The Ledger Building (JD Wetherspoon), West India Quay, E14

As Wetherspoons go I quite liked this one. Granted it was 4.30PM on a Wednesday so we got in before the evening after work rush from the glass towers close by. An impressive dockland building now put to good extended use as a pub I liked the multi area layout of this one either side of the main corridor, and as mentioned the toilets are indeed very impressive. And as my visit was also complemented by a fine pint of ELB Quadrant Oatmeal Stout this was all in all one of the more enjoyable ‘spoons visits.

On the fringes of the Canary Wharf complex, this former commercial building has been well renovated to form a single large bar decorated in standard JDW form, with gaming machines and WiFI to complete the inventory. There is a dismal-looking cobbled terrace at the front, on this occasion occupied by only two sorry-looking female smokers. It is a stark contrast to the other bars in this insalubrious underbelly of the complex: the clientele are mostly lower-paid Eastern European workers, the staff are rude, the WiFI didn't work and the outside terrace was littered with fag ends and food wrappers, which detracts from the whole area. There were ten ales on – I had Sambrook's Powerhouse Porter, not a beer I would normally enjoy but it was in good condition if, predictably, over-chilled. There is little, other than the cheap beer, to recommend this from some other pubs in the area.