One Over the Ait, Brentford

This is a brand new Fuller's pub, built approximately on the site of their demolished pub, the Waggon & Horses. From the outside, this place looks something like a cross between a barn and a fire station. On the plus side, it does have an enviable riverside location and I predict it will be incredibly busy when the warmer weather arrives. Inside it's predictably ultra modern. Furnishings are the usual mix of sofas/armchairs, tall tables/tall stools and some normal tables and chairs - with all of the latter being laid for diners when I was in here on Friday afternoon. The tables all had terracota flowerpots on them, all with little plants in them of course. There's a fair bit of outside seating - seemingly unused on a cold December afternoon, but obviously it's there for the summer and the occasional hardy smoker. A spiral staircase leads to a large upstairs room, which also has an outside terrace overlooking the river. I saw in here something I've never seen in a pub before - an apparently normal tall table, but with a fire pit in the centre of it. And it wasn't a gas coal effect fire, but the real thing as at some point the staff came to put more logs on it. I'm not sure what purpose it serves, but I can imagine some well oiled pinters having some fun and games with it before too long. It's the sort that belongs in Seoul I reckon. The beers on were from the Fuller's range of course, with Chiswick, London Pride, ESB, Firecracker and Gale's Seafarers on. This is a very corporate pub even by Fuller's standards. There were black shirted staff all over the place, including one chap manning a sort of welcome desk (my companions and I weren't welcomed, but I suspect we may not be the target demographic!!) with a computer screen on it by the main door. As you would expect, this is nothing like a traditional pub, being more a riverside bar. It's not the sort of place to which I'm likely to return - until Mrs R decides she wants a cold Pinot Grigio in a stylish riverside bar.