The Sun, Clapham, SW4

This place dates to at least the start of the 19th century, probably rebuilt a few decades later with a distinctive French Empire-style roof, once a Bass pub and part of a triangular pub trio. The interior has been substantially modernised, viewable on their website, with a bare brick and copper steampunk bar back, boarded floor, greyish and bluish colour scheme with wainscoting and matchboard, dominated by a large, modern take on a Wellington chandelier. Décor takes the form of eclectic mixed prints and furniture is mixed, some modern. Customers were young professional types and there was a decent ambience. Ales proffered were Pride then Landlord at a pricey £3.25 a half, in reasonable shape, served by a friendly barmaid. This is a barely passable pub, better than the Rose & Crown, but no match for the Prince of Wales; once again, a better, wider and more imaginative choice of cask would get the score up.

A good pup opposite Clapham Old Town bus terminating point. There is one large square room, decorated with pictures and mirrors, with a small snug area at the back and a dining room upstairs. At the side is a nice patio with various seating arrangements, shaded by a couple of large trees. Ales included 5 Points Pale, Proper Job and a Sharp's limited edition.

One room with bar to the rear and outside seating to right side. Four hand pumps, one reversed. Strongest was UBU Purity @ 4.5% ABV.

Very much more a gastro pub than its two near neighbors,The Rose And Crown and The Prince Of Wales, the single downstairs square room is open plan and fully decked out with tables and chairs, very busy on a Sunday afternoon with both drinkers and diners.Four beers were on Darkstar Hophead, Vocation Bread and Butter, London Beer Company Chelsea Blond,for some reason I missed noting the fourth beer and can no longer remember it,however the Blonde was good and the Roast Beef was excellent. A nice place.

A bar on the rear wall of the Sun faces open plan seating that was all taken in this busy pub on a recent Saturday afternoon. I didn’t spot any televisions and there wasn’t any background music trying to compete with the chit chat of the crowd. To the left of the bar is a flight of stairs that leads up to a drinking and dining area that I did not visit. Around the back of the bar are a couple of high tables with seating and access to the toilets and side paved beer garden. This garden was also very busy with all seating taken up by twenty and thirty somethings. The bar is stocked with premium keg products and the four hand pumps were drawing Sharp’s Doom Bar, Moorhouse’s Black Cat Reserve, Greene King’s Old Speckled Hen and Navigation Brewery’s Britannia. Food is available and I wasn’t surprised to see that all of the mains are priced over a tenner. I quite liked it in here, although the miserable barmaid that served me needs an attitude adjustment.

large sparsly decorated pub with lots of exposed brick and black painted ceiling.Very busy with a young crowd.Good outside space for drinkers.Three real ales Ubu,Junction and Doombar