The Albert (St james Park - London)

The Albert

A pub that fancies itself as a grand establishment towered over by the urban scurry that is Victoria high street. Inside it can be found to be a clash of restaurant tables before a space followed by a small front bar which curves round to a sort of cafeteria style counter followed by more bar. You would expect this place to be rammed in the day but alas it is not. Cider costs 2.83 a pint and despite the mass of bar staff it seems too many cooks spoil one broth of a bar. James W points out to me however that the big windows allow the light to pour in and in doing so make the pub feel so much larger than it really is, that is until another punter awkwardly plants knees and elbows into your lower back as they squeeze past.

i was disappointed, i expected more, its an old sunday-lunch-pub and it could be a million times more successful with a pucker of character from the ditsy bar persons, still it suits a warm ale on a cold winter evening. Overall 5/10.