The Beer House

£5 for a bottle of Sierra Nevada?! Do you have a striped jumper and a mask before you charge?!

Would I go here if it was not the only place to go in the station… No.
It is just a place you can get a beer when your train is late. The staff change every week so the quality of services is poor
However if you just want a quiet drink as you are waiting it’s ideal.

A self-​contained craft beer bar inside Paddington Station? Really? I just happened by this place after a train ride in from Frankfurt and thought a beer sounded like a good idea. They have a good selection of tap, cask and bottles and I sampled a few during my impromptu visit. The only thing keeping me from giving 4 stars is the service. The lone guy behind the bar was borderline surly, didn’t seem to want to be there and gave the barest level of service possible. Still, a neat little place in the last place I’d expect it.

What was previously a free-​standing booze kiosk of the last chance before the train leaves variety has had a lick of black paint, some trendy looking sans-​serif rebranding, and transformed from The Isambard into The Beer House (Sorry, it’s THE BEER HOUSE).
Certainly more appealing than its former guise it earns its craft beer claim by having a decent range of interesting bottled beers and the times I’ve been in they even had 2 Brew Dog beers on keg (among the usual selection of usual suspects).
It’s hardly The Euston Tap, but it’s pleasant enough I was amused that you can use a Bite card to get 20% discount, which is certainly unusual at any pub/​bar.
They have a selection of pub-​type food (the main thing that leaps to mind is pork pies), and while not having the make this look like a traditional boozer feel to it that the Fullers pub upstairs has, it’s definitely not a terrible place now to sit & sip whilst waiting for something (a train, presumably). I doubt they’ll get many bookings for work Christmas parties, but hey in the scheme of things as far as in-​station boozers go, it ain’t bad.