Southampton Arms, NW5

Its great what you can do to a rubbish pub with a bit of thought.I remember this pub of old and adding lots of cask beer and cider has changed it to a must visit.Being long and narrow it can easily become overcrowded but has nice beer garden when the weather is fine.They often have Howling Hops beer from their sister pub.Traditional pub but not traditional if you know what i mean.

I managed to get over to this Pub a few days ago for the first time in years to see if it was as good as everyone says. I must say I found it an excellent Pub there was around 12 different Ales on tap of the part where I was and I sampled 5 Pints of different Ales which were all in excellent condition which makes a change for a Pub with so many on tap I wont bother naming them as the Ales continuously change. Only fault I could find is it was extremely packed even for late afternoon but thats what we need to keep Pubs going these days. I will definitely go in here again when passing lets hope I pick a time when its a bit less crowded as its a nice Traditional old style old Pub with all the best I like about a Pub. I would highly recommend a visit.