The Westbridge Public House & Dining Rooms, Battersea

Re: johnapples02 review.
I was there on the night you visited. Sitting across the bar while you had your "�10 pound minimum charge" episode, as it happens.
First off, pretty much every bar in London enforces this rule. Yes, it's a pain, but it's how it is. Get over it. You didn't really help yourself by loudly chiding the (very patient) bar manager that you went there all the time - as if this somehow qualifies you for special treatment. If you went there "all the time", you'd know about the minimum charge for cards.
Secondly, I've always found the staff to be friendly, engaging and efficient, even at those times when it's incredibly busy.
Points off for only showing Sky Sports News? Er, no, actually. If you went there "all the time", you'd know that the staff usually put on whatever the customers ask for. Any disputes relating to golf vs cricket or whatever tend to be resolved by an informal straw poll - or they just put on the TV in the other room - something else you might have noticed, if, as you say, you went there "all the time".
It's the best bar I've been to in many years. The food's great, the beer's great, and the company is varied and interesting.
One other thing - regarding your final comment? They play music all the time. Very good it is too.

31 Jul 2008 13:34