The Churchill Arms, Kensington - pub details
Address: 119 Kensington Church Street, London, W8 7LN [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 2646)
Notting Hill Gate (0.2 miles), High Street Kensington (0.4 miles), Queensway (0.5 miles)
Kensington Olympia (1 mile), London Paddington (1.1 miles), West Brompton (1.4 miles)
Brewery: Fullers
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served (Thai restaurant), Real ale
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 99 users)
> Local guides: London pub guide, West London pub guide
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Mall Tavern, Notting Hill (0.1 miles), Old Swan, Notting Hill (0.2 miles), Windsor Castle, Kensington (0.2 miles), Hillgate, Notting Hill Gate (0.2 miles), blagclub, Notting Hill (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Churchill Arms, Kensington
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| A really really good pub, and well worth a special visit. Service is excellent, full range of Fullers ales in good condition. Fascinating inerior crammed with antiquities and ephemera from pre and post wartime. Excellent franchised Thai food with separate restaurant adorned with plants and butterfly collections. Food very reasonable (everything is £6.50). I foolishly attempted a beef with chillis, which blew my head off - but the currys and stir frys are superb. Even had both Football and Rugby showing on different screens. Quite busy, almost packed. We will be back lobster56 - 21 Jan 2010 19:58 |
| Bloody marvelous boozer! I'm going to save you all my rantings, long winded descriptions and compliments and simply say that this pub is a shining example of how a pub should be! Hands on and involved manager who obviously loves his job and still enjoys it after all this time. Pay a visit ASAP you won't be let down! Legolegs - 20 Jan 2010 14:40 |
| Splendidly traditional award-winning Fullers pub situated in a busy street full of antique shops which leads from Kensington High Street uo to Notting Hill. The pub is home to a fine collection of Winston Churchill memorabilia, plus numerous pots, pans, lamps, jugs etc suspended from the ceiling. The interior is carpeted, cosy and comfortable with some original snob screens still in situ on the bar counter. The pub is listed in CAMRA's London Regional Inventory. The exterior is adorned with splendid colourful hanging flower baskets - see photo here. It's run by a charismatic long serving Irish landlord, Gerry O' Riordan, who's probably been there 25 plus years now. There's a well regarded sub contracted Thai food operation in house and - as other posters have correctly noted - the aroma can be a bit overpowering at times. Unfortunately, on my Saturday lunchtime visit - 31 October - the pub was decked out for a Halloween fancy dress party starting at 7pm that evening and the usual nonsense - orange pumpkins, skeletons, cobwebs, ghostly looking pictures etc - were very much in evidence, much to the detriment of the pub's normal splendid features.There were also black and orange balloons covering the ceiling. Call me a grumpy old man if you wish, but I thought it disappointing that one of London's most well regarded pubs had succumbed to all this Halloween nonsense. I wonder what Winston Churchill would have made of it all. Managing to resist the special Halloween cocktails - Bloody Scary, Pumpkin Punch, Dracula's Kiss and the like - I stuck to the Fullers beers. The London Pride was in good form, as befits a GBG regular. Despite a disappointing visit, I have no hesitation in continuing to recommend this pub. And finally, in case you're wondering - no, I didn't return in the evening for the Halloween party JohnBonser - 2 Nov 2009 10:48 |
| A great traditional London boozer that has been updated sympathetically to suit modern times. Bright, spacious, attractive and welcoming with interesting nooks and crannies. Good choice of beers, including two I had not had before, which is saying something. Very convenient for the Czech and Slovak embassies too! Probably not worth going to far out of your way for but well worth a visit if you are in the area. Matthew_of_Ham - 7 Oct 2009 21:06 |
| Pub looks great, and to be honest the food is it's one redeeming feature. You wouldn't want to hang out there as it tends to be full of suited lushes and bell-ends who give you an unwelcome 'harrumph' if you try to get past them to the bar! If you don't want to get infuriated by poncy locals lording it up, have a look inside as it's quite pretty, laugh at the clientelle, and walk on... FrumpyDumpy - 6 Oct 2009 13:04 |
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