Munich Cricket Club, Westminster, SW1

This place doesn't look very inviting from street level and I probably wouldn't have bothered with it if I wasn't meeting some friends. I was pleasantly surprised when I got down to the bar as I liked the layout and it wasn't uncomfortably busy for our large group to get settled. The sofas upstairs were laid out well, but unfortunately they were reserved so we had to vacate them at 18:00. Pedigree, Dirty Tackle and Paddy's Tout were available alongside standard and premium lagers. I ended up sticking to the Guinness as I had been drinking this earlier and I didn't spot any people drinking the ale. The barmaids seemed ok, if maybe a little disinterested in their work, but I'm not sure the barman had a clue what was going on and I put him down as a new starter. There were a few plasma screens dotted about that were showing Sky Sports News, but I didn't spot any live sport advertised. The background music varied from your expect old rock and pop to some strange coma inducing instrumentals that were better suited to a lounge bar. This is a large cellar bar that is perfect for meeting groups of mates or work colleagues for the evening, but you wouldn't catch me on my own in here reading the paper.