The Windmill on the Common, Clapham Common

Possibly the worst pub in Clapham (and that's saying something, there are a lot of stinkers masquerading as gastro-pubs in the SW London area). Situated right on Clapham Common itself, it's got the ideal location, especially for the spring and summer. Having got the perfect location sorted, whoever runs the pub have decided they don't have to actually make any sort of effort because whatever happens, there won't be a shortage of punters willing to pay obscene amounts of money for beer and wine. Kind of like an asthetically attractive girl/guy who dines out on their looks and thinks they don't actually need to have a personality.

And don't get me started on the food. Overpriced, and of a quality that wouldn't make the grade at your average Wetherspoon pub. The service was a shambles, the staff seem to have lots of time to stand around chatting, which is generally more important than minor things like taking your order. When that time finally came the waiter walked off halfway through taking our orders! And the food itself - absolutely no sense of value of money here. �10 for a Wetherspoon-standard burger in a stale bun? They really are having a giant belly laugh at our expense.

In case this needed to be added, avoid this pub like the swine flu!

6 Apr 2010 13:37