Crown of Bromley, Bromley

Attractive - if plainly painted - facade, behind which lies an elongated rectangular bar which is much larger than frontage would suggest due to single-storey rear extension housing several sports TV screens and two pool tables at the rear. Refurbished inside and out, with a Thai food menu and a short wine list but no real ale from the two disused handpumps. Not even any John Smiths available, so I resorted to a quick half of Strongbow (£1.80) and had a brief chat with the friendly landlady (but afterwards I still wasn't clear what her target market is). A bit of a strange one.