The Easton, Clerkenwell, WC1

Nice pub but hidden in a back street.The green tiled exterior gives it character but the one roomed interior is pretty bland.Two cask beers on Trumans -eagle and Doom.The windows are covered with fairy lights which give it a good effect at night.Quiet.

Original tiled exterior with an open plan bare boarded interior. 2 real ales,"craft keg" and continental keg served.

There were a couple of ales on in here - Timothy Taylor Landlord (£1.95 a half) and Truman's Zephyr. Chalkboards behind the counter advertised the food. Sunday roasts range from £12 for poussin (some sort of small chicken perhaps?), to £16 for the roast beef, plus bar snacks such as ham hock croquettes (£5.50) and BBQ ribs (£6.75) were also advertised. I also spotted a pie and a pint for £10 offer for Monday evenings. The floor's boarded with modern replacement boarding, there's some red "velvelette" style upholstered banquettes around the sides of the room, plus all the tables are scrubbed recycled dining room extendable items with normal chairs. All the tables, about half of which were laid for diners, had a little vase of flowers on them. The horticultural flavour is complemented by several potted yuccas, or something similar, lurking in the corners. There are no fruit machines or others of their ilk despoiling the place, nor did I see any TVs, just a little background music playing. It was a bit of a shame that I was the only person in there to enjoy the laid back atmosphere, which I thought a bit surprising with the busy Exmouth Rd Market just a stone's throw away. This is not the sort of pub that I usually like, but for some reason I quite liked this one, possibly because it looked as if someone had gone to some effort to make it clean and comfortable.