171 North End Road,
Fulham,
London,
W14 9NL
0872 148 2681
The ViewLondon Review
Wow! This bar is so bright and cheerful it’s like walking into a chewing-gum advert.
There’s also an racily curved glass canopy to the entrance, which makes walking in for a pint a quite exciting experience. Say bye-bye to the genteel tat that is West Kensington, and hello to a whole different world.
This is a veritable kingdom of colour. Light fittings, carpets, upholstery and paint - all have been chosen with a gay abandon that would make Laurence Llewellyn Bowen cry. To be honest though, if you’re used to tired, mucky, industrial minimalism then you might just want to sit back and enjoy the kaleidoscopic cleanliness of F3K, as it’s known to regulars.
Most of said regulars are drawn here by the amazingly generous sports coverage, which is really the major selling point of the pub. Although, please note, that when we say sports coverage we actually mean football coverage.
That’s right, each of the 16 (that’s sixteen) TV screens (ranging from drop down screens and little 18 inch models all the way up to plasma screens and back-projection behemoths) is dedicated to footy – premiership, first division, Scottish premiership, Serie A, Spanish League…hell, they even show the German Bundesligia!
In other words, don’t be wandering in here if you don’t like the beautiful game!
F3K isn’t just the best sporting package in London, though. It’s also a big contribution to the respectability of West Ken, which is cleaning up its act fast. Furthermore a late licence, DJ nights and a house band are in the pipeline.
There’s a lot of initiative going on here, all of which is well considered and imaginative. So top marks to the proprietors for vision – even if some of the visuals are a bit taxing on the eye.