Little Fifteen, Wigan

There’s an orange and yellow hue throughout Little Fifteen, as well as lots of photos and prints on the walls. I thought it had a bit of a Mediterranean vibe. The seating is open plan apart from some booths on the right wall opposite the bar on the left rear wall. Standard and premium keg was available. I was hoping to eat but the small open kitchen with pizza oven on the rear wall was closed late afternoon on a recent Monday. The service was polite, but the lines could have done with a clean.

Decoratively interesting, with low-level feature lighting, an eclectic mix of furniture and all kinds of curiosities on display in the bar and slightly raised rear dining room. However, that's where the interest ends, because the solitary handpump is currently disused and the drinks selection is very mundane, so I resorted to a Tetley's Smooth (£3.05).

there is only one hand pump in here serving something called '15'. the pub has the rather typical fifteens decor - dark dingy and quirky - one main room plus a restaurant/function room at the back. this one doesn't feel like a pub much, more like something in the Red Light District. couldn't decide if I liked it, or the pub.

Seems to have gone for a bohemian bordello effect, with swags of red velvet and oil paintings plastered over walls and ceilings. Threading through the assorted artefacts, there is a further large room behind in similar style. Clearly popular with the ladies, but amusing enough for a change from the average pub. For the life of me I can't remember what the local ale was that I sampled but it was certainly very drinkable.