If you're meeting someone in Putney for a quick drink then you can do a lot worse than go to the Whistle and Flute in High Street.

The chaos of outside is forgotten as the Fullers' pub provides respite from all the noise with a quiet and relaxed atmosphere where you can have a chat or simply go for a drink if you're on your own.

There's plenty to keep you occupied with one big television screen showing Sky Sports (Pubspy is a bit of a sport addict and will watch pretty much anything involving a ball if it's on) and another showing BBC news keeping you up to date and all the world's happenings.

I sat down with a Kronenbourg that tasted fine and cost £3.60, which is average for the area.

While I didn't try the food there was plenty on offer with most the main meals priced at a respectable £8 and burgers for as little as £6.50.

There was also a Fulham Platter in honour of the Premiership side from just across the river which I almost had simply for the tag-line: 'If Bobby Zamora ate here, he'd eat the Fulham Platter'.

When I visited it was the middle of the afternoon so the pub was full of retired men sitting on separate tables reading newspapers alone which did make the atmosphere a little too quiet.

I did also have the unwelcome intrusion of seeing a rogue ant crawl across my table.

Although I was there during the day I got the sense it would pick up in the evening with many events like pub quizzes planned and it's certainly somewhere I will consider watching the World Cup next month.

Whistle and Flute, 46-48 High Street, Putney, SW15 1SQ. 020 8780 5437 fullers.co.uk.

DECOR: **** A good mix of modern and traditional.

DRINK: **** Plenty on offer with beer, ale and wine. Kronenbourg tasted good.

PRICE: ** It's Putney so £3.60 for a pint is expected.

ATMOSPHERE: *** Quiet in the afternoon but busy at night.

STAFF: **** Friendly enough to offer me a second pint the moment I finished my first.