The Rising Sun, Sudbury Hill, Harrow

This large pub advertises itself as a bar, Indian restaurant and bed & breakfast and opens at 7am for breakfast service which ends at 10.30am. I popped in at lunchtime on a recent weekday and the large restaurant side of the pub was completely empty and there were only two other customers in the smaller public bar side. Maybe there is more custom in the evenings as curry isn’t most people’s lunchtime food of choice. The public bar is totally separate from the restaurant and does feel like a pub as there are three flat screens which show Sky Sports and there are also two pool tables and a jukebox. There is no real ale here, but the barmaid was friendly and the Guinness that I was poured from the limited standard draught selection was up to scratch. There is also a beer yard out the back with some covered seating, but I can think of better pubs I’d rather be in on a hot summer’s day. Maybe the food is good, but this isn’t a pub to go out of the way to visit just for a beer.