The Chamberlain

Agree with the Happy Moose, food more expensive than your average and the bar area is large. Also, yes, excellent array of drinks choice, really nice pint of Seafarers Ale.

Would say though, that even if not a traditional 'snug' atmosphere, the large bar area has a different feel to it, which is good in a different way - jolly, quite noisy, more like a clubby hubbub, which I prefer, so just a matter of taste and preference.

The food was excellent, real chips, burger twice as big as an alligator's yawn, friendly staff and speedy service. Good menu choice.

And, free WiFi - if you need a handy stop off point for a quick on-line fix, there's a handy power point by the long large bench table just behind the door to plug in your gadgets, oodles of room for your laptop, micro mouse, pint glass, nibbles and a lightning fast signal - excellent!

Recommended.

I hadn’t really realized that Fullers did hotels until I came here. On one hand this is good as the drinks choice and quality is better than you would generally expect of a hotel bar. On the other hand my favourite thing about hotel bars is that they are usually quiet and more intimate than regular bars. This one is massive and so not intimate by any stretch of the information.

Unfortunately the fact that it is in a hotel means that they can charge a bit more than they otherwise might. Why is the food in Fullers pubs so expensive? It’s not really gastro quality.

It looks very nice, very posh. The ale was good. I would probably pay it a visit if I was actually staying in the hotel, but if you were looking for somewhere to drink in the area, you could probably find better, unless you are a hardcore Fullers fan.