The Queens Arms, South Kensington - pub details
Address: 30, Queens Gate Mews, London, SW7 5QL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 6520)
Gloucester Road (0.4 miles), South Kensington (0.5 miles), High Street Kensington (0.5 miles)
West Brompton (1.1 miles), London Paddington (1.2 miles), Kensington Olympia (1.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 54 users)
> Local guides: London pub guide, South West London pub guide
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user reviews of the Queens Arms, South Kensington
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| Excellent pub. I tried Fullers London Pride and Adnams Abbey on draught on a wet and windy Monday afternoon. A real pub with bare pine floors and very busy. Superb venison sausages, mash and onion gravy. By the time we left for the Royal Albert Hall, the place was packed from wall to wall. Need more bar staff though. Paul_Rochdale - 9 Dec 2009 14:32 |
| Note to Prommers - You're not all God Almighty you know? This is a cracking back street pub which considering the inherent limitations of being such copes brilliantly well with the pre and post concert rushes it has to cope with because of it's location. I'm with jones_smj all the way. Id've refused to serve you. Bet your girlfriend was embarrassed, oh of course you're a "loyal" Prommer, you won't have one will you? realalesnob - 7 Oct 2009 16:47 |
| Want to add some support to this lovely small pub - somewhat bizarre complaints from prom-goers about the fact that it gets so busy - what do you expect? If you go to any public event in London, be it football match, theatre, or concert - it's not unusual to find the pubs in the immediate vicinity somewhat busy afterwards. It's a small pub in a quiet mews - put yourself in the position of the local residents.... Prom-goers may be "loyal", but in practical terms they're still a large crowd of people descending en masse on a small place at the same time. Much like a bunch of football fans, except most football fans I know show more patience trying to get a post-match pint... Got to be honest, had I been working behind the bar and been asked why there weren't more staff on to cater for prom crowds, I might not have shown the admirable restraint just to ignore the question! Well-kept beer, good atmosphere, reasonable grub - a recommended boozer in Kensington. jones_smj - 20 Aug 2009 17:30 |
| You should be aware that due to the large groups of pre- and post-proms customers, the neighbors have become concerned with the levels of noise and disruption caused by the large crowds so not surprising that a small neighborhood pub closes at 10.30. It is unfortunate that some have to wait over 10 minutes for a drink. If you were a regular at the pub, you would be aware extra staff are put on duty to try to deal with "besiegings" but there are limits (ie numbers of tills, pumps, etc.) so your question was probably ignored (if the member of staff could even hear it over the din) because the answer was so obvious. Spare a thought for those of us locals who use the pub day in and day out all year round and dread the proms season. There are other pubs in the area - please feel free to visit one of those. floyds_human - 5 Aug 2009 16:53 |
| I am totally at a loss to understand why this pub treats the loyal post-proms customers so badly. They must add a fair whack to their sales every summer, and yet the wait to be served is insane and the attitude rubbish. I've never waited less than 10 minutes, usually much more - I asked one of the staff (perfectly politely) why they didn't put more staff when they know they get beseiged every night, but he totally ignored me. Nice! Even better, they closed the bar at 10.30 on a weeknight, so as not to upset the neighbours. Great when you've been waiting for 20 minutes to be served. JRW33 - 31 Jul 2009 18:14 |
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