The Windermere, South Kenton, Wembley

A waste of what could be a great pub. The art deco interior is wonderful and virtually unique in Britain to be seen in a public house. No real ale (forced to have a bottle of Youngs light ale, which was rank), furniture from a village hall and music mixed in with live football commentary when I was there on Saturday. Also seemed to be populated with extras from the Dave Allen show.

A substantial inter-war pub right next to South Kenton station. The exterior still sports the old Courage badging as can be seen in the photographs. The interior retains many of the original fittings and fixtures, including the wood panelling, and an art deco tiled fireplace with coloured inlaid tiles depicting windmills. The Courage mirror above has the same shape as the exterior Dutch gables. The saloon bar at the front leads to a larger rear room, once the lounge, now with a pool table and a couple of gaming machines. The public bar to the other side was closed. There is also a large grassed garden with a few benches to the rear. There were three pumps serving Courage Best, Spitfire and the other was reversed (I couldn't see the clip). £2.65 is pretty competitive these days but there was a hint of line cleaner in my pint. A friendly welcome though, and certainly worth a look if you have an interest in period pub interiors. A couple of screens were showing Sky News.