The Bankers Draft, Eltham, SE9

This is a conversion 'spoons, presumably once a member of the pub's fellow endangered species, the high street bank. It's one of the smaller 'spoons that I've been in. There isn't room for the full row of tall tables/tall stools that you usually see down the centre of a 'spoons, although there are a couple of them on the left as you enter. The remainder of the room is occupied by normal tables and chairs jammed in cheek to jowl, with a couple of booths down at the end of the room. But in general everything is typical of the 'spoons model - cheap drink and cheap food, with the usual sort of prints on the walls, presumably of local scenes. The clientele's fairly typical as well. For me a 'spoons is very welcome if you are after a late breakfast/early lunch. A traditional breakfast and a decent pint makes a great start to the day.

This is said to be the smallest Spoons of all and I certainly can't dispute that claim. It's a long narrow room with windows down the side and the bar on the left as you enter. Other than ths size it is a fairly typical Spoons. Despite the lack of space they still managed to slot four fruit machines into the bar, There are only five pumps which had Ruddles, the boring Hobgoblin and three festival beers. I went for the Hook Norton Flagship (£2.15) which was in superb condition.

This high street pub is fairly small by any standards, and tiny for a 'spoons. Only 5 handpumps, but mostly devoted to festival ales rather than usual suspects. Decent pint of Springhead Spring Chicken at a very reasonable £1.79. Efficient barmaid and a fairly friendly atmosphere too.

This is small for a Spoons and the short bar also leads to a smaller range of drinks than one would expect in a Spoons, but there are still five ales available. I did hear the very efficient barmaid mention to one of the many aged locals that were soaking up the cheap booze that there was talk of only having one hand pump in the future. (Yes this is a Wetherspoons and I referred to a member of the staff as being efficient – whatever next!) This is the only pub in Eltham that I have visited to date so I cannot compare it to any of its peers, but I'm sure that there must be better pubs in the area.