The Hart, Stamford Brook, W6

Big windows. High ceilings. Few customers. Less atmosphere. Odd layout, comprising an 'L'-shaped bar with sparse furniture and decor, a side area with ranks of nasty big red sofas facing a large TV showing sport, one table in a small opened-out area leading to the rear room housing a pool table, another sports TV but little else. Patio area out back. No real ale, so offered bottled Bulmers as a substitute! Limited choice of dull keg offerings, so opted for an overpriced bottle of Vedett Extra White (wit/blanche) at £3.70. Overall, another grim offering from the Bar Room Bar chain (which seems to specialise in such places).

Ghastly barn of a place with absolutely no character or atmosphere. OK if you can sit outside in the courtyard (until the 9pm curfew thanks to the killjoy neighbours)but otherwise somewhere to be avoided...as most people tend to do judging by the empty tables!