Chiltern Taps, High Wycombe

This former Hogshead pub, located opposite the Eden Shopping Centre and close to High Wycombe bus station, is now a rather smart Lloyds No 1 outlet. The interior is deceptively small thanks to various pillars and the shape of the room, all of which breaks up what would otherwise be a decent sized open space. There's a good deal of seating in this part of the pub, especially near the windows punters were able to listen to soul music playing quietly in the background whilst watching promotional material shown on a loop on various TV screens. The servery is at the rear of the room and to the left of it is a raised area furnished with some sofas and armchairs, which has been decorated with ornate mirrors and modern art prints on the walls and a brick fireplace with some nice upholstered comfy chairs in front of it. There are five handpumps on the bar which were dispensing London Pride, Ruddles and two guests plus a cider. I tried a pint of the Loddon Bamboozle (£2.20), which was served at a hand-cripplingly cold temperature. The staff were very nice though and I grabbed a bite to eat which arrived with the usual Wetherspoons efficiency. A decent enough place to spend a bit of time, but they really need to sort out their cellar temperatures, as it took me an age to get my pint to a drinkable state. The pub is GBG listed though, which suggests I may have been unlucky, although I did find excessively cold beer to be an issue in all three pubs I visited in High Wycombe, so perhaps it's how the locals like it.

Nicely laid out & decorated Wetherspoons near large shops on busy road & just off the town centre. Quite small downstairs for a Wetherspoons and better than their standard layouts. An ok pub