The Sir Frank Whittle (JD Wetherspoon), Hounslow

David Walton left this review about The Sir Frank Whittle (JD Wetherspoon)

Visited previously as the Big Smoke Taphouse on 02/10/23.

Pint of the cask New World Session Pale and a half of the Session Golden Ale from the Ukrainian brewer.

Cask here was the usual Abbot, Doom Bar and GK IPA then the New World Session Pale from Elgood's, the Old Blighty amber ale from J W Lees and one from a Ukrainian brewer Varvar Brew brewed at the Hook Norton Brewery called the Session Golden Ale. Usual keg offering, Thatchers Gold, Stella, Bud Light, Angelo Poretti, Leffe Blonde, Budweiser, Corona, Coors, Carlsberg, Staro, K1664, Guinness, Seven Brothers Easy IPA, the Sumo hazy pale from Mad Squirrel, BrewDog Punk IPA.

Newly opened JDW venue, the venue having been remodelled since its previous incarnation. The bar counter is now along the wall furthest from the windows looking out at the airfield and so to the immediate right of the open T2 airside entrance. The venue is bare boarded and there is a densely packed section of tall tables in front of the bar counter. Lots of lanterns suspended from the ceiling and so the area around the bar counter is nicely lit. As you move further from the bar counter there are some regular tables and chairs, but space is a premium here, so all tables are pretty densely packed. Supremely busy on my late lunchtime visit ahead of a flight. Prefer other airport JDW's to this one!

On 28^th October 2026 - rating: 5
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