Fountains Abbey, Paddington, W2

Fountains Abbey has an L-shaped bar that faces some raised seating to the left, high tables to the front and standard furniture beside a wooden mirrored and panelled wall to the right. There are at least two televisions that were showing muted cricket via Sky Sports. This is a Greene King pub so the eight handpumps supported by the bar were badged with their beers, but they were all off. This wasn’t the first GK pub of the day to have very little or no cask ale options so I think there must have been a problem with delivery to the area. I went for a half a Stella at £3. I suppose the staff were polite without being very interested in making too much effort. This pub is typical of Paddington in being OK, but very forgettable.

Official site of Fountains Abbey - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

Official site of Fountains Abbey - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

A good and busy boozer opposite St Mary's Hospital which is a reliable source of decent beer (Cask Marque listing). Restaurant upstairs and tables on pavement outside.