Bonds, Mayfair, W1

Tris C left this review about Bonds

Just off Bond Street, as the Bunch of Grapes, this place dates from 1796, to be rebuilt in 1882 and expanded to the left into the current building, I care not when.
The interior is ultra-modern, like an upmarket restaurant or cocktail bar, all visible on their website. In reality it’s none of these things, as in effect it’s an upmarket sports bar with seven TVs showing the live match, with commentary pumped through the bar’s Hi-Fi system and at a volume which rendered conversation impossible. I suspect the place would love to attract the beautiful and well-heeled, but it was rammed with customers who were a mixed bunch, most you’d be surprised to find somewhere like this, many swearing their heads off at the TV.
Amazingly there were three cask options here, with Pride, Tribute and Sussex Best at £3.15 a half, an almost charitable price given the area and lower than many a pub in Putney or Clapham, on decent form too.
This is a bit of a poor place; I wish I’d stayed in the Barley Mow.

On 10^th April 2024 - rating: 3
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