Kings Arms

Just got back from London,
I GOT THE PLEASURE TO BE THERE 10 DAYS, I LOVE THAT CITY
durring my stay, my friend recommended me that place to go and meet some nice people, i was in soho so i end up going on sat Night .
and i have to admit i have the best time there. its was so cool.
the people there was very friendly, nice easy going.
the bar look great remind me sf bars, very neighborhood witch i love it.
the stuff there was amazing, very friendly people .
i got to meet of the guys who work there and he told me some of the history of the place (Jaime) and he was a great person to talk with.
after that night i end up going 3 days to have a beer on my way home, i was not disappointed .
OH YES Before i forget, on Sunday Jaime told me to come to some karaōke night, so i went with my friend, and it was so much fun, i really recommended that, must to see and enjoy every min of it.
Thank you Jaime for the great host. thank you Kings arms, me and my friend had the best time !!!

This is Gay bar near to SOHO and Oxford Street, the crowd is mainly bears and otters and its a great friendly crowd, theres an upstairs lounge which is nice if downstairs is too busy. It was really busy on the friday night when we was there. its not pretentious at all and everyone seemed to be having a great time.

Had my fantasy for this bar burst with a unemotional and rude bartender. Your dark black beard doesn’t look that good on you because your unable to smile. Quit if you think your job sucks.
It’s no longer the bar it once was. Will not be coming back when I come back to London.

Had no idea what a Bear Bar was until I came here. but dude it was so much fun. The crowd was friendly except for the girls… they were not so much. But the MENS were awesome fun. It was karaōke night and the tunes were good and the service was decent.

This pub is probably my favourite watering hole in London. How many places will actually turn up the volume when you put Morrissey on the jukebox? Answer: not many.
The punters in the King’s Arms are friendly enough, although I view almost anyone to be friend material after 3 double Jamesons and a pint of Peroni. The prices are decent for central London and if you are overweight and hairy like I am, you will feel right at home.
A good place to be gay and drunk.

Nous nous y sommes rendus 2 fois: D’abord un dimanche soir. C’est soirée Karaoké, dont nous raffolons absolument pas. Force est d’avouer qu’il y avait beaucoup de monde et une excellent ambiance festive et bon enfant. De nombreux clients on chanté à tour de rôle sans se prendre la tête. A la fermeture (on a tenu jusqu’à la fermeture s’il fallait prouver qu’on s’y plaisait) les 2 barmen on chanté également. C’était très fun !
Nous y sommes retournés le mardi soir suivant. Moins de monde évidemment, mais toujours cette ambiance sympa. Quelques regards observateurs mais rien de dérangeant.
Au vu des critiques précédentes, je confirme que les toilettes son exigües et mériteraient qu’on y travaille, mais rien de rédhibitoire.
Vraiment un pub bear sympa, on y retourner à notre prochain séjour c’est certain !

I love this bear bar, you see all shapes & sizes, I do recommend this bar to any bears who goes to London, I visit all the time when I’m in London.

I had read the reviews before I came in. I could see why the straight couple had so much fun. Of course the patrons would take them and fancy them right off the bat. However, a regular gay guy, and tourist, it was a nice place, clean and reasonably priced but not so overly friendly that I would want to return. Just a typical gay pub.

This is a bear bar. If you don’t know what a bear bar is, you probably don’t belong there! That said, it’s one of many in London where you can find men of the hairy and girthy persuasion, but probably not the sleaziest and definitely not the drunkest… for that try XXL or The Eagle. Because of where it is, I understand that they must close earlier than other bars.
Maybe it’s because I’m from San Francisco and expected to find something like the Lone Star, but I hung out a few times at this bar and didn’t find the bears there that friendly or interesting. Maybe it’s a Brit thing, but guys there were definitely not as «friendly» as they are in the states. Definitely worth checking out, though. Sunday evenings before 11 p.m. seemed like the busiest time. Most men there seem to leave to other, later night clubs so if you are new in town be sure to ask where the later bear bar nights are.

We stumbled across this pub quite by accident one evening when we were walking from the theatre to the flat we had rented. We decided to stop for a nightcap and soon found ourselves engaged in lively conversation with a group of local men. Because I was the only female there, my husband asked if it was unusual for women to socialize in pubs. Everyone laughed uproariously because unknowingly we had wandered into a gay bar! They didn’t care and neither did we, because everyone was so nice and welcoming. We always come here several times whenever we’re in town and usually see the same familiar places. It has a warm atmosphere and attracts a very friendly crowd. I highly recommend it to everyone, gay and straight alike.

The cheapest pint in London is what is declared for this pub.
Yes it does! A round is pretty good here (on the right beer) but the crowd isn’t the best. I feel like a complete outsider in here and checked out and measured up when entering this place. There’s an eerie silence as people do not talk here! It’s even worse upstairs.
the place also screams out ‘UPDATE ME!!!’ The carpets are wearing through and it just feels like the place is about to collapse. The fact that other gay pubs have done so right in updating the bar area whilst also retaining the olde pub feeling makes this place all the more desolate.
Shame really, it’s got great potential with the pool table upstairs, if you can forgive the felt being worn through

The Kings Arms is the premier bear pub in London. For the uninitiated, bears are more hirsute, chunky gay men.
While it can be a tad quiet during the week, with mainly passing tourist trade and the after-​work crowd, this pub really comes in to its own from about 8pm on Friday, throughout the weekend.
During the summer the place is rammed, with people overflowing out on to the streets.
Sunday evenings the pub plays host to Jivin’ Julie and her karaōke — very popular with the regulars.
Drinks prices are fairly typical of a central London gay pub, which is to say they’re expensive! Soft drinks in particular seem to be very pricey.
In summation though, it’s a friendly place and known world-​wide, so you’ll often find people from all-​over in there

This is a gay pub with a difference — almost defiantly traditional in its décor and ambience, the clientele are anything but the usual gay cliches, as this pub is one of the main favoured watering holes of the bear community. Beards aplenty will greet you on walking in, but don’t fear the beardage — once you get yourself a pint and settle in, the welcome is generally a friendly one (much friendlier than most places in that area) and the landlord does his best to make everyone feel at home. There’s a celebrated karaōke night on Sundays with Jivin’ Julie, and a good selection of beers and ales, as well as a fully loaded jukebox that has all manner of good (and bad) tunes on offer. No food other than bar snacks sadly, and no facilities other than the pavement outside for smokers. Basically, an excellent place to nip for a quick pint while out shopping on Oxford Street and wanting to escape the madness!

This is a very traditional, gay male pub, just off busy Oxford Street, which has become a centre for the ‘bear scene’ in recent years. (For the uninitiated, that refers to the more cuddly and furry of our fellow brethren).
It’s a very popular place and can get packed, and fairly cruisy, especially on one of their regular event nights — eg karaōke, DJ-​night and the bears’ club ‘Bear-​hug’. There’s a less crowded area upstairs with a pool table, if that takes your fancy, and they do pub grub at lunchtime.
It only gets two stars from me as the availability and quality of real ale has become rather variable of late, as has the friendliness and quality of service. And the interior can get very smoky and is seriously in need of some fresh paint. But there’s clearly a very loyal (male!) crowd who like it that way.
Historical quirk: a plaque outside states ‘In this Old Kings Arms tavern was the Ancient Order of druids revived 28^th November 1781′. What would those Georgian druids make of it now?