The Beehive

You know it’s a real shame. I bet the staff at this Wetherspoon’s are lovely. I think I had food here with a friend once and it was good, too!
But the clientele just ruin this place. It’s full of weird, leery old men. The odd woman you’d see about seems slightly nuts. I get the feeling everyone here’s on drugs. A view backed up by the fact I popped in to use the ladies one time and overheard two teenagers doing poppers
The atmosphere (both as a result of all this and just in general) sucks, and the joint really smells like piss. The least pleasant Wetherspoon’s I’ve been to.

This has to be the worse Weatherspoons pub ever been too, toilets never been clean and pints taste like shit

The narrower layout works for Wetherspoons. Makes them feel cosier and less like drinking in a barn. Very busy, as cheap places tend to be.
Had Caledonian Devil’s advocate which was quite a good tasting dark lager. You could still taste that it was from Caledonian.

No one expects a pub to smell like flowers, but this place smelt like it was hosting a farting competition. And without a beer garden for escape we just couldn’t manage to finish our beers

This place certainly does have an eclectic consumer base. All walks of life were observed on my visit. Plenty of cantankerous boozers to add that pleasant level of danger everybody loves. (I had a run-​in with one particularly aggressive geezer.) The beers are dirt cheap. About eight real ales on tap. If you’re in Brixton, perhaps about to see a show at the O2 Brixton Academy, this would be an alright place to stop in for a quick beer.

The thing that i love about my favourite pubs in the world is the local feel each and every one has. To me, there’s nothing worse than a completely generic, characterless chain of wine bars that attracts a transient crowd. I like to invest in my pubs; get to know the regulars and owners. Contrary to what you may think, i am not infact a 60 year old alcoholic man! The Beehive is not one of my favourite pubs in the world, but the reason for the ramblings above is that the Beehive has the most wonderful local feel. Every single time i’ve visited, i’ve ended up engaged in hilarious conversation with a Brixton local about their misunderstanding of the ‘yoof’ of today; boys with haircuts and womens jeans, that sort of thing.
Ok, so it’s pretty shabby and if you’re easily frightened i wouldn’t recommend it, but i think it’s a marvel.