Crown & Pepper, EC1

Visited 23/10/25. Visited previously as Lazybones on 11/05/22 No cask. Keg offering of Aspall, Cobra, Mahou, Lowenbrau, Guinness, Camden Pale & Hells and Bud Light. Indian restaurant and bar. Stone tiled flooring with bar counter on opposite wall to entrance with a small number of tall, backed stools at either end of the bar counter. There is a large circular pillar with drinking ledge towards the left-hand end of the bar counter. Mixture of regular and tall tables with regular chairs and tall stools and there is different colour crushed velvet banquettes under the front window, mid venue along right hand wall and in the rear left-hand corner by the kitchen serving hatch. A couple of large screen TVs were showing Sky Sports News absent sound, music being jaunty and easy listening instrumental. There is some outside seating on the two external sides. From adverts in the venue, they seem to be in common ownership as namesake on the High St down in Croydon.

Modern bar and eatery, on a corner plot but still dark inside despite a fair amount of window space. Mix of canteen-style furniture, with much being of the annoying high variety. On the plus side, there are also some outside tables for the better weather. Dull, industrial decor only enlivened by the kitchen servery being made to look like a street-food van. No real ale, and just two Meantime 'tank fresh' beers - London Pale Ale (£5.10) and London Lager - as the keg offering.