The Warrington Hotel, W9

An interesting and ornate interior well described below, sadly only one cask beer was available on my visit, Adnams Ghost Ship, not a bad beer but this example was served several degrees to warm and got harder to drink the further down the pint I got. Music was being played of a sort that seemed at odds with the surroundings as well as being on the loud side of medium.A pub thats worth a look at for aesthetic reasons but on my experience they need to do a lot better with everything else.

Official site of The Warrington Hotel - www.thewarringtonhotel.co.uk

Official site of The Warrington Hotel - www.thewarringtonhotel.co.uk

Rich and opulent,this CAMRA nationally listed interior deserves careful inspection.There are two quite distinct bars,to the left a multi door front lounge which curves around,but which probably was sub divided in the past.There is a warming real fire,lots of traditional furniture and was a lot less busy than the more popular right hand side bar.This has an impressive staircase to the first floor dining room,a marble fireplace,a curved marble bar top,very fine ceiling cornicing and much etched glass and stained glass panels.Art deco designs go together well with victorian spendour. It's still used as a hotel,and there is a guest oak panelled door to the bedrooms,while this bar was popular with students many in sports kit,there must be playing fields or indoor facilities near by. There are a number of handpumps,but just three choices on my trip in Adnams Mosaic,Sambrooks Wandle and Portobello Sauce on the Side (a cranberry sauce stout that just about worked ).There was a keg gantry offering another 8 beers,lots mainstream.Food mains start around £13 to £20 but there are light bite options. This is a must visit in the area for the wonderful interior,shame the ale options weren't more exciting but you can happily while away a few hours in here soaking up the atmosphere.

An outstanding preserved pub interior - ceilings, walls, pillars, arches, mirrors, bar: all deserve detailed appreciation (see photos) - and on the way out I saw the mosaic in the doorway that I had missed on the way in. Beers are on two sets of two hand pumps, with the pump clips repeated on a board above the bar (see photo). Sadly, two were reversed on the pumps, leaving me a choice of just Adnams Mosaic and Sambrooks Session. The latter proved to be a fairly insipid, lemon-flavoured beer at only 3.4% (a long session, then) but costing £2.35 for a half. I suppose it was in good enough condition, he said grudgingly, but so not to my taste that it was a struggle to drink it. Nevertheless it was a pleasure to visit this pub, and I wouldn't mind a repeat visit together with the nearby Prince Alfred.