London – Camden (Borough of) – St Pancras Railway Station – Barrel Vault Pub

This is a relatively new JD Wetherspoon outlet at London St. Pancras railway station, located right near the back of the building. The pub is named after the station’s design, which is slightly elevated so that the huge undercroft could be used to store barrels of beer, mainly Burton Beer. In a running theme of things that British Rail wanted to demolish, this entire railway station was for a time at risk, but fortunately it has been saved.

JD Wetherspoon had created a national pricing policy (excluding airports) for their extended eat out to help out campaign, meaning that London prices are now particularly cheap. This San Pellegrino cost 99p.

And I’m still on my run of traditional breakfasts, with this being £2.99 instead of the usual price of £4.99. It was served promptly, although the staff member rushed off before I could get any sauces (which are now brought to the table) but it was otherwise all fine. Everything was hot that was meant to be and I liked that the toast was slightly burnt.

Unsurprisingly, the pub wasn’t very busy given how few people are travelling at the moment. I quite like the review on TripAdvisor of when a customer was most upset when she wasn’t allowed to eat a croissant brought in from another station outlet, but otherwise there’s not much of excitement on there.

The decor is a bit bland, although perhaps there’s not a great deal that JD Wetherspoon could do with the space. The staff were friendly and everything was clean, with it being hard to complain with a breakfast and drink for under £4. I didn’t order alcohol, but they had 11 different real ales on, but the range of beer styles was poorly managed so there was a lot of duplication and no dark beers.