The Crown

An independent brewery owns this pub, in fact the same company that owns and runs the cardinal in Victoria. The place is a fairly standard old English style pub with lots of space for seating but very few punters inside- probably due to the fact that on a high street on a weekend evening in London you aren’t going to get the best clientele in when you are surrounded by cheap bars. This place is friendly if a little expensive giving us a round of tequilas at £2 a shot but, as with the cardinal, don’t expect any brand names, even the coke is unbranded, but be assured no watering down of these dodgy looking brands occurs, or so the bar staff inform me.

Overall a 5/10. Much higher if you are a pub lover in search of the ’spirit’ of old England.