Ink Rooms, Battersea

Having enjoyed being on both sides of the bar in the ink rooms former and present incarnations I'd like to throw in what I hope to be a calming 2 cents to this maddening furor. I for one like the new interior. There I said it. It's cool, it's interesting, it looks like what I'd imagine an american style bar to look like. The downstairs area is a particularly nice feature, as are the new toilets. The idea of live music is also a good one and will hopefully go down well with the regulars who still frequent the bar. Yes regulars, because there are locals who do not feel betrayed and I can tell you why. One reason: the beer. Though the bottle count has dropped from the mind boggling 160 to a more reasonable 60 beers the favourites are still available Belgian, German and American beers of renown are show cased here. Your Goose Island, Left Hand, Brooklyn, Jever, Augustiner. Andechs, St. Bernardus, Orval and fruit beers as well as many other delicacies can be found here. On the site of the microbar there still remains a bar with one of the best bottle ranges in London, and most likely THE best bottle range in south london. I won't put a rating in because as part of the bar staff I have a vested interest, but I can safely say it's a bar I would happily drink in, because I do drink in it. I hope this has cleared the otherwise muddied water for some of you.

11 Jul 2009 23:32