Bar & Block, Hammersmith

Ground floor of a new-build Premier Inn with a long frontage and close to the centre of Hammersmith. It comprises a very large glass fronted room, 3/4 of which is furnished as a restaurant of some 200 covers, having a variety of closely set laid dark wood-effect tables and plain dining chairs.

Along the wall to the right of the open kitchen is long, wooden-topped, tile-fronted bar with a large standing room space for drinkers plus dedicated high level and table seating. Decor throughout is aggressively modern, with a multitude of recessed and pendant light fittings set in an open ceiling with the now-usual exposed pipes and ducts. Fabricated wooden beams span the roof and high-level plantings carry further lighting, but the overall level is dim rather than bright. Flooring is a mixture of wood laminate and tiles.

The bar and adjacent restaurant offers seven keg fonts, including BrewDog IPA, Guinness and Aspinall's cider, but no cask ale. Steak house menu food is on offer throughout opening hours. Additionally the restaurant, but not the bar, is open for breakfast from 6.30 to 10.30am on weekdays and from 7-11am at the weekend.