Crown & Sceptre

Amazing Sunday roast, the pork was especially delicious! We’ll definitely come back. Great service by a friendly and extremely polite French waitress who really made us feel at home.

I ate here with a large group after LFCC on Sunday evening, so it wasn’t a normal service experience by any stretch. I’m definitely considering the circumstances in this review.
When we arrived, there was no table large enough to fit our group, understandable on such a busy weekend, so we had to wait and rearrange a little before getting seats. Once we were seated, service was incredibly slow and most specials and many menu items were sold out. Again, I’m trying to be understanding as it was a really busy weekend, but it seemed excessive even for that.
The food however was very very good! Perfectly cooked and seasoned. So on a less busy weekend, this place is well worth a visit!

Best dinner we had our entire trip in the U.K. Out waitress was so nice and and polite the food was awesome. Really great wifi which was a bonus. Would really recommend this place to everyone!

Great food, good beer and great service. Less noisy than some of the other pubs around here. I gave the Hand & Flower close by 2 stars and this pub five. Tells you all you need to know.

Another great stop-​off when touring HSK, the C&S is a far lesser known pub in the area — but isn’t too far of a walk from the main drag, and is worth the wait.
It’s always busy when I go in, but never feels busy or uncomfortably packed. Bar staff are usually rushed, so you have to wait to be served — but they’re always super polite.
Nice big table in the middle of the ‘pub’ area (as opposed to the restaurant bit) — which is perfect for big groups wanting to do Sunday roast.
Kooky and quaint décor, with a warm and homely feel that’s inviting — and makes you want to go back.

I don’t really understand how I am the first to review this pub, but I suspect it might be that the Bay Area is more active on Unilocal than Kensington.
My sweetheart and I popped in several times during our holiday in London, to grab a pint or two of an evening. It seems like a quintessential British pub, though I don’t have much to compare it to! The lady bartender was nice, and sometimes there’s live music.
There’s nothing to eat here for any kind of veg*ns, but if there was I’d totally add a star! My omnivorous sweetheart had the fish and chips and it was an entire haddock. If it had been a halibut this review would be punnier.

Super gemütliches Pub.
Hier bin ich immer gerne wieder, wenn es mich nach Kensington verschlägt.
Sehr nettes Serviceteam und leckere Snacks.
Nicht zu überlaufen, oder dunkel, wie andere Läden.
Für einen gemütlichen Abend mit Freunden sehr zu empfehlen.

Large pub close to the Olympia exhibition centre that is popular with a number of our friends, and the joint winner of the 2007 «Pub of the Year» award from the West London branch of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).
The interior has been opened up, giving a spacious (slightly cavernous, in fact) feel, but this is compensated for by being decorated in a series of warm orange tones, giving it a rather South American ambience. This theme is continued in the menu, which features mostly Mexican dishes and, indeed, there were plenty of hispanic (and German) customers enjoying themselves on our last visit. Food prices are very reasonable — you can eat for under a tenner. Vegetarian items available.
The pub serves a rotating selection of interesting real-​ales, with three on at any one time: Phoenix’s Flash Flood, Butcome Bitter and Mole’s Best Bitter last night, for example. They’ll get through about eight different beers in any one week, so there’s always something of interest, and the turn-​over means the quality is reliable.
Staff are friendly and serve a good pint — no need to ask for a top-​up — which is hiw it should be. The only downside is that it situated on the busy Holland Road — though this is only a problem if you want to sit outside.
A good venue in an area which is otherwise short of decent pubs.