The Abingdon

Enjoyed dinner twice at the Abingdon during my time in London. Incredible service, delicious food, and great atmosphere! Get the duck spring rolls!

We had a wonderful dinner tonight
The manager was fantastic
Very nice and accommodating
Our waitress was adorable
Great attitude and personality
All courses were good and price was reasonable
We just loved it

Dropped in for a drink and dessert having been around the corner at a less pleasant venue for dinner. Wish we’d found this place first! Wine was great, cocktail proper, dessert divine. Ambience and staff excellent

Would rate this as among the best gastropubs in London. Have spent many a fun evening with friends there over the summers. Highly recommend this.

This was a pleasant find for me while visiting the Kensington area on business. I waked by on the way back to my hotel and stopped for a night cap. Pleasantly I found an upper scale neighborhood bar with friendly staff and patrons. The bar tenders make good cocktails and the wine list is extensive.
I went back two nights in a row and decided to come back for a dinner the third night.
The menu items offer a wide selection without being overwhelming. And they’re adventurous without being non-​sensical. Every single member of the waitstaff was attentive and knowledgable about the menu.
If you’re looking for dinner, make sure you have a reservation.

Went for lunch. Quiet atmosphere, solidly good food. Bit pricey with a mandatory 12.5% service fee. Friendly staff though, and comfy seating.

It’s hard for a place to be considered a gastropub without seeming pretentious but this one pulls it off. Don’t get me wrong, the drinks and food qualifies for «gastropub status» but the friendly staff, lively music and simple décor stamp out any potential for pretentiousocity, if you will allow me to coin a word.
Check it out and make sure you try a cocktail. They put some effort into it!

One of the best meals I’ve ever had! If I could grant ten Unilocal stars then I would!
The Abingdon is now one of my favourite restaurants. I was visiting London recently and I booked a table here based on great Unilocal reviews when meeting a friend in the area. I loved everything about this place.
The staff were friendly, polite and fun! Offered some great recommendations on menu options too.
We started with the scallops and wow, they were delicious. I got the steak pave as my main course with a side of chips and broccoli. It’s big enough to share. It was cooked to perfection and was so tasty! One of the best steaks I’ve ever had.
We finished with ice cream and again it was delicious. If I lived in London I would be here all of the time! The Abingdon is by far the best choice for a wonderful dining experience.

Went here with my paps for a bday dinner. Had the goat cheese croquettes with beets and seared tuna. Both tasted really, really good. Keep doing you, The Abingdon.

Excellent gastro-​pub. The food is great big portions, nicely cooked meat and fresh salads await me there every time. I also like how I am being treated with respect and friendly attitude.
I could dine here every night if it weren’t so far away from me.

Love it here! Really friendly staff, fast service, and delicious food. I went here two night’s in a row this week — on Thursday and Friday night.
Thursday night I had the foie gras terrine and another starter that was on the special’s menu that involved truffle, sausage and spinach — both were fantastic. We split a bottle of house red with it and it was also good. The portions are perfectly sized, but being girls my friend and I enjoy just getting two starters for a good two course meal.
Friday night I had the scallops starter which was fabulous, and comes topped with bacon with a wedge of lime, followed by the cod which was cooked to perfection. The white wine I had with it was good, too. I sampled some of my friends risotto she had as a starter which was great too, and the whole table shared a perfectly cooked side of broccoli. Everyone split the crème brûlée which looked beautiful and tasted great, too.
Gorgeous interior, lovely atmosphere, I’ll definitely be back.

A tiny gastropub a few streets back from HSK (all the best stuff is).
Sit at the bar if you’re going for a pre-​dinner drink, book a table for a great dinner.
Nails an up-​scale but intimate vibe that I love. My favourite for an early Saturday, pre-​cinema stop.

Great service and really good food. I have the Sea Bass that was encrusted with pumpkin seeds and my friend had the salmon. Side of fried and roasted broccoli. I think their glasses of wine are on the small side, so that was disappointing…

I decided to stop here my first night in London since it was close to my hotel. I’m glad I did — as it destroyed the negative stereotypes I had heard about British food and service. The bartenders (Alba & Ian) were simply fantastic and welcoming, and you could tell that most of the people in the pub were repeat customers and locals. I order from the bar menu, and thought the food was fantastic. But most importantly, I felt like my servers cared and actually wanted to get to know me.

Yesterday
my bf bring me here and it was quite good. We had a few drinks at the
bar and then we sat on our table. I had an organic salmon and it was
delicious! The quality and taste was far more than the price of
19.50. The service was almost perfect. The wine was also very good (
I do not understand much of wines, but my boyfriend do). So we had a
nice romantic dinner in Kensington. We will go at the Abingdon back
soon.

Hmmmm a pretty place for Sunday roast and one of the better foods I had in London. Located in a posh neighbourhood of Chelsea, my husband and I decided to try it out since it is in between our location and his visiting friend. It is easily noticeable that the clients are mostly the upscale members of the society who feels the need to drag along their pet inside the restaurant. One great thing about this place is that their price range is surprisingly within the average range considering where it is located. The 2 course meal we had was £18 per person although they have service charge of 12.5% is added in your bill in the end. All is well though because I was satisfied with the food here. Finally, I noticed that they have a wide selection of wine to pair with your meal.
My verdict: thumbs up.

This was the best meal I ate while in London for 10 days. My friend and I pretty much stumbled on it while looking for a bar, and discovered that is was actually a lovely restaurant. We decided to sit down for dinner, and it was so elegant, with the delicious food. I had risotto — it was done right.
This place a total gem, I love it!

WOW, I cannot believe I haven’t reviewed the Abingdon. Luckily it’s right across the street from my mums place so it’s nice to be able to get a wee bit tipsy and just walk home — yay. BUT this place is fantastic! The food, the service, atmosphere are superb.
Try this place You will NOT be disappointed…

What’s the fuss about? I’m not even sure I should review this place but I will. I’ve wanted to try here for two nights and both nights came too early for dinner. Well tonight I came back shortly after 6:30 which is when it was posted they we’re serving dinner. First I sat in the bar area but after the bartender said there was a different menu for the restaurant I said I’d sit over there. I did. It was empty but a woman was doing something at a counter — folding napkins or one of those type things. I was reasonably sure she saw me but she never said a word… then another woman came up to her and they chatted. Again, I was invisible. A third person — think right said Fred but probably lacking the talent — walked by… not a word. The crowning moment of this grand neighborhood pub experience was when woman #1 brought a lit candle to my table and said NOTHING!!!
I even waited another few minutes before leaving.
I’m sorry that I was troubling the clearly overworked waitstaff with such things as wanting a menu or wanting to be acknowledged as existing but give me a break. According to the sign you were open for dinner. If you were running LATE on being prepared a few words would have gone a long way, but I guess the six people in the bar drinking various shades of wine must allow you to pay the rent, which is good because you won’t have my under-​valued dollar to help you out.
So, Abingdon, you lose. You get nothing! You didn’t even bother to steal fizzy lifting drinks.

What a great little gastropub just off Kensington High Street and close to the High Street Kensington Tube station.
From the outside, it looks like a neighborhood pub, not a restaurant. Once inside, though, the place has a cozy, upscale look and feel. Both the bar and the dining room were buzzing with activity.
We started off with drinks at the bar, which were quickly served by the friendly bar staff. Once at the table, we had all of our questions about the menu and wine list cheerfully answered. We grabbed glasses of Malbec, and scotch fillets. The steaks were very good and the service was fantastic. From start to finish, the food, the wine and the service were fantastic.
This is a great dining option if you want to get away from the High Street mayhem.