Latest reviews for Bars & Pubs in West Brompton, London, United Kingdom

606 Club - best jazz in town by LukeG

LukeG — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:06:40 +0000

Review by LukeG

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7352 5953

Website: http://www.606club.co.uk

The 606 Club is my favourite jazz club in London. In my opinion, it's the only jazz venue that has remained real and true to the jazz ethos. There is no pretentiousness, the ambience is great, the music excellent and the food really tastyThe 606 Club is my favourite jazz club in London. In my opinion, it's the only jazz venue that has remained real and true to the jazz ethos. There is no pretentiousness, the ambience is great, the music excellent and the food really tasty

K-Bar - Pretencious, terrible place by LukeG

LukeG — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:02:31 +0000

Review by LukeG

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7352 6200

Website: http://www.k-bar.co.uk

Tags: cool, pretentious, dj

I managed to blag my way in with a group of friends for cocktails, dinner and then a guest list at this bar/club. Drinks are VERY expensive - Â£63.00 (Â£7.00 per shot) for 9 tequila shots. The music was completely unoriginal, mainstream and the testosterone was raging - this is not a place for conversation! We could have dealt with all of it had it not been then having to put up with being turfed out of the club at the close of the night by angry and insulting doormen as if we were trashy drunk idiots who want to drop Â£100's of pounds and then be abused! As promised - I won't go back and I thought I'd share!I managed to blag my way in with a group of friends for cocktails, dinner and then a guest list at this bar/club. Drinks are VERY expensive - Â£63.00 (Â£7.00 per shot) for 9 tequila shots. The music was completely unoriginal, mainstream and the testosterone was raging - this is not a place for conversation! We could have dealt with all of it had it not been then having to put up with being turfed out of the club at the close of the night by angry and insulting doormen as if we were trashy drunk idiots who want to drop Â£100's of pounds and then be abused! As promised - I won't go back and I thought I'd share!

The Sands End - Great British menu with an Irish heart by Sofasoba

Sofasoba — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:12:49 +0000

Review by Sofasoba

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7731 7823

Website: http://www.thesandsend.co.uk/

Tags: relaxed, friendly, gastro pub

You had better find this pub soonish before the rest of the world gets there! We visited on the advice of Fay Maschler (Evening Standard 16th July) and can only say how delighted we were to find such a welcoming and unpretentious local. The menu is stuffed with unusual dishes all from a strong British home and laced with a touch of the Irish, try the Coddle Pie with Colcannon or Arbroath Smokies with soft duck egg on top. Delicious. There is a feel of country fayre about the pub and you will be just at home with the real ales (Blacksheep/Hooky/Addlestones Cider) as one might with the concise but excellently chosen wine list, of which no less than 12 are available by the glass. The atmosphere is really pleasant and thankfully calm for a London pub, staff are attentive and seem to take a great interest you. Can get busy so advisable to book. You had better find this pub soonish before the rest of the world gets there! We visited on the advice of Fay Maschler (Evening Standard 16th July) and can only say how delighted we were to find such a welcoming and unpretentious local. The menu is stuffed with unusual dishes all from a strong British home and laced with a touch of the Irish, try the Coddle Pie with Colcannon or Arbroath Smokies with soft duck egg on top. Delicious. There is a feel of country fayre about the pub and you will be just at home with the real ales (Blacksheep/Hooky/Addlestones Cider) as one might with the concise but excellently chosen wine list, of which no less than 12 are available by the glass. The atmosphere is really pleasant and thankfully calm for a London pub, staff are attentive and seem to take a great interest you. Can get busy so advisable to book.

The Ifield - My Local by Binky2128

Binky2128 — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:52:27 +0000

Review by Binky2128

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7351 4900

Website: http://www.carlsbergtetley.co.uk

Tags: good food, french, food

This is great restaurant / pub popular with an unpretentious crowd. Not far away on fulham road ("the Beach") are many far more cool places, but The Ifield keep its distance and benefits from being away from of the crowd.

Menu is comprised of a number of well-rehearsed staples such as Tuna steaks, duck hoi sin as well as traditional british fish and chips and other stuff.

Occasionally gets a bit smoky when crowded but remains a trustworthy local for all the residents of Ifield road and neighbouring streets.This is great restaurant / pub popular with an unpretentious crowd. Not far away on fulham road ("the Beach") are many far more cool places, but The Ifield keep its distance and benefits from being away from of the crowd.

Menu is comprised of a number of well-rehearsed staples such as Tuna steaks, duck hoi sin as well as traditional british fish and chips and other stuff.

Occasionally gets a bit smoky when crowded but remains a trustworthy local for all the residents of Ifield road and neighbouring streets.

Lots Road Pub & Dining Room - Excellent Pub Food by alevy

alevy — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:38:31 +0000

Review by alevy

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7352 6645

Tags: lively, crowded, food

Gastropubs in London have evolved to the point of ubiquity... if you can't find one in your neighbourhood, you're probably too drunk.

However, the popularity of the category has predictably led the term to become meaningless. Nowadays, I'm pretty sure the only qualification for the term gastropub is that you have a menu which: (a) contains at least one item with chorizo, and (b) where the description for Bangers and Mash has been rewritten to read "Fresh English Pork Cumberland Sausage with Roasted Garlic Puree and Sweet Onion Jus."

I guess what I'm saying is there's a fine line between pretense and reality, and Lots Road is on the right side of that line.

First things first: Lots Road makes a great hamburger. Not only that, but asking that it be cooked a certain way (i.e. rare) is not a futile exercise... the burger will come back the way you requested it. Seems simple, but I can't tell you how very exceptional this is in London.

The rest of the menu varies, but I've been several times, and as of yet, nobody at my table has been served a clunker.

Service is extraordinarly nice and attentive, and they even bent over backwards to get my visiting mom's absurdly complicated and obscure drink order right.

The only caveat is that they have some kind of chocolatey treacle pudding that they advertise as something you must not miss, which advertisement is false. It's not that this dessert is horrible, it's actually just OK, but rather it's a case of the build-up setting expectations too high and then the actual product being disproportionately mediocre when contrasted against the now-elevated expectations.

I guess the only other caveat is that from Thursday to Saturday, I'd strongly recommend you book in advance.

But it's good, and the prices are reasonable. And even if you don't live in the neighbourhood (Chelsea Pier), you've certainly travelled farther for worse food.Gastropubs in London have evolved to the point of ubiquity... if you can't find one in your neighbourhood, you're probably too drunk.

However, the popularity of the category has predictably led the term to become meaningless. Nowadays, I'm pretty sure the only qualification for the term gastropub is that you have a menu which: (a) contains at least one item with chorizo, and (b) where the description for Bangers and Mash has been rewritten to read "Fresh English Pork Cumberland Sausage with Roasted Garlic Puree and Sweet Onion Jus."

I guess what I'm saying is there's a fine line between pretense and reality, and Lots Road is on the right side of that line.

First things first: Lots Road makes a great hamburger. Not only that, but asking that it be cooked a certain way (i.e. rare) is not a futile exercise... the burger will come back the way you requested it. Seems simple, but I can't tell you how very exceptional this is in London.

The rest of the menu varies, but I've been several times, and as of yet, nobody at my table has been served a clunker.

Service is extraordinarly nice and attentive, and they even bent over backwards to get my visiting mom's absurdly complicated and obscure drink order right.

The only caveat is that they have some kind of chocolatey treacle pudding that they advertise as something you must not miss, which advertisement is false. It's not that this dessert is horrible, it's actually just OK, but rather it's a case of the build-up setting expectations too high and then the actual product being disproportionately mediocre when contrasted against the now-elevated expectations.

I guess the only other caveat is that from Thursday to Saturday, I'd strongly recommend you book in advance.

But it's good, and the prices are reasonable. And even if you don't live in the neighbourhood (Chelsea Pier), you've certainly travelled farther for worse food.