Greater London

Camberwell

The Crooked Well

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Price: From £800

Guests: 80

Description

The Crooked Well: A Unique Wedding Venue in Camberwell

If you’re looking for a wedding venue that feels both intimate and effortlessly stylish, The Crooked Well in the heart of Camberwell is a fantastic choice. This award-winning gastropub blends a warm, country-inspired vibe with a cool urban edge, creating a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere for your special day. Known for its high-quality, home-cooked food, The Crooked Well promises a memorable culinary experience that you and your guests will love. Their expert team is dedicated to crafting beautiful weddings tailored to your vision, making the planning process smooth and enjoyable.

Venue Spaces and Capacities

The Crooked Well offers flexible spaces to suit weddings of different sizes:

Exclusive Hire: Book the entire venue for a larger celebration, comfortably hosting up to 100 guests.
Private Dining Rooms: For smaller, more intimate weddings, the upstairs private rooms are perfect. They accommodate seated dinners for up to 48 guests or standing receptions for up to 60 when combined. This area features elegant chandeliers, lush plants, and a private bar, creating a bright and luxurious setting.

Catering and Services

The Crooked Well’s passion for food and drink shines through in every detail:

The in-house culinary team specializes in modern British dishes with continental influences, using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients.
Menus are tailor-made and served family-style to encourage a warm, convivial atmosphere.
A dedicated wedding coordinator supports you from your first enquiry through to the last toast, ensuring your day runs smoothly.
The venue holds a late license until midnight, so you can celebrate well into the evening.

Location and Accessibility

Conveniently located just a five-minute walk from Peckham Registry Office and only 10 minutes by train from Victoria Station, The Crooked Well offers easy access for you and your guests. Its blend of warm hospitality, exceptional food, and stylish modern-vintage interiors makes it a top pick for couples wanting a relaxed yet memorable city wedding.

Message from the team

Name of Wedding Contact: Jen Aries

Firstly, congratulations on your engagement! Over the last 7 years I have organised and run hundreds of weddings at our pub The Crooked Well, from the more intimate group of 14 to the private hires up to 80. I pride myself on the whole process being stress free, easy with excellent results! As one of the business owners, I assure you my total dedication to organising your special day. I look forward to hearing from you soon, and gladly answering your questions. Kind Regards Jen

Experience

Year Business Was Established

2011

No. of Weddings Hosted

More than 50

Public Liability Insurance

Yes

Overview of The Crooked Well

Wedding Venue Type

Pub / Restaurant

Wedding Venue Capacity

Dining Capacity

Reception Capacity

Wedding Ceremony & Reception

Church within walking distance

Sound system available

Confetti permitted

Wedding Venue Details

Exclusive use

Pet friendly

Disabled access

Wedding Catering

Corkage Charge for Own Alcohol

In-House Wine List

In-house catering

Pricing for The Crooked Well

Wedding Venue Hire Only

Price from £800.00

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Private hire is £800 plus a minimum spend but that really depend on date, day, time, what food offering you actually want, and whether you are upstairs (no extra hire charge at all) or downstairs, so get in touch with any more info and we can look at options. Regardless of whether you do a private hire or have the private rooms upstairs we will fully decorate the space with whatever you provide us and clear away again, saving only what you ask us to. One less thing to worry about! We have people on site from early til late 7 days a week so deliveries for your special day can be dealt with easily. Re hiring the whole venue, the music volume at the max capacity of 90 can't go loud enough for proper disco levels, (all the bodies swallow it up a bit) but is loud enough for loud background music. 70 guests or fewer and the max volume is plenty loud enough! Upstairs, the sound system goes very loud for the max numbers of 55. As an Independent serving food made from fresh onsite we can be flexible with the offering.

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In-house Catering (price per head)

£12.00 – £37.00

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Reviews (1)

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David and Bella
13/06/2024
Avoid at all costs.Avoid at all costs.
We found the crooked well through bridebook.com, this is how we contacted them (more on this later). Absolutely awful experience from top start to finish. In retrospect, alarm bells should have been ringing when on our first meeting Dann ( the manager) not only completely forgot we had a meeting booked in but also said "I can't imagine why anyone would want to get married". We then proceeded to tell him what we wanted, he agreed to everything including our proposal of a hot buffet meal for our guests with pre-bought bottles of wine to be placed on the tables for our guests to serve themselves. He assured us The Crooked Well could provide any type of food we wanted .We went over what we wanted to spend and agreed a minimum spend at the bar. We have never organised a wedding before, so in hindsight we should really have cottoned on to how blasé and wishy washy he was being with details, but we took him on his word for everything and continued to plan our wedding, safe in the knowledge we had our reception venue sorted. Email correspondence was like getting blood out of a stone. It would usually take at least a week for an email response and sometimes we would get no response at all. We were starting to get worried so asked for another meeting and asked to meet with the chef also to discuss our buffet menu. Upon meeting Dann and the Chef*, we outlined what we wanted on the buffet before the Chef told us that the Crooked Well did not have the facilities to provide a buffet service and that the only option was a sit down meal. We had not wanted a sit down meal. We had wanted a Mediterranean style buffet, but we found ourselves reluctantly agreeing to a sit down meal of contemporary British food, at a considerably larger price per head than agreed initially. It was here we really started to worry as it became evident at this moment that Dann, not only didn't know what a buffet was but also knew he had really messed up. Instead of apologising to us and trying to fix things he sloped off into the background, sulking and embarrassed More frustrating email communication followed before we decided that we needed our minds put at ease, then Dann started trying to change the terms of our verbal agreement. He suddenly started saying that the minimum spend for the night now didn't actually include what our guests spent at the bar and that we had to spend that before the reception had even started. He also now wanted to include a 12.5% service charge on the wine placed on the tables , which guests would quite literally be serving to themselves. He then started trying to make out he was being generous by not charging a cakeage fee for our guests to have cake on paper napkins, cut by us, despite not one even mentioning such a fee. We started to think he was trying to push us into cancelling as he was obviously in way over his head. so drafted a very professional e-mail highlighting all of the questions we really needed answering as definite. We had no contract, so we really needed some of this info in writing. All of the questions were completely ignored and we received a response that essentially said "look, we don't really have the facilities for the level of service you want, if you want to cancel that's fine". We responded and pointed out all of the services listed on bridebook.com (how we contacted them), and we got a response of "oh, we don't use bridebook anymore contact them if you have a problem with the information, it's not our fault" We contacted bridebook. Not only did they inform us that all information is provided by the Crooked well, but it also needs to be reviewed yearly when their annual (fee paid) subscription is renewed. This information is all entirely incorrect and this is entirely the fault of The Crooked Well. They have offered absolutely no apology whatsoever for the 6 months wasted on them, the hundreds of pounds wasted on a DJ booked for the venue, invitations printed and travel and hotels booked. We decided that even with 3 months until our wedding, it was better to start from scratch and find a new venue that continue with this farce. I cannot put into words how truly awful it was trying to deal with The Crooked Well, I personally would avoid this place and go somewhere else. *I have referred to the Chef simply as 'Chef' as I do not wish to sully his name and reputation, and we wish him every success with wherever his business takes him in the future, none of this was his fault.We found the crooked well through bridebook.com, this is how we contacted them (more on this later). Absolutely awful experience from top start to finish. In retrospect, alarm bells should have been ringing when on our first meeting Dann ( the manager) not only completely forgot we had a meeting booked in but also said "I can't imagine why anyone would want to get married". We then proceeded to tell him what we wanted, he agreed to everything including our proposal of a hot buffet meal for our guests with pre-bought bottles of wine to be placed on the tables for our guests to serve themselves. He assured us The Crooked Well could provide any type of food we wanted .We went over what we wanted to spend and agreed a minimum spend at the bar. We have never organised a wedding before, so in hindsight we should really have cottoned on to how blasé and wishy washy he was being with details, but we took him on his word for everything and continued to plan our wedding, safe in the knowledge we had our reception venue sorted. Email correspondence was like getting blood out of a stone. It would usually take at least a week for an email response and sometimes we would get no response at all. We were starting to get worried so asked for another meeting and asked to meet with the chef also to discuss our buffet menu. Upon meeting Dann and the Chef*, we outlined what we wanted on the buffet before the Chef told us that the Crooked Well did not have the facilities to provide a buffet service and that the only option was a sit down meal. We had not wanted a sit down meal. We had wanted a Mediterranean style buffet, but we found ourselves reluctantly agreeing to a sit down meal of contemporary British food, at a considerably larger price per head than agreed initially. It was here we really started to worry as it became evident at this moment that Dann, not only didn't know what a buffet was but also knew he had really messed up. Instead of apologising to us and trying to fix things he sloped off into the background, sulking and embarrassed More frustrating email communication followed before we decided that we needed our minds put at ease, then Dann started trying to change the terms of our verbal agreement. He suddenly started saying that the minimum spend for the night now didn't actually include what our guests spent at the bar and that we had to spend that before the reception had even started. He also now wanted to include a 12.5% service charge on the wine placed on the tables , which guests would quite literally be serving to themselves. He then started trying to make out he was being generous by not charging a cakeage fee for our guests to have cake on paper napkins, cut by us, despite not one even mentioning such a fee. We started to think he was trying to push us into cancelling as he was obviously in way over his head. so drafted a very professional e-mail highlighting all of the questions we really needed answering as definite. We had no contract, so we really needed some of this info in writing. All of the questions were completely ignored and we received a response that essentially said "look, we don't really have the facilities for the level of service you want, if you want to cancel that's fine". We responded and pointed out all of the services listed on bridebook.com (how we contacted them), and we got a response of "oh, we don't use bridebook anymore contact them if you have a problem with the information, it's not our fault" We contacted bridebook. Not only did they inform us that all information is provided by the Crooked well, but it also needs to be reviewed yearly when their annual (fee paid) subscription is renewed. This information is all entirely incorrect and this is entirely the fault of The Crooked Well. They have offered absolutely no apology whatsoever for the 6 months wasted on them, the hundreds of pounds wasted on a DJ booked for the venue, invitations printed and travel and hotels booked. We decided that even with 3 months until our wedding, it was better to start from scratch and find a new venue that continue with this farce. I cannot put into words how truly awful it was trying to deal with The Crooked Well, I personally would avoid this place and go somewhere else. *I have referred to the Chef simply as 'Chef' as I do not wish to sully his name and reputation, and we wish him every success with wherever his business takes him in the future, none of this was his fault.

Location & Contact Details for The Crooked Well

Wedding Venue Address

16 Grove Lane, Camberwell, Greater London, SE5 8SY, England, United Kingdom

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FAQs

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What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?

Relax! Seriously, we don't need any final choices until 1 week before. Oh, and occupy the Mothers/Sisters/Friends with jobs like making/sourcing the flowers/favours/place settings, but let us dress the space!

What’s your favourite personal touch you’ve seen at a wedding?

Ceremonial Sake and Kimonos, really cool and included the Bride's family in what was a pretty traditional "British" pub wedding.

Does The Crooked Well provide catering services for weddings?

Yes, The Crooked Well has an in-house culinary team specializing in modern British dishes with continental influences. They use seasonal and locally sourced ingredients, offering tailor-made menus served family-style to create a warm, convivial dining experience.

Is there a wedding coordinator available at The Crooked Well?

Absolutely. The Crooked Well provides a dedicated wedding coordinator who supports couples from the initial enquiry through to the last toast, ensuring the wedding planning process is smooth and the event runs perfectly.

Have you had any celebrity guest or wedding at your venue?

We have loads of celeb locals!! South London, baby! Camberwell, Peckham & Dulwich is full of super cool creatives....

What are The Crooked Well’s licensed hours for wedding celebrations?

The venue holds a late license until midnight, allowing couples and their guests to celebrate well into the evening.

Can The Crooked Well accommodate both small and large wedding parties?

Yes, The Crooked Well caters to a variety of wedding sizes. Smaller, intimate weddings can be hosted in private dining rooms for up to 48 seated guests or 60 standing, while larger celebrations can utilize exclusive hire for up to 100 guests.

What makes The Crooked Well’s wedding food special?

The Crooked Well emphasizes high-quality, home-cooked food crafted by an expert culinary team. They focus on modern British cuisine with continental influences, using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients to create memorable meals.

Is The Crooked Well easily accessible for guests traveling from central London?

Yes, The Crooked Well is easily accessible. It is just a 10-minute train ride from Victoria Station and only a short walk from local transport links, making it convenient for guests traveling from central London.

How is The Crooked Well decorated for weddings?

The upstairs private dining rooms feature elegant chandeliers, lush plants, and a private bar, creating a bright, luxurious modern-vintage setting that combines warm hospitality with stylish decor—perfect for a memorable wedding atmosphere.

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