Chequers, Marlow

Brakspear pub with a sideways staple-shaped interior with another unused parallel room through a door. A large dining room is situated off the rear dog leg. Modernised inside but in a faux-rustic way, two buildings knocked into one. Points of interest include the ceiling plaster work, wood panelling and exposed oak vaulting. Four pumps, three on; Rebellion Zebedee, Brakspear Oxford Gold (ok) and Brakspear bitter. Middle class clientèle, full of mummies and their little darlings, which seemed odd when our female companion came back complaining about a cracked toilet seat in the ladies loo (cue a shrug of shoulders from staff when she raised it at the bar). Weds quiz. Pretty middling, could be better.

The Chequers looks alright from the outside but once inside the pub seemed very bare with very few tables to sit at and this was in a largish long room. there were two real ales on the bar Me and my wife tried the Brakspear Organic this was ok the other beer was Brakspear Bitter. Not a pub i would return to unless there are some drastic alterations done to this place.