The Warrington Hotel, Maida Vale

Get yourselves into the Warrington and enjoy it while you can - well kept ales, friendly & attentive staff and an amazing interior make it a very special place indeed. If the newspapers are to be believed(!) this wonderful pub is about to get a tiresome gastro pub revamp courtesy of Gordon Ramsey. He's about to buy it and no doubt strip it of its appeal and whack up the prices. Tragic news in my opinion - the Truscott down the road has just closed down - can't he go and interfere with that instead?!

2 Nov 2006 13:24

The Skiddaw Hotel, Maida Hill

I like this pub a lot despite the lack of any quality real ale. Great decor, friendly and efficient staff and good music at a sensible level. It always seems pretty quiet though - I've never struggled to get a seat regardless of when I'm there but that suits me fine! Probably more to do with the location than anything else - it's just a bit out of the way for a Maida Vale or Westbourne Grove pub crawl but there are worse pubs in better areas near by. It's like a quieter version of the Bridge House in near by Little Venice...

31 Oct 2006 13:38