Partridge, Bromley

Fullers have some beautiful pubs and this is another one.Really impressive building and although some people are not happy with Fullers prices you can see why they charge more than most pubs.Really nice pint of Tiny Rebel beer,friendly staff and great setting.

An impressive Victorian building which screams converted bank (originally National Provincial) and very well done it is too. Entering through an interesting circular lobby, you come into the main room which has nice dark wood panelling with dark green paint above, decorated with old photos, busts and other fripperies. Side rooms at either end appear to be available to reserve. A Fullers Ale & Pie house with a fair selection of their wider beer range in good order, if a little pricey. Quite a civilised sort of pub.

Fullers have picked a prime location in this former bank, with good views of the church and high street. Six handpumps in operation on our visit, serving four Fullers and two guest, which were Hophead and Butcombe Rare Breed. We sat in the snug at the front of the pub named the Club Room. This pub certainly delivered lots of opulent and Heritage interior features and I especially liked the heritage coloured painted walls against the dark cornice and dark timberwork. The bar area was also finished in dark timber with a carved freeze around the counter. There was also lots of large brass chandeliers and button back banquette seating.

I did briefly consider eating here before I actually noticed the price of the food. this is a really quite pretentious place and an attempt at multi roomed grandeur that just feels like corporate tedium, though it is nicely done. We don’t really ‘get’ LondonPride or Fullers that much up north so this may actually have been my first pint of the stuff in my first of their pubs. The beer? fairly indifferent for me though pleasant. the clientele were aloof golf club types and couples gazing at each others eyes. other Bromley pubs are available and may be better.

A Fullers Ale and Pie conversion of a former Nat West bank, done well as Fullers tend to having plenty of experience of this type. The high ceilings have elaborate cornices, large chandeliers, marble faced fluted columns and alabaster busts of roman/greco figures on a shelf above the bar back. We debated over the original use of the "Club Room" to the front without conclusion, a small room to the rear with nice stained panelling felt more intimate and was possibly once the manager's offices. A door beyond leads to a garden. Fuller's beers obviously, Pride, ESB, Oliver's Island, HSB plus guests W Berks Good Old Boy and Castle Rock Harvest Pale. Busy and popular, a decent spot.

Very inviting Fuller's 'Ale & Pie' house, with the bar housed in a former banking hall and further seating in the Club Room at the front and another (un-named) room at the back. Pleasantly traditional furniture and decor throughout. Good selection of real ales too from the six handpumps: Pride, Oliver's Island, ESB and the seasonal Jack Frost (£3.95) plus Hyde's Nelson and Joule's Old No 6 as guests.