The London & South Western (JD Wetherspoon), SW11

As busy as you'd expect. Just as understaffed as you've come to expect. It's a Wetherspoons. A good selection of beers (6 of the current festival specials), so you might want to check it out if you have time between trains.

On the ground floor of a curved office block and opposite the Falcon,this is quite a modest sized 'spoons with a raised section to the right and lots of high tables opposite the bar which runs around a rear wall.Popular but not rammed prior to a Twickers rugby international,at least we found a free table here after searching in vain in the Falcon. It's totally unmemorable,the ale selection dominted by the trio of Doom with guests Thornbridge Jaipur,Oakham Bishops Farewell (NBSS 1.5) and something I failed to note.Had either the Jaipur or the Bishops' been in good nick that could have saved the visit,but my pint was cloudy and tired and the food arrived at suspicious speed and was flabby.One to avoid.

Yes, it's another 'spoons just like most other 'spoons. The main room at the front as you enter seems to be the busest (or it was when I was in - probably because that's where the bar counter is sited), with another smaller more comfortable room on the right. I was in fairly late (gone 10.00 PM) and at some stage before we finished our pints the staff decided to close the smaller room and required us the decant to the larger room. A bit of a nuisance, but not a showstopper. I agree that the emergence of this pub is bad news for the Falcon opposite. Guest ales in the London & South West are £2.39 a pint, so with three CAMRA vouchers the three pints I bought cost £5.67 - almost exactly what I paid for a single pint in the Falcon. I much prefer the Falcon as a pub, but for a lot of people that sort of price difference is a deal breaker. The one thing I do quite like about 'spoons pubs are the links to the local area included in the decor. In this one there is a tribute to the iconic film and play "Up the Junction", and of course the classic "Lavender Hill Mob". An average 'spoons, but some may say that's a good thing.

Well its a Mcspoons so you know what you are getting.Thought it was pretty good and very busy.Good selection of guest beers from Oakham,Mad Squirrel and Twickenham.The Falcon opposite is doomed

Fairly new (apparently opened Dec 20) Wetherspoon's branch in a prominent location on a busy junction near Clapham Junction. In fact, it's just opposite the Falcon. I arrived at the bar to find it unoccupied and was shortly joined by another customer. I could have excused the barmaid from mistakenly serving the other customer first and out of order, as she hadn't seen us both arrive, but to then start serving other customers who had subsequently joined was simply poor customer service. I had to interject to ask when I was going to be served, as I was on the verge of walking out. Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar were all on, with 4 guests - Signal Solo & Sticky Hoppy Pudding, Milestone Donner & Blitzed & Bath Festivity. This branch does not stock any real cider. A group of lads near the bar were being particularly rowdy and managed to knock a pint over, with plenty of subsequent guffawing, whilst bemused diners looked on. Unsurprisingly, toilets were upstairs. All that space downstairs and 'spoon's persist in making it a trek to have a pee! A fairly average Wetherspoon's branch that would not be worth crossing the street from the Falcon to.

Now a Wetherspoons and, even though not one of their finest, is much improved over its previous incarnations as Revolution/Yates. Mostly in one large room, with the long rows of tables a bit regimented, then a side area offering a bit of variety. The large windows do offer a good view of the busy streetscape outside, otherwise a fairly standard Spoons. Guest ales were Twickenham Naked Ladies and a special from Surrey Hills alongside the usual stuff.