Bootlegger, Covent Garden, WC2

Five taps - no real ale. £3.10 for a half of San Miguel. Another posers pub. Avoid.

There is no real ale here, but Tetleys Extra Cold, Carlsberg, Carlsberg Extra Cold, Tuborg, Guinness and Dry Blackthorn Cider are all available. After asking for a Carlsberg I was confronted with the ultimate trendy bar question “would you like regular or extra cold”. After some soul searching I opted for the regular which came out of the tap a little lively so the manager proceeded to top it up with extra cold. I'm still none the wiser to the point of having the same lager behind the bar coming out at different temperatures. Maybe if these bars would concentrate a little more on giving a full pint I wouldn't be moaning so much. I think that the manager has either been on one of those corporate customer service courses or he has worked in menswear, but to give him his dues he is very efficient. There are a couple of large plasma screens and a smaller one for showing the sports and there is also a pool table. There is also some outside seating around the sides of the building on the pavements. To be honest this isn't that bad a place for a trendy younger drinkers bar and if I was up town with a group of mates it would be an ideal starting point, but I wouldn't wish to end the night here.