The Sun, Richmond

Pleasant Fullers house convenient for the station but tucked away behind the main street. Central island bar with brass hand and foot rails, bar stools and a mix of booth seating and chairs and tables around three sides. A seperate conservatory/dining room to the rear. Clearly a rugby pub, memorabilia and paraphenalia associated with the oval ball are everywhere, even on the ceiling. A traditional feel however with lots of brown stained wood. Benches and tables in the attractive small front garden area. Pride, Chiswick, ESB, Discovery, Red Fox (autumn ale, 4.3%), and HSB ex Gale's all available at the time of this visit. Friendly and helpful guvnor behind the bar too.

This is a decent Fullers pub that was serving up Pride, Chiswick, Discovery, ESB, Pipers Gold and Seafarers along with a limited standard selection of lager on my recent visit. The pub is a reasonable size, but the back seemed to be set up for the next rugby game on Sky so the many people enjoying a nice few pints of ale were somewhat crammed into the front section of the pub. If you're a fan of Fullers ales or you play rugby and enjoy rowing down the Thames at some speed this is a must visit pub.

This is a Fuller’s house with the usual ales on, though they did have a guest ale in Arkell’s James’ Real Ale. I had the Gale’s Seafarers, which was OK, but in my view expensive at £3.30 a pint for a 3.6% ale. There is rugby memorabilia absolutely everywhere, including photographs on the ceiling for those who enjoy a neck-craning experience. But I’m not knocking this sort of over-the-top decor that covers every available inch of space – I quite like it actually. Here we have typical Fuller’s style furnishings – a few stools at the bar, iron-framed tables accompanied by chairs and banquette seating. The main part of the pub is wrapped around an island bar, and is carpeted. There is a big room at the back with a tiled floor and a conservatory style roof letting in a lot of light. I didn’t see a menu (I was in a bit early) but there was a small chalkboard on the bar advertising the likes of rolls (£3), pork pies and scotch eggs (£2.50) and the rarely seen pickled eggs (£1). I quite like the feel of the pub and I would be happy to visit again, even though the ale prices are a bit excessive.