The Queens Head, Mitcham

This is a pub with two rooms, I entered via a small room which had a pool table and a large fold down screen which was displaying a music video to no one at all. Everyone was in the larger L-shaped room where the bar is, a comfortable carpeted space with a possibly fake beamed ceiling and regular seating at tables for fours or banquettes. I did spot a framed portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth, presumably as some kind of endorsement to the pub's name. There were a lively rather earthy crowd in here exchanging banter with the bar staff and amongst themselves, not in an intimidating way but I wouldn't take my mum in here. There are a few local prints on the walls as is de rigeur these days, I did also notice the 70s style curly metal bar gantry. Food is served, but only from Wednesday till Sunday with "Chippy Fryday" being prominently advertised. No one was eating this afternoon and I didn't see a menu. Shepherd Neame ales, only two on, Master Brew and Spitfire, The MB was ok, I had a swift half, everyone else was on the lager. Not a bad pub. There are certainly worse ones in Mitcham.

The Queens Head is a proper pub for drinkers and also a Shepherd Neame tied house which i always enjoy going in. Once inside the pub had two rooms i had a drink in a smallish bar at the front this room was fairly basic but still a decent enough room to have a few drinks in. There were two real ales on the bar i had a drink of Shepherd Neame Master Brew bitter and this was a very nice drink and also fairly cheap for the area the other beer was Spitfire. I quite like these sort of pubs and would have liked to stay longer if not on a pub crawl. Pub visited 7/1/2006