The King & Co, Clapham, SW4

They had on three ales when I visited on Saturday afternoon – Bateman’s Rosey Nosey; A black IPA called Loki or something similar, and Purple Moose Madog’s Ale (£3.50 a pint), plus a draught cider, with a couple of handpumps unused. This is not particularly good by Antic standards, but I wasn’t complaining as the Madog’s Ale was a super drop of beer. No sign of food, but Antic pubs usually do food so perhaps we hit this pub between food times. But everything else about the pub was pure Antic. There were all kinds of odd things about the place – a sideboard covered with plasticine models (kids’ playthings perhaps?), old clocks, a lemon yellow stepladder hung on a wall (presumably a decorative feature, but you can never be entirely sure in an Antic pub), a shelf bearing old vinyl 45s, and a couple of old bagatelle boards hung above a fireplace. There were a few more traditional things, such as a (Welsh?) dresser, a piano, and a bar billiards table. Old pump clips are displayed all over the place – presumably of beers available at one time – and the bus ticket themed wallpaper was a new one on me. The trademark mismatched furniture is here as well. It’s quite small by Antic standards, with just the one room surrounding the central horseshoe bar. I usually (but not always) like Antic pubs, and this is one of the nicer ones that I’ve visited. It didn’t have the random look that several of them have. It almost looks as if someone planned what it should look like! I would be very happy to visit again.

This is a largish pub set back from the road and has an area at the front with a few picnic tabels if you want the sun or watch the traffic go by,inside it is a large wood floored pub with the bar area in the middle there was only one real ale on which was Landlord this was ok the pub was very quiet on a Saturday dinner but when a group of people came in and asked for food the bar staff said there would be a long wait as the was'nt ready at 1.00 they left!.