Namco Funscape, SE1

Came here a few years ago for a mate's birthday. With mates like this, who needs enemies? Awful place.

Had Satre visited this place, he might have thought ‘perhaps other people aren’t so bad after all’; ‘No Exit’ would have been a very different story.  Certainly this dreadful place is entered via underground passages, Stygian in feel, past rows of gaudy, noisy ‘entertainments’ and shrieking, stinking teenagers, mainly ululating in languages unknown to civilised grown-ups.  On eventually finding the bar it has no real ale; the best they can do is over-chilled bottles of Goose (or what it Moose?  I didn’t care at that point) IPA.  It’s not actually a pub, just a bar serving a horrible entertainment complex.

Official site of Namco Funscape - www.namcofunscape-londonevents.co.uk

Official site of Namco Funscape - www.namcofunscape-londonevents.co.uk

One of the pub boats moored on the north bank of the Thames. Outside bar area gets very busy in the summer, or any time the sun does come out. No real ale but does serve food all day. Available for hire.

Sorry the picture is a bit dark, the bar is 3 floors underground. To get to it you have to negotiate the upper floors filled with, slot machines, video games and other games you usually find in one of those places at popular seaside destinations, so you may spend your drinking money before you reach the bar. Has a lift for wheelchair access to all floors but there isn't a ramp to get into the building in the first place, I have asked the staff and security and they don't know of any either. More details to follow as soon as I find my notes. Sells food all day and does kids menu. No real ale. Has a selection of wines. Areas available for hire.