Pyrotechnists Arms, Nunhead, SE15

Lovely name for a pub but shame about the rest of it.Locals keg emporium with Courage -best for the unwary.Very dated pub.

This is a fairly basic boozer. There were two pumps, clipped for Bomabardier and Courage Best, but neither ales were on. An annoying start to my visit, especially as the clips remained un-reversed during my visit. It does annoy me when pubs do this. If the clips remain in view then all it says to me is that if I had visited at some other time I might have got a pint of something that I wanted to drink. But perhaps the clips are only for show; I didn’t get the opportunity to ask as the landlady conducted a conversation on her mobile ‘phone as she was serving me. OK, rant over. The pub’s bare-boarded; furnishings are a mixture of red and green banquettes, normal chairs, with metal framed tables. There is some outside seating in front of the pub, in an enclosed courtyard area. It had something of a 70s look, enhanced by the now rarely seen wrought iron bar gantry. There’s a dartboard, but otherwise, apart from the unusual and perhaps unique name, there’s really nothing to recommend this pub.