The Bunch of Grapes, SW3

This is quite a reasonable pub considering its proximity to the hustle and bustle of Harrod’s Store. But the Spirit Group pubco ambience is quite strong in here. They had Adnam’s bitter, GKIPA, Abbot Ale and Bombardier on. The Adnam’s was not particularly good, and at £3.10 a pint. On the plus side, it still has a lot of original Victorian features intact, with pride of place going to the series of exceptionally attractive back painted mirrors. There are also some snob screens, and next to them a large wooden carving of some grapes (what else?). It’s not a bad pub, but suffers somewhat from the pubco’s rather unimaginative ale selection. Nonetheless, I would be happy to drop in again for another pint if I was in the area.

This is a nice Victorian style pub with a central bar and different drinking areas partitioned off from each other with screens. I thought that the staff were very friendly, especially for a high street pub with a transient crowd of shoppers and tourists. This is a Greene King pub so four of their ales were available along with a standard draught selection and Peroni. I plumped for the Guinness which was well served and on good form. There is a large LCD TV which was off during my visit, but there was some very loud music playing. I put this down to it being the last Friday before Christmas and I have to admit that the seasonal songs did give the pub a very warm atmosphere. I see no reason why I would not pop back in here again if passing.