The Lillie Langtry, West Brompton, SW6

Horseshoe shaped bar that still retains some original features. Standard draught selection.

On my previous (very brief) visit, the place appeared so run down that I turned around and walked straight back out again. However, the front is now a bit tidier, and the building may have received a lick of paint. The interior is surpringly large, opened out at some stage to form a 'J'-shaped bar with a pool table at one end and the main seating area and sports TV screen at the other. The bar counter is quite long, but looks rather empty as there are only a limited number of fonts and no handpumps. Dull beer selection typical of an Irish pub, but at least they had authentic Tayto crisps, so it was quick pint of John Smiths (£3.20) and I was off...