The Imperial Arms, West Brompton, SW6

Tiny Hole in The Wall bar with a distinctly Celtic and locals feel to it. Friendly enough with a largely older clientele. All keg beer. Massive plasma TV on one wall dominates.

No real ale on. The tables are all garishly formica topped, making the place look like some sort of cheap caff. Outside, an enormous Sky Sports advert completely covered the name of the pub – I understand the need to advertise, but an advert like this is totally out of place in a small-fronted pub like this one. This used to be great little pub when I was a lunchtime regular back in the 80s, but not now. As I recall, it used to be a Courage house then, with Loretta doing an excellent pint of Directors, to wash down her superb fresh ham, or even beef and dripping, sandwiches. I can't recommended this pub now I’m afraid.

This is a small café that has had a bar put into it, but the metal tables and breakfast menu remains. It sounds like a travesty, but the locals and music added to the dartboard hanging on the back wall gave a very friendly atmosphere. There is a limited draught selection and unsurprisingly no real ale, but the Guinness was good. I'm not sure that I'd go back again, but I thought that it was a reasonable attempt at creating an ok bar.