The Mitre, North Sheen, Richmond

The Mitre remains my favourite pub in the Richmond area. Although yesterday's visit was my first in over 6 years. The pub is a single room with seating around a central bar, with a small kitchen area containing a pizza oven in the far left-hand corner. This is known as Rudi's Pizza Kitchen and is named after the pub's friendly dog. There were a couple of regulars in when we arrived at around 4pm on a Wednesday afternoon. They soon departed leaving us with the pub to ourselves. However, by the time we left at 6:30, the pub was almost full again with customers. There's a few pictures of deer on the walls where we sat, whilst background music was from some kind of music channel. Timothy Taylor Landlord appears to be a regular ale here. Guests on yesterday were initially Moor Illumination, Buxton Best Bitter, Swannay Scapa Special, Allsopp's Pale Ale, Burnt Mill Beyond The Firs & Full Circle Hoop. The Allsopp's was replaced by Brass Castle Misfit (Mosaic & Amarillo). In all honesty, none of the beers were particularly up my street. Although I tried all of them barf the Allsopp's. A dark beer wouldn't have gone amiss. However, there were also 3 real ciders - Bumblebee Gribble, Gwynt y Ddraig Dog Dancer & Snail's Bank Fruit Bat. Located in a residential backstreet in North Sheen, it is only around 12 minutes walk from Richmond station and is well worth seeking out. There's clearly a good bunch of regulars and locals who are doing just that.