Chelsea pubs

This pub is housed within an attractive Regency building that entices you in from the Kings Road. Once inside, you are transported into a large room with various antlers and a large stuffed bison's head mounted on the wall. The whole effect is rather like a smart hunting lodge with a bar stuck in its centre and seems to have more in common with the Scottish Highlands than Chelsea. The efficient bar staff coped well with the crowds, most of whom looked like they had wandered in from a crap scripted reality soap opera. It does OK in the beer stakes: three ales including Adnams and Flying Scotsman plus more familiar lagers. There are tables at the back where decent gastro fayre is served. The toilets are probably the cleanest I've ever seen in a pub and you could probably eat your dinner in there as well. Upstairs, there is a pool room which can also be hired for functions. The Kings Road is so-named as it used to be the monarch’s private road to Kew. It has been in a state of terminal decline ever since. It was a hip and happening place to be and be seen in the sixties and seventies, but now all that remains is a bland strip of retail that looks like any other shopping street in London. The pub provides a welcome haven for people escaping the mediocrity of it all. It serves traditional pub grub and a range of beers to suit most tastes (2 regular ales plus one guest). This place is refreshingly more down-at-heel than most in the locale with prices that don’t break the bank. It's a pub for real people and as a result it actually possesses some atmosphere. Not reviewed yet.

Want to review it? This is a great little gastropub. I like the renovations. The old bar has been restored and it is a lot brighter and smarter than when I visited it last year. The menu is also much better. I tried the half pint of prawns and the steak - both excellent and the prices are reasonable. I'd recommend this pub to friends. My friend had the burger and raved about the chips. It has a charm and warmth that is lacking in the pubs nearby on Fulham Road. Probably the most unpleasant pub lunch ever! yesterday the pub was full of screaming children accompanied by adoring parents. The so called Manager had no idea of how to run a small pub. It was impossible to order. The service was incredibly slow and any attempt at service was totally absent. To avoid at all costs. A Sunday Lunch Disaster! This place was, until recently, known as The Wellesley. It was named after Arthur Wellesley who most people know as the Duke of Wellington and pictures dotted around the pub still commemorate the Iron Duke and his battles. Being a military man, we are not sure whether he would approve of the light and airy décor and pastel shades but the service, the beer and the food are all pretty good. The problem with this place is that it exists for people who are too posh to go to other pubs. For example two young men who looked like a cross between Tom Parker-Bowles and a poodle sat supping their pints whilst another floppy-haired specimen tried to use the door (it was open), failed to enter the pub, but succeeding in making an arse of himself.

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