Old Town Tavern, Clapham, SW4

Tris C left this review about Old Town Tavern

This is a mid-19th century pub, originally a Whitbread’s house known as the North Pole, the current name dating from 2019.
The interior has been completely modernised, with a boarded floor, masses of bare brick, white ceiling, black and white prints of Clapham from yesteryear and unwatched silent football on a projector screen, overplayed by Belinda Carlisle’s Heaven is a Place on Earth on arrival; all this and more can be seen on their online gallery. Customers understandably were young professional types, some quite shouty, annoying bar staff reaching over me to put used glasses on the bar.
Still no cask, a beer wall yielding 20 taps but along with crafties, stuff like Guinness, Aspall’s and Madri, my half of Goodness Brewing’s Yes! coming in at an unforgivable £3.90 half (No!), served by a helpful barman.
Not a great place, the neighbouring Pig’s Head and Tim Bobbin are a bit better, not least due to the lack of sport and availability of cask ale; the prices here are a joke too.

On 5^th March 2024 - rating: 3
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