Met my wife in there, oo, some years ago, and I have been disappointed at how clean and shiny it all looks these days. I almost miss the days of smoking being allowed in pubs and the filthy mess they used to be.
I also use to spend a lot of time in there around the time the ban came in downing several pints of ‘man in a box’ at least once a week at a startup with a bit of a drinking culture.
The smoke definitely masked the other smells though, once it went away things weren’t great downstairs.