Victorian building is a noteworthy architectural landmark, the designers carefully preserved its historic features while creating a deliberately rugged, industrial vibe – a feature tap wall with laser-cut metal detailing showcasing the beers, a pewter bar top, blackened steel joinery and industrial meshes. There is genuine style to it – the handsome preserved Victorian building, the deliberately roughed-up rugged design, the striking feature tap wall. It is a genuinely stylish and characterful modern pub – the historic Victorian bones, the rugged industrial re-imagining, the striking beer-focused design.
The beer, food, garden and rooms
Wolfpack delivers genuine quality across the board. The beer is the heart of it – 20-plus craft beers on that striking tap wall, including Wolfpack’s own Lager, Pilsner and Session IPA, plus rotating guest taps, alongside a curated wine list. The food is crowd-pleasing street-style fare – smash burgers, chicken wings, homemade pizza, bottomless brunch. There is a lovely leafy beer garden for al-fresco drinking, state-of-the-art screens for live sport, a Monday quiz, private event spaces (from “the Den” to the garden, up to 200 standing), and – a genuine bonus – six individually-designed boutique hotel rooms upstairs, making it a proper pub-with-rooms. There is genuine quality to it – the 20-plus craft beers and own brews, the good street food, the leafy garden, the boutique rooms, the live sport. Its strong 4.4 across a good sample confirms it – a genuinely good, much-loved pub. There is real quality and character in the whole thing.
Between its rugby-founded craft-beer pedigree, its stylishly roughed-up Victorian setting, its 20-plus craft beers and own brews, its leafy garden and its boutique rooms, Wolfpack is a genuinely stylish and lively modern Fulham pub. Its strong score across a good sample marks it as a genuinely good and much-loved pub. The Prat’s desk enjoys a Wolfpack Lager and a smash burger in the leafy garden, admires the striking tap wall, and raises an appreciative glass to Wolfpack.
The pub
A strong, much-loved pub doing a good 4.4 across a good sample – Wolfpack, a rugby-founded craft-beer pub on Vanston Place with 20+ beers, own brews, a leafy garden and boutique rooms.
Verdict
Strong, much-loved, and genuinely stylish – Wolfpack, a rugby-founded craft-beer pub-with-rooms in a roughed-up Victorian building.
Go to Wolfpack on Vanston Place for a Wolfpack Lager and a smash burger in the leafy garden – a rugby-founded craft-beer pub with 20+ beers, own brews and boutique rooms, near Fulham Broadway.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
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