The Star, Epsom

This is a large pub with several interconnecting areas. The pub looks to have been formed from three or even four cottages. The front area has a couple of carpeted rooms with wood panelling and a fireplace. Low beamed ceiling with advice to "Mind Your Head". The bar is towards the middle of the pub in its own area. Beyond here is another long room with a stage, live music, comedy and open mic nights are held here. This area and the bar are wooden floored. The end room has a pool table, dartboard and a fruit machine and is marked as the "Westpark FC Lounge". The pub has mixed seating from upholstered bench type seats ranging to a number of rather shabby and grubby white leatherette sofas. Hall and Woodhouse beers, four pumps two each of Badger and Tanglefoot. The Badger was ok and decent value at £2.75. There were menus and condiments on the tables, candles too, but no one seemed to be eating and the pub was very quiet mid-afternoon. Very little in the way of decor, just a couple of rather forlorn looking framed pictures, a few band flyers and the occasional quotation printed on the walls. Background jazz was playing but this was totally drowned out by some loud overbearing nature programme coming from a TV behind the bar. I found the pub to be a little strange and rather dated, certainly in need of some care and attention. It is probably a totally different place of an evening with a band playing.