The Prince, West Brompton, SW6

A good sized Taylor Walker corner pub near the tube station, convenient for Earl's Court, It's unique selling point is the large subterranean garden at the back, well hidden and providing a quiet oasis where you can have a pint and a snack away from the bustle. Free wifi and decent food are on offer. Three ales on, I had a pint of 6X which was in good condition. Well worth dropping in.

It must be over 20 years since I last visited this pub, but I don’t reckon that it’s changed much. It’s now a Taylor Walker branded Punch pubco pub, thus the usual pubco pub grub menu is available. I was in just after 2.00 PM on Wednesday, so I guess the fact that some of the tables were sticky and unwiped was due to the fact that it was soon after the lunchtime rush. London Pride and Doom Bar were available, with the latter at a bit over £3.00 a pint as I recall, which is not bad for London. Outside at the front of the pub is a raised terrace area from which one can observe the comings and goings of Lillie Rd. Inside the main bar area has a mix of normal tables and chairs and solid looking tall tables and stools. There’s also another seating area down a few stairs on the left, containing more tables and chairs. For me the best feature of this pub is the bay windows/doorway past the bar counter on the right, which leads down a few steps to an enclosed courtyard garden. This will be a real suntrap earlier in the year, when the sun gets over the top of the building. The table tennis table mentioned by a previous reviewer was not present when I visited. Being next to one of the entrances to the Earls Court Exhibition Centre this pub can get busy at times. This is a very typical pubco pub – OK for a pint or two, but not really worth going out of your way to visit.

Doesn't look like a bad pub, but the service seemed a bit erratic (the sign promising that pints with too much head will be topped up is entirely needed). And then the Ringwood 49er was doing a fair impression of Brown Windsor. Might give it another try on the benefit of the doubt, but certainbly won't go specially.