Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about -
New Breweries
with
Aqualung
on the Pub Forum
Detail Pages
Pratts and Payne
SW16
SW16 1HJ
Served areas
Social Media Let your friends know about this pub
Local Transport show 11 more transport points
hover over arrow to see distance from pub, click on arrow to find out more about stop
(
(Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Steve C left this review about Pratt and Payne
Next door to the local Wetherspoons is Pratts and Payne which is much improved since losing the Goose branding. The interior is L shaped with an open plan front area that is full of seating and more seating that runs up the left hand side of the pub. The bar on the back wall to the right is stocked with an interesting range of draught products and six hand pumps are supported. One of these was unused during my recent Friday afternoon visit so the five ales available were Sharp’s Doom Bar, Adnam’s May Day, Blindman’s Icarus, Thornbridge’s Jaipur and Ilkley’s Siberia.
There are no televisions in here, but there was some background music playing and live music is advertised for weekends. There was also a hog roast advertised which was due to take place in the rear beer garden that I didn’t get a chance to visit on this occasion.
The décor is a little quirky, but the staff are friendly and the Jaipur was spot on. I would have no problem returning here for another beer.
On 13th June 2012
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2583 recommendations about 2570 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Malden man left this review about Pratt and Payne
The former Goose is now taken over and is one of the latest additions to the Antic stable. The main area is a large room with the bar on the back wall, around to the left and behind the bar is another quieter panelled room. The usual mix and match Antic decor prevails, old unwanted furniture items, a load of Bakelite radios, heating system radiator valve clips, unattached trophies and so on. I also thought the job lot of old family B&W snaps a bit uncomfortable, especially if as thought they had come from house clearances, peoples memories and all that.
Antic pubs are always a bit trendy and boho, this is no different, and you expect to find a decent ale selection, as is found here. Beers as Rex's review below, no complaints about quality.
On 2nd April 2012
- rating: 6
[User has posted 836 recommendations about 827 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Rex Rattus left this review about Pratt and Payne
This is one of the latest additions to the fast growing list of pubs belonging to the Antic pub company. It’s named after two erstwhile Streatham institutions – Pratts, which was a department store on on the site of the pub, and Cynthia Payne, who provided services of a very different nature to those available in Pratts. The interior follows the usual Antic model, containing a vast collection of miscellaneous odds and ends, and a mish mash of unmatched furnishings. I couldn’t work out whether there was a theme to the decor – my companion reckoned that they had got hold of a job lot of “junk” and used it to decorate a pub, and I have to say that some of the stuff on show (ancient box camera, box of 78 records, etc) looks like it might have been sourced from a house clearance. But a few things, like the board on the wall displaying men’s ties, display cases, sideboard/desk drawers, look to be the sort of things that might have been found in a fifties department store. Luckily there were no whips on the walls, so dear old Cynthia (Payne by name and pain by nature) doesn’t seem to be commemorated in the pub decor. One feature that I thought was a bit odd, and somewhat inappropriate, was a gallery of old (some pre-war) black and white family snaps. Some of them featured important family occasions such as weddings, which seemed to be trivialised by being displayed in this manner. But who knows, maybe the people featured would have been quite happy had they known that their likenesses would one day turn up on a pub wall. It still struck me as one of the most bizarre bits of pub decor that I’ve encountered.
But enough of that, and onto the beer. Antic pubs invariably have a good ale selection – this one had on Thornbridge Jaipur, Doom Bar, Skinner’s Cornish Knocker, Adnam’s IPA and Mild, and a 2.8% ABV offering called Burnham No2, apparently brewed at Twickenham Fine Ales. We had pints of the Jaipur and Cornish Knocker, and both were in fine fettle. I didn’t get to scrutinise a menu, but I’m sure that they would do food.
If you like the sort of quirkily decorated pubs that Antic seem to specialise in, then you will like this one. The ale selection is excellent, and it’s reasonably comfortably furnished. I’d be happy to visit again.
On 29th March 2012
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1292 recommendations about 1266 pubs]
No known links relating to the pub.
