The Ladbroke Arms, Notting Hill

a nice pub, it is quite expensive to eat in but the food is very good. We were too late for lunch yesterday after our dreadful time at the Windsor castle. However the staff rustled up a plate of cheese and we had a couple of bottles of wine which cheered us up no end. I think it is a great place for a drink, it looks lovely and the staff are friendly.

6 Apr 2009 16:38

The Windsor Castle, Kensington

went here yesterday for a bite and a beer and was really sad to see how far downhill it had gone. It used to be my favourite pub in London serving nice beer and decent grub. Yesterday my roast was cremated, my wife's fish and chips cold, the beer garden was scruffy and dirty, it took forever to get a drink. Interestingly we turned up on a sunny day at 1PM expecting to fight for a table to find a half empty beer garden. It's not a sign of the bad trimes but of a pub that has let it's high standards slide. We didn't stick around and went off to the Ladbroke Arms were we had a much more pleasant and friendly drink. very sad to see a once great pub on it's knees.

6 Apr 2009 16:29