The Isambard Kingdom Brunel (JD Wetherspoon), Landport, Portsmouth

Large 'spoons, housed in a substantial and imposing building. The lengthy bar is located up a short flight of steps, and has an impressive moulded ceiling. It is light and open, despite needing a number of supporting columns across the interior space. A total of 15 handpumps, with several duplicates and 3xDirectors plus two off. However, there is still a good selection of usual suspects plus other such as Cottage Brewing's Herald (very keenly priced at £1.79).

Official pages of The Isambard Kingdom Brunel - www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk

A fantastic corner stone build, with columned entrance, the former offices of the Portsmouth & Gosport Gas Company according to the plaque in the entrance. Also, like most Spoons, has a patio. The interior is a long room in red and pink (half and half walls) with the moulded ceiling in cream and beige, along with colums and capitals. It is, like all Spoons, foody in its set up, with a raised family area at the back. It has the usual silent Sky TVs, but has a little book area as well. There is a huge long bar and the walls are dotted with prints of Brunel, Nelson and the local area. On the visits i have made here (purely for pre and post sailing trips to the Isle of Wight, with the family) i have found the service fine and the clientele the usual mix, though with a leaning towards the student. The food, well it was OK as usual, as we stick to the basic things. Beer; tap stuff, with the usual Abbots and Ruddles, but feeling homesick, i had an OK pint of Marston's Old Empire. Its a Spoons, so its functional as far as i am concerned. Saying that, i have used this place a few times as i can cope with it more than many a Spoons i have visited.