The Tichenham Inn (JD Wetherspoon), Uxbridge

Reasonable Spoons with a fair selection of beers. I went for Twickenham Naked Ladies which was fine. Happy to call in again.

There were five guest ales on in the bank of six handpumps at the front of the counter, at the standard guest ale price of £2.29 a pint, with a sixth pump dispensing a cider. A further 4 handpumps at the side of the counter had on the usual suspects. The traditional breakfast was the usual £3.40. This is one of the smaller 'spoons I've visited, being a single room. But inside it's the usual model, with a load of tall tables/tall stools and sticky (at least mine was) dark varnished tables and normal chairs. There's a skylight in the middle of the room providing some welcome natural light, and of course it's carpeted, with a unique carpet like all 'spoons. I didn't see any differentiation between tables at the front and rear for drinkers and diners respectively as mentioned by a previous reviewer; anyone just sat anywhere as far as I could see. But it was very quiet when I was in just before noon on a weekday, with no all day drinkers in evidence. This was one of the better 'spoons I've been in. In general you know what you're going to get in a 'spoons, and in that respect this one was like all the others.

Well described below, this visit saw Eagle's Aw Reet, Moles's Gold, Brickwood's Bitter, Sambrook's Junction, Butcombe's Bitter and Twickenham's Naked Lady on draft, plus three ciders. A good local atmosphere by JDW standards, pleasant staff, civilised locals, but the 'food' took longer to arrive than necessary. I'd be happy to come back here as their beer is rather good.

Surprisingly packed when I visited, with a mixed crowd and a very friendly atmosphere with lively chat all round of the sort one might expect in a large village inn rather than a 'spoons. However, decor-wise, it is just what you would expect from one of this chain's smaller outlets. Ten handpumps with a decent selection including Titanic Last Porter Call at a very reasonable £1.95.

Randomness Guide to London - Tichenham Inn entry

Randomness Guide to London - Tichenham Inn entry

This is a typical high street Wetherspoons that had a younger crowd present late on the recent Saturday night that I visited. The usual JDW décor is present with cheap food and drink deals and I spotted a plasma screen, but obviously no Sky Sports. I think that there may have been something wrong with the screen as it kept flickering on and off whilst the news was on, maybe I was just doing slow drunken blinks as I had been on an all day bender. The seating out the front was very busy due to the nice warm weather, but I did find a table to enjoy a well poured pint of Guinness. The usual draught suspects were also available alongside Abbot, Ruddles and six guest beers. This isn’t a pub that I would go out of my way to visit, but I’d have no problem popping in for a pint or two if passing.