Latchmere, Battersea  

'Smith & Jones' pubs don't rate highly on Fancyapint? and sadly the Latchmere doesn't help redress the balance. A perfect example of how a pub's heritage can be so easily destroyed and replaced with something altogether uninteresting, the remaining original dark-stained Victorian mirrored bar only serves to make you wonder how great it used to be here. Where it could be warm and comfortable, blocks of bland, uniform chairs and tables make up the furniture, save for a couple of couches. The staff, by no means busy, didn't consider clearing the half-eaten food and empties scattered about and the music was made redundant by a combination of a poor sound system and soulless acoustics. The pub's saving grace is the theatre upstairs - a mainstay of the comedy circuit - and the punters who were a mixed crowd, reflecting Battersea's eclectic population. However, we were hankering for something more exciting than this.

reviewed:
23/09/2006

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real ales

Sky TV (small screens)

beer garden

quiz night Thursday

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