The Salutation, Hammersmith

This is still a proper pub - old fashioned in the best sense. Friendly staff and landlord and always well kept beer. I have no idea where the previous comment about "oxidised" beer comes from. The Salutation has some of the best beer in the area and the ESB is superior, attracting a steady stream of drinkers from other Fullers pubs where they just can't get it right. And please, no gastro-theming for this pub, you'd be spoiling a little gem.

17 Dec 2008 11:58

The Charlie Butler, Mortlake

Another one bites the dust. Apparently this is shortly to be demolished to make way for yet more flats/housing.

21 Apr 2008 15:59

The Sun Inn, Barnes

I'm not sure how much of a consolation it is that the reason you can't get served is because the bar-staff are inadvertently useless and slow, as if that is somehow a redeeming feature. All I know is that it isn't the fault of the poor thirsty sods at the bar who are trying to hand over their hard-earned (but most of whom have now given up and gone to other local pubs with a slightly more obliging attitude).

31 Jan 2008 14:58

The Sun Inn, Barnes

Its great we've still got a few pubs in Barnes to choose from but this one really does need a kick up the jacksie. I couldn't get served last time I went. I was pretty much the only punter at the bar, a crisp fifty in my hand so as not to stand out, but the four or five staff were involved in more pressing jobs like flower arranging, complimenting eachother on choice of perfumes, making skinny-focha-mocha-chinos, and having a calligraphy competition on the specials board. A beer please and in the relatively near future. Is that too much to ask in a pub, gastro or otherwise ?

1 Nov 2007 16:44