The One Crown, Watford

This was my largest disappointment of the day on my recent crawl of Watford Town centre. I was looking forward to tucking myself into the back of the saloon side with a decent pint of ale, only to walk in to find one pump with a reversed Doombar clip and the other with a role of kitchen paper on it. Hopefully I was just unlucky, but it did give the impression of another pub that has reduced focus on real ale since the pandemic.

Randomness Guide to London - One Crown entry

Randomness Guide to London - One Crown entry

Comfortable traditional pub that doesn't look very welcoming from the outside but is very pleasant when you venture in. The pub has a public / saloon set up either side of a central horseshoe bar. The public area supports a pool table and dartboard towards the back and the saloon side is in two parts, a frontal area with a flat screen tele for the sport and a quieter snug area behind. The pub also benefits from a decent garden area outback equipped with a smoking hut. The Tring Brewery Jack O' Legs was complemented by Davenports Summer Storm at the time of my visit and both were in good condition. This is not a great pub, but it is by miles the best traditional boozer within the Watford Town Centre ring road.