Normally I’m not one to review chain pubs; there tends to be so little to tell, but I will make an exception for O’Neills. Mainly because its location round the corner from Beckenham Junction makes it ideal for scheduling into travel plans, but also because I’ve never had a bad day/night/all-dayer here.

They’ve got the projection sports screens, Caffreys (a personal favourite) and quick, friendly service. I’m also a fan of their special menu with decent bites like burger and chips, sausage and colcannon, or a stew for only £2.95 a pop. They also stay open pretty late too; 1am yesterday (Thursday) with a disco to boot. I also discovered after that bar stool tour of Ireland I can dance to Whitney’s ‘I wanna dance with somebody’ unashamedly…didn’t do a lot for my chances of pulling though…

Oh, and there’s a handy kebabee and taxi firm round the corner.