The Central Bar (JD Wetherspoon), Shepherds Bush, W12

This 'spoons is situated on the first floor of the West 12 shopping centre. It's as ordinary a 'spoons as I've been in, with all the usual sort of furnishings crammed in. I doubt whether you would visit here just for the quality of the pub - I was in here because a couple of my companions were after a quick bite to eat, and thus it performs a vital service for anyone who may be required to visit the shopping centre. It's a 'spoons - the beer was as good and cheap as I expect from a 'spoons.

One of the better spoon,s and being a none smoker was easy to get into not the army of smoker,s to fight your way threw at the door hole

Decent Wetherspoons with a good selection of guest ales.Nice to sit and watch the street below from the large windows.Crap for smokers as you have to leave the shopping centre to have a drag.Its a drag.

This Spoons is situated above an Argos and Poundland on the first floor of a ghastly shopping centre called W12. The shopping centre didn't seem to be very successful from my brief perusal of it, possibly because the massive Westfield Centre across the road is in direct competition. I assume the pub dates from the opening of the W12 in 2002. It's a long narrow room with windows overlooking the hustle and bustle of Shepherds Bush on the right and the bar on the left. The pub had a mix of customers on my morning visit ranging from the lager swilling daytime Spoons Sun readers to young mothers with their offspring. There are two banks of five pumps. On the nearest as you enter there was GK IPA and Abbot, Hobgoblin. Adnam's Gunhill and the American / Adnam's Jack D'Or IPA available soon. On the second bank there was GK IPA and Abbot, Adnam's Old and Broadside and Sambrook's Junction Avaliable (sic) soon. I went for the Adnam's Old (£2.29) whiich is a beer I have not tried for quite some time. I found it remarkable that it tasted exactly like Broadside! I have to say that Shopping Centre pubs do not appeal to me but at least this place was cheaper than I expected it to be. I can't see a return visit happening.

This Wetherspoons pub, opposite Shepherd’s Bush tube station, is located on the first floor of the West 12 shopping centre which unfortunately leaves it feeling like one of their airport or train station bars. The interior comprises a single, roughly rectangular room with the bar counter running along most of the length of the left hand wall. On the right hand side, large windows give you a decent view out over the street and station below, making it imperative that you bag a table on that side of the room. Three rows of standard tables and chairs fill the space between servery and windows, although the room is a little wider at the front and extra seating is available here. Two very well screened, almost private, booths can be found at the rear of the room, but otherwise it’s all rather drab and clinical. TV screens were on showing the French Open tennis and the place was packed on a Friday evening, with lots of people eating from the standard ‘Spoons menu. I counted twelve hand pumps at the bar, with five guest ales, one cider, one ‘Coming Soon’ clip and five ‘Spoons regulars. I tried a pint of Lee’s Game On, which unfortunately was more Game Off than on. The staff were very quick but had absolutely no idea who had been waiting the longest at the bar, so several customers were able to turn up at the bar and get served straight away whilst others stood there unattended to. Shepherd’s Bush isn’t blessed with the greatest selection of pubs, so you would hope that a Wetherspoons would be a good failsafe for a decent pint. However, I found this to be a fairly depressing place to have a pint and will probably venture a little further afield in search of good beer the next time I’m round this way.

Wetherspoons in a shopping centre - a vision of the UK's future urban hell? Maybe. To be fair, this one isn't as bad as it could be. There's a decent view from the large, panoramic windows and the punters didn't seem too bad. The interior is a bit bland, but more kempt than many other Spoons and cleaner too. Three guest ales were on, varying in quality from 'on the turn' to 'very good', with a distinctly 'average' inbetween. But what to do? Olga from the Volga rarely has a clue or cares, in my experience. Still, it's only 99p for a half, so it could be worse if you need a couple of beers before a gig at the Empire...