The Prince Of Wales, NW6

There's no real ale; and no food during a weekday lunchtime. Actually it's a very basic and scruffy locals'pub. Nothing to recommend it as far as I can see.

I was impressed with this place during my visit yesterday afternoon as the governor was a nice chap and even though there were only four other people in watching the rugby I got a good vibe from the place. One end of the pub has a pool table and dartboard along with a plasma screen and the other end has a projector screen which was rolled up during my visit to uncover a stage area set up with disco equipment and there is also another pool table that I'd imagine gets moved out of the way on weekend nights to make way for a dance floor. There were advertisements up for a stag night in a couple of weeks and a hen night a week later which are both £10 entry and involve strippers – strippers in a pub, whatever next! There is only a standard draught selection, but my Guinness was very good – in fact the first and the best that I had on my crawl of Kilburn. It was on my way back up Willesden Lane that I passed this pub again and noticed the governor arguing with three feral kids on the doorstep and I overheard him say ‘I'll give you ten pounds' to one of the threatening feckers which I thought odd. I then spoke to an associate of my wife's whom I was I meeting for a lift home and he informed me that this used to be his pub of choice as he lives around the corner, but he has stopped drinking here due to the pikey element frequenting the pub and he is certainly no shrinking violet. I'll visit this pub again as I always reserve judgement for myself and if this is true, which I suspect it is, it would be a real shame. Anyway from my experience this place is good for some quiet sport watching on a Saturday afternoon.