The Cask & Glass, SW1

Randomness Guide to London - Cask And Glass entry

Randomness Guide to London - Cask And Glass entry

Very small Sheps pub, but its comfortable and cosy with panalled walls and square framed windows. The bar is in front of you as you walk in and then there are a few tadled areas to choose from with a couple outside in the plants! Nice little pub to visit, but very expensive for me (£3.50 a pint) and the beer was not quite to my taste (probably being a Midlander!) and not the best in this area.

This is one of the smallest pubs around, with only five small tables, a bit of banquette seating and a few chairs. It’s what you might call a tidy little pub – it’s carpeted, the walls are wood panelled and varnished a very dark brown. The walls are covered almost entirely by all manner of prints and stuff, as detailed by Roger below. Thankfully there’s no room for one-armed bandits or games machines, which is most definitely a big plus. I like this pub a lot – it’s a real pub, even if it’s a very small one. Luckily during my recent visit I got there early enough to bag a table and chairs for myself and the fellow pub enthusiasts whom I was meeting, but had I left it as late as 5.00 PM (and it was only a Thursday evening) I would have been out of luck. It certainly is a pub where vertical drinking is the norm, but there is a fair bit of space on the pavement outside for this.

A pub I always feel welcome in, small single dog leg shaped bar, always well kept Sheps ales (no Late Red sadly yesterday, my favourite ShN beer). Convenient for Victoria but enough off track to seem like a street corner local. Caricatures of various politicians adorn the walls plus various cartoons and a display of clay pipes. I wonder how many of the politicians were previous customers perhaps? Comfortable and homely, but due to its size is very easily busy.