The Warrington Hotel

I like the pub a lot. It’s beautiful, typically English.
But if it was for the food, I would put two stars on this review. Have been there on a Sunday for lunch. We waited 45 minutes to get served, which was incredibly long for starving people.
Then, so disappointed! Order the salmon with mash potatoes. It was insipid. Not bad, but just NO TASTE! I wanted to get a pudding but I didn’t dare in case it was as bad as the main. My friend ordered a burger it was also quite mediocre.
Expensive food for what it was. I will go back for a drink, never again for food.

This is the review for the Warrington Hotel’s pub. It has one of the best ambiences a pub could have. Plenty of seating. Lots of people even though it’s on a quiet residential street.
Good selection of drinks, ales, lagers, beers. My only gripe is their food is less pub, more restaurant.
They are busy most of the time, so table service isn’t very quick.
Otherwise, great place to hang out and have a conversation.

A nice old school cosy pub downstairs which is especially lovely on a winter’s evening. Some lovely bar snacks that are a great twist on British classics like pork ratings with Apple sauce. The pub is great, the restaurant lets it down a bit, strange given the Gordon Ramsey connection, but unlike the pub downstairs the restaurant lacked atmosphere. The menu was a standard array of British food and wasn’t as inspired as the bar snacks, there were no surprising twists our amazing moments of flavour, standard stuff. But you won’t be paying Ramsey prices so maybe that’s the balance.

Good place for bites and drinks — quite happening on the ground floor /​garden corner on warm days. The drink options are descent and food is not bad either. The décor is quite traditional pub style without bring too outdated. The first floor is quite large restaurant, and in my experience quite empty all the time. Foods are not cheap but descent. Good local pub but perhaps not a destination pub.

Had a fabulous date night at the Warrington! I had the steak, which was absolute perfection. I was sad that it wasn’t a thicker cut of steak, so I could savour it longer! The sauce that is served with the steak was to die for. So delicious! It comes with fat chips, which are totally yum! Be warned, the chilli chips will cause a fire to erupt in your mouth. They looked so harmless, but they are deceiving.
The Englishman ordered the fish and chips. I was shocked to see it was a whole battered fish on chips, served with mushy peas. I tried the mushy peas. They were delish. The serving size was huge. They could give you a bigger portion of the mushy peas though.
Before dining here, I thought the prices seemed a bit steep. Not outrageous, but reflective of being located in Maida Vale. I’d say for what you get, it’s actually good value for money. No wonder this place is always packed. YUM!
P. S. It’s also a nice place to go for drinks. However, they don’t make cocktails. You might be able to convince them to make you something simple, but be prepared for an alternative.

The pub has a fantastic atmosphere especially during the summer months. A bit pricey drinks. But it is all worth it if you live in the area.

Good british food in a wonderful location.

this is strictly the pub area review (never eaten upstairs). the pub is a beautiful old building and has lovely old fashioned décor (in a good way). decent prices and a good crowd (mixed of old regulars and young people). the service is hit or miss. have been in here a few times when service was great and everyone on it, last visit was a bit slow (we’ll put it down to an off night hopefully). I would recommend it for sure, especially in the Maida Vale area as there aren’t really any decent pubs around.

Lovely pub with beautiful stained glass window in the upstairs restaurant (definitely chose the right direction to sit in). The starters were delicious and the puddings even more so. However, one major issue for me: the gravy on the main. As a northerner, gravy is VERY important and I have to report that this gravy tasted distinctly of Bisto gravy granules, which is not on in a restaurant of that price (£22 prix-​fixe menu) (or any restaurant!). It brought the quality of the whole meal down for me.

The Warrington Hotel served up some tasty pre theatre food, not overly expesive like you may expect from the capital either. Potted duck and a ham terrine followed by a tasty steak and an even tastier pork belly oh and the chips served with the stake were a delicious crisy affair.
All in all it was decent wholesome food served in a clean cut resturant with non to overly attentive staff.
The pub downstairs looked like a place I could happily spend an evening or two in supping a few but alas I didnt get the chance. Nextime definatly.

The Warrington restaurant on the first floor was absolutely delicious with lovely atmosphere & great prices! Only improvement needed is service as they took forever to take our order and did not tell me that they were going to switch my fish.
We went on a Sunday evening and got a prix-​fixed menu at £18 for 2 courses. Salted beef starter was excellent, as was the soup. Ham hock starter was nice but not quite as good as the others. I ordered the sea bass but ended up getting salmon, without the server telling me. Luckily I like salmon & it was all delish. The feather blade was extremely tender and tasty, as was the tomato aubergine tart. Crumble & rice pudding were perfect to finish. And wine prices were fantastic.
Pub atmosphere on the ground floor looked lively and I’d love to go back to check it out.

Went there for lunch and the food was amazing including the service too.

I live in the area and have been going to the Warrington for the last twelve years. As a keen cook, follower of TV chefs and owner of too many cook books, including Ramsay books, I was delighted when I heard that Ramsay was taking over the Warrington. This was my local and we eat out regularly and were thrilled. A long time went by for the refurbishment during which time the Thai restaurant owners moved to local Browning p.h. (never mind we thought good food was on its way)
Now my review… soon after the restauant opened we had one very nice evening restaurant meal, the baked cod was really good and we liked the atmosphere of the restaurant; I recall the bread was lovely. next time, not so good, only fish on menu was salmon, which was Okish., not put off we took our son and friends there for his 21^st birthday and again just a limited OK meal at high cost. I firmly believe in giving local restautants a chance but our next meal was so very poor with poor starter and main meal. This is not a cheap menu the cooking is now totally sub-​standard.
That aside, my real main moan is that recently we went to our local (Warrington) for the pub quiz and ordered (not had) a salt beef sandwich. What arrived was nothing remotely like a salt beef sandwich; white bread mixed with some sort of meat mixed with some sort of cream. On speaking to manager who came to see us after some considerable time, he confessed he had never had a salt beef sandwich before and did not know what it was. (he was a manager not a chef) — I did not establish who had prepared this totally substandard expensive mess). The sandwiches were taken away and we were offered complimentary desserts — not what we wanted — what an absolute disaster — perhaps Ramsay should do a Gordon Ramsays ‘My own Hell Kitchens“
Now, when we go for a drink/​meal in our local area we go anywhere but our local — try the Salt House Abbey Road, Clifton Hotel or go the Browning where the Thai restaurant has moved to. Ramsay taking over our local has been a disaster; great pub but then it always was — what a total disappointment.
Tina, St John’s Wood, NW8

The Warrington Hotel is a nice local pub with a great selection of hot and cold drinks. I’ve never been to the restaurant upstairs, so I cannot comment on the food. However, I’d appreciate a wider selection of food downstairs. The pub itself is beautifully decorated, and there’s also outdoor seating. They organise pub quizes on Mondays, which is good fun. The atmosphere in the pub is friendly and lively.

Not eaten in here, but despite the absolutely gorgeous interior (probably one of the nicest in London) this place is very souless. Not really sure why, it just doesn’t really have the character that it deserves. Probably something to do with it being bastardised into an overpriced gastro-​pub…

No sooner did I leave The Warrington in Maida Vale did I read in The London Paper (rest its soul) that Gordon Ramsey’s pub had failed a health inspection. Apparently they found mouse droppings in the kitchen, under the sink and in the window sills. I’m writing this review as if I didn’t know that, but be advised that mousecrap supersedes whatever tasty things I had at The Warrington
I started out with the potted duck with apple and onion chutney.
I wasn’t sure if the lukewarmness of this dish was intentional or not, but I found it to be a nice light start to the meal. Bread was meh.
The main was a braised lamb shank with sweet potato mash.
Lamb shank should fall off the bone and melt in your mouth. This did that, but unfortunately what fell of the bone was mostly fat. Ick. I also wish there was some sort of a vegetable served along with this. Lamb is good, sweet potatoes are excellent, but I need something to cut the salt and sweet. That said though, there were some really nice flavours out of this. The broth was really nice.
The Warrington’s food was just ok. The building itself is just gorgeous.
Considering the whole mouse crap thing, I won’t go back to the restaurant proper, but I enjoyed my meal enough when I was there. I would definitely spend time in the pub downstairs though.
It was also nice they had a California Zin on the glass list. You don’t see that every day in England.

I only went to the downstairs pub part of the Warrington rather than the upstairs dining room. The pub itself is absolutley fantastic with amazing atmosphere from the historic décor. We stuck to the wine and payed about £16 for a fairly good bottle of pinot grigio which was not bad. Food was a bit above your average pub grub with the chicken and mushroom pie a real winner. Don’t bother with the fishcakes though unless you are on some sort of starvation diet — the portion size is tiny.

Much to my surprise I was able to book a table on Tuesday afternoon for 7:30 on Tuesday evening in the Restaurant. Only a couple of tables were occupied when we arrived so if you want to get in at short notice it is worth a try. The evening didn’t start well with two items on the menu being changed and then my first two choices of wine being unavailable. The service was only just acceptable but none of this mattered when the food arrived, it was great. I will certainly be returning at the first opportunity.

The Warrington Hotel is renowned as having one of the finest pub interiors in London, and is now part of the Gordon Ramsay empire.
Mr Ramsay himself is said to dislike the ‘gastro-​pub’ label, (good so far) and so has retained the downstairs bar as a pub, and created a fine dining restaurant upstairs. (NB It is no longer a hotel as such — there’s no accommodation).
Built in 1859 and extensively refurbished in 1900, the classical white Italianate exterior belies the opulence within: only the entrance pillars, with their green and blue glazed tiles with plant motifs, and a pair of huge iron-​and-​glass lamps hint at the splendour to come.
The bar area is dominated by a huge curved bar, with a marble counter and carved mahogany base. Elsewhere, Tiffany-​style lamps compete with etched and stained glass, murals, mosaics, elaborate plaster work and yet more glazed tiles. The style is hard to define — a sort of art-​nouveau crossed with arts-​and crafts. The restaurant, on the other hand, is restrained cool in the extreme: creams, greys and beiges make for a calm, if slightly dull, dining space.
It still serves real ale, with three reliable if unadventurous regulars (Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA and Adnam’s broadside) joined by a guest ale, which this week was the very nice (and rare, in London) Harviestoun ‘Bitter and Twisted’, an blond beer coming in at 4.8% ABV.
The menu (and I haven’t yet eaten here, so can’t comment on the quality) also divides between bar and restaurant. The oddly-​named ‘Bar Snacks’ menu features meals rather than snacks — soup at £3.50, a Ploughman’s lunch at £6.50 and a selection of pies, mushy peas and mash at £11.50. Hot food is only available at lunchtime. I’m less impressed that a 12.5% service charge is added in the bar — perhaps a sign of restaurant-​management thinking.
The restaurant, on the other hand, is much more what you’d expect: starters from £6.75 to £9.25, including scallops, potted duck, snails, steak tartare, fresh salmon and risotto; soups and salads from £6.50 to £8.25; and mains — all restrained modern British fare– range between £10 and £20, with side dishes are around £3 and puddings at £6.
The wine list has plenty of variety — ranging from £13.50 to a selection in the £100+ bracket, so you should find something to suit your taste and pocket. Again, a service charge of 12.5% is added, so expect a two-​course meal with wine to cost around £50 a head. The restaurant seemed very popular, judging by the constant arrival and disappearance upstairs of a stream of generally well-​heeled diners.
A few quibbles, however: the menu has, rather oddly, a separate ‘Crustacea’ section, which is slightly too biological for my liking, when ‘shellfish’ would suffice. (They could go the whole hog, I suppose, and go for a menu headed ‘flora, herbivora, ave and icthyes’. Or maybe not).
And the development of the restaurant has changed the atmosphere somewhat, from the local pub it was to a slightly more varied and, it has to be said, more pretentious crowd, although the atmosphere was still welcoming enough. Overall, it’s worth a look inside, with a pint or two

The Warrington, Gordon Ramsay’s latest investment of £6million opened earlier this month, without publicity, but rumour has it that it is already fully booked for several weeks due to word-​of-​mouth recommendations.
Kate Moss is among those who have been seen eating at the pub in Warrington Crescent, Maida Vale.
The Warrington features an art nouveau bar and dining room and has been renovated extensively by the celebrity chef who bought it more than a year ago.
The TV chef seems to be sticking to a very down to earth menu and doing his best to keep the locals happy by considerately restoring the pub’s listed Victorian interior.
The menu features classics such as steak and kidney pie (£11.50) plus more adventurous dishes like braised Gloucester pig cheeks with Swede (£11.00) and roast Guinea Fowl with Puy lentils and bacon (£13.25). Bar snacks include pork pies (£6) and pickled cockles (£1.50).
The pub’s archaic stained-​glass windows, mosaic-​tiled porch, stone fireplace and frescoes featuring semi-​naked women attests to its origin as a brothel, later became known as Warrington Hotel– have all been retained.
The Warrington is run by Mark Sargeant, the former head chef at Ramsay’s Claridge’s restaurant, who is responsible developing the Ramsay group’s expansion into pubs.
It was bought by Gordon Ramsay Holdings as part of a strategy to conquer London’s gastropub market.
Last week, Ramsay purchased his fourth venture — the York And Albany in Camden, which is set to reopen in May.
His two other pubs are The Narrow in Limehouse and The Devonshire in Chiswick, are being received positively in their respective localities. At best I think you could end up paying around 30.00 for lunch and 45.00 for dinner ot just go in for a drink and eat for under tenner.

The Warrington Hotel is a great venue which combines a hotel, a pub and an upstairs restaurant. Owned by Gordon Ramsay, the Warrington is popular with media peoples and committed locals alike. Retaining it’s orginal atmosphere by serving real ale, organising quiz machines and keeping prices steady, the Warrington makes a good choice for those who aren’t too interested in an overly pretenious venue.
Upstairs (previously home to Ben’s Thai restaurant) has been redeveloped as part of Gordon’s plans to develop the orginal venue into a gastro pub. It’s definately worth checking out.

Ich würde mich nicht als einen Experten bezeichnen, wenn es um typisch englische Pubs geht, aber ich kann einen hässlichen Laden von einem hübschen, einen arroganten Barkeeper von einem netten und überzogene Preise von fairen unterscheiden. Außerdem kenne ich mich mit Bieren ausgezeichnet aus, da ich sie gerne in großen Mengen austrinke. Das Warrington Hotel in Londons Stadtteil Maida Vale gewinnt in allen angesprochenen Kategorien.
Schon allein fürs Auge hat das Warrington Hotel, das übrigens kein Hotel, sondern tatsächlich «nur» ein Pub ist, einiges zu bieten. Der Eingang lässt die etwas sonderbare und leicht angestaubte Pracht erahnen, die sich im Inneren auftut: opulente Mustertapeten und alte Teppiche, buntes Bleiglas und dunkles Holz. Der Barkeeper erzählt übrigens gerne die Geschichte des Warrington, zum Beispiel, dass der Laden vor Jahrzehnten mal ein Bordell gewesen sein soll. Das scheint angesichts der üppig-​schwülstigen Dekoration sehr plausibel.
Als ich das Warrington besuchte, war es noch früher Nachmitta und außer mir und den Kollegen, die sich für einen Pressetermin eingefunden hatten, waren kaum Gäste zugegen. Der Barkeeper ließ uns allerdings wissen, wer normalerweise im Warrington ein und aus geht. Außer den Medienmenschen, die im benachbarten BBC-​Studio arbeiten, verschlägt es nach Auskunft des Tresenmannes auch immer wieder jede Menge Prominenz in das Ex-​Bordell: Ozzy Osbourne zählte zu den regelmäßigen Gästen, als er noch in der Nachbarschaft lebte; Die Gallagher-​Brüder Noël und Liam heben gerne mal ein Pint im Warrington und auch Damon Albarn, dessen Hausboot in der Nähe ankert, schaut wohl gern mal vorbei.
Angesichts der Historie, der Lage im chic-​gediegenen Maida Vale und vor allem der angeblichen Promidichte, mit der der Pub aufwarten kann, sind die Getränkepreise im für Londoner Verhältnisse sehr moderat. Für ein großes Glas eines englischen Bieres, das ich durchaus als äußerst trinkbar bezeichnen würde, legt man nicht mal 3 Pfund auf den Tisch.