The Isambard Kingdom Brunel

On approaching this pub i was quite surprised it was such a large flagship venue. From outside its seems that it presence and size are something of a secret. Only making my way up the front stairs and entering the long hall of the pub was its grandeur revealed. The hall was decorated with little beer flags and along one side ran a long bar. For a Wetherspoons it had a relatively ornate ceiling and despite folk sitting around in tracksuits and caps the bookcases in the corners and carpet suggested the room was once a drawing room or library bringing with it connotations of wealth. The pillars assisted this imagery. If i do say so the initial impression is quite grand for simply a chain bar. The size means that the place felt empty even though there were quite a few people here, the large spaces really miss music to fill them.

Overall unlike most of the bars on the same strip this one isn’t  a dive there’s the usual cheap, good selection of drinks. But the ditsy, slow bar people likely dent the pronounceable name - 7/10