The Builders Arms, Kensington - pub details
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Address: 1 Kensington Court Place, kensington, London, W8 5BJ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 1522) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
High Street Kensington (0.2 miles), Gloucester Road (0.5 miles), Earl's Court (0.7 miles)
West Brompton (1 mile), Kensington Olympia (1 mile), London Paddington (1.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Outside seating
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> Current user rating: 6.3/10 (rated by 48 users)
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user reviews of the Builders Arms, Kensington
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| Very impressive modern incarnation of a pub. Foodie without losing the relaxed pub feel. Well kept pint of Harveys washed down a delicious ox cheek pie, which was good value for the quality. curioushistory - 8 Jan 2012 16:42 |
| Have only visited once, midday lunchtime and quite impressed. Beers and food good with some distinctly non standard pub offerings on menu; prices reasonable. Staff friendly and efficient: barmaid even spotted our empty glasses and offered to bring more drinks. I don't get that in my local ! Read other comments about evenings and think I'll restrict my visits to lunchtimes. Jimdee - 18 Jul 2011 17:36 |
| Alright food, trendy selection of beers, not the best staff in the world when it comes to attentiveness - a hip back street pub that just isn't cool enough. We are locals who prefer the Queen's Arms (why no comments page for that -huh?)a few blocks away. But we do come back on Mondays for the free comedy show. That is great value, often better than some of the paid shows we go see in Soho. The pub could do with board games or live music or a quiz machine. HRHMICKEY - 27 Feb 2011 15:18 |
| A lovely pub in a lovely location. My evening however was spoilt by the staff. The barstaff seemed slow and inexperienced and were not helped by the landlord who was drunk and spent the couple of hours I was in the pub being slightly abusive and chasing customers away. A real Fawlty Towers kind of place. Beerlover1973 - 7 Feb 2011 16:22 |
| The Builders Arms is a pub that left me with mixed feelings. Its exterior has been painted pale green since the photo was taken which is quite frankly pretty ugly. If anything the interior is worse with dark olive walls and furniture that seemed largely to consist of hideous sofas and upholstered benches. This is a very expensive residential area and the pub is also adjacent to Richmond University (the American international university) so that will inform you about the clientele. When I was in on a midweek afternoon there were a few suits outside drinking but most people inside seemed to consist of the sort of students and trustafarians you would like to administer a good kick up the arse to. So far so bad however the Builders does have a number of redeeming features. The bar staff were friendly and attentive and the drinks offering is pretty impressive. Three ales on pump (Cornish Coaster, Deuchars IPA and Doom Bar) along with three ciders on tap (Bulmers, Aspells and Gaymer) and an impressive selection of continental lagers. Drinks prices were very reasonable particularly for this part of London. There were a number of people eating and the food looked and smelt pretty good. The menu was varied and almost identical in offering and design of the menu itself to that in the Crown and Greyhound in Dulwich village so I assume they are run by the same people. As an added bonus there is a free comedy night on Mondays. As I said at the start of the review I had mixed feelings about this pub. I could recommend it for lunch but in the end the decor and clientele pretty much put me off coming here again. murgatroyd - 7 Nov 2010 10:35 |
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