Botanist On The Green, Kewback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
We arrived here after a 60th birthday picnic at Kew was rained off. They set up a special table for 20 of us, the food was reasonably priced and all came at once and they let us have our own cake. All this with only 2 staff on at the bar and plenty of other customers. Really impressed with the service!
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More 'gastro' than pub, and no real ale available on my visit. Apart from that, not too bad a place on the edge of Kew Green, and larger than one would expect with lots of nooks and crannies.
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This is a nice looking gastro pub that was serving up Sharp’s Cornish Coaster, Fosters, Kronenburg, San Miguel, Birra Morreti, Aspalls cider and Guinness on my visit last week. The barman was very friendly, but unfortunately I was the only person in the pub at 12:30 and after returning from the toilet upstairs I was told that I have to move as a reserved sign had suddenly appeared on my table. I’m not 100% that it wasn’t there when I originally sat down, but I’m pretty sure.
It’s a fairly big pub, but it is nicely sectioned so that it doesn’t have a food hall atmosphere. I spotted a couple of plasma screens and I could have sat there all afternoon watching the tennis.
The ‘sun trap’ paved beer garden is fairly small and unexciting although there are thousands of little lights around the walls, so maybe it comes to life at night.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to drink here, but I’ve been to a lot worse gastro pubs than this so I may pop in if passing again.
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Have eaten here a few times and still not sure if I like it or not. I do like the look of the place, though food has been only average and service friendly enough but a little clueless.
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Nice location but a fairly standard modern pub, the earlier comment about all bar one is spot on. The sun trap garden was full of smokers when I went so we stayed inside and sat on one of the sofas. OK overall but no real reason to go back.
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Not a pub but a restaurant with a bar area. Good food and not too overpriced, though the real ale was decidedly iffey last time I ate there. Nice enough spot but very bland interior - rather too much of an all-bar-one clone with little character.
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came in last sunday 10th around 6pm had the sunday roast nice but bit expensive. finished my meal with my wife sitting there having a quite drink around 9.30 when told it was last orders even though they have a later licence was a little shocked but barman said it was policy if bar went quite looked around only myself and my wife left so went on our way.only to go over the road to a near by pub not hotel to find just a few people in there but manager very helpful.As new to the area thanx to the helpful barman at the botanist think i have just found my new local.Sorry djs 100 yards and you have just found the best pub on the green.
anonymous - 17 Jun 2007 13:00 |
Its great in here and its no longer a restaurant, the bar is now stocked with 4 Lagers, a white beer and 2 ales, one from Twickenham Fine Ales. The beer garden is a great suntrap,with none of the traffic noise. By far the best pint to be had in the area
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Mixed feelings about our Mothers Day experience. On the plus side they definitely cater for kids, the service was very quick, they did have draught beer at a good price and some of the food was good, apparently - to be fair, the puddings were great - particularly the ice-cream. On the minus side, my lamb roast was poor, the roast potatoes poorer - and it's not easy to mess up roast potatoes. What they should have done was give me the 'big chips' my 4-year old had. These were actually just smaller roast potatoes and a complete rip-off as chips. So not too happy about £13 for a poor roast. Lastly, we were told we were on the noon sitting so turned up just before noon - 2 minutes before - and they turned us away for those 2 minutes. I don't have a problem with places not opening until opening time, but if you're going to encourage people to be on time for their specified sitting, don't keep them waiting. After all, they have a bar area that's ideal for people waiting to be seated. I'm afraid it'll take some persuading for us to consider returning.
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Great new bar/restaurant in Kew. Taken over where Browns was. Have added some premium lagers and a real ale at last! Great wines and cocktails.
Has a restaurant attached, food is great, Sunday roast very popular. I like the beer garden and snacking on the meat platters from the bar snack menu. Keep it up guys
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