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| [[Category Young's|Young's]] pub in [[Locale Kensington|Kensington]]. |
Young's pub in Kensington, in the Good Beer Guide. |
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Note: According to the Dec 2014 <i>London Drinker</i>, the Britannia was refurbished in 2014; we haven't visited since, so some details below may be out of date. |
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It's quite posh inside, with a variety of seating including upholstered banquettes with scatter cushions and backs probably high enough to please even [[bob]]; plus at least one deep leather sofa, and upright chairs and tables as well. There's also a separate dining area, set out with wine glasses and cutlery, at the back past the sofa area, and a thin strip of outside seating sandwiched between the pub and the building next door. |
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[[Kake]] visited on a Monday afternoon in September 2008. Only one of their two handpumps was in operation, serving Young's Bitter at £3.10/pint. They also had Staropramen, Leffe, and Peroni on tap, among other things. When I arrived, a little after 4pm, the place was empty apart from two people sitting outside in the smoking area. Piped music was playing, sort of pop/jazz, but fairly quietly. According to their website as of September 2012, food is served noon-3pm and 5pm-10pm Mon-Fri, noon-10pm Sat, and noon-9:30pm Sun. On my September 2008 visit they also served food in the afternoon, described slightly misleadingly as "bar bites", but actually a choice between cheese-and-bacon-stuffed potato skins (£6) and filled rolls (£7, served with salad and chips). I went for the latter, choosing cheddar and onion from among the four options on offer. The roll was a pretty nice one with a thick chewy crust (in a good way), the cheese was grated, and the onion was red and thinly sliced. The salad consisted of varied mixed leaves with a decent dressing. The chips were more like potato wedges, and came skin-on. I think they were probably prepared earlier and reheated in the microwave, but they didn't suffer much. This ensemble was served slightly absurdly on a small, thick, square chopping board. I was brought salt and pepper (both in proper grinders) as well as ketchup and mayonnaise for my chips, but no vinegar. Accessibility: One shallow step up to get in, and level access to the bar and the front seating area, but the sofa/banquette area and the toilets are down a couple of steps. |
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* [http://www.fancyapint.com/pub/1348 Fancyapint review] * [http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/pubsandbars/britannia-review-10654.html ViewLondon review] |
* [http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub1348.html Fancyapint review] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], September 2008. Opening hours and food times taken from the Britannia website, September 2012.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Opening times and food info taken from the 2009 Good Beer Guide.</div> |
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category='Good Beer Guide 2009,Pub Food,Pubs,Real Ale,Smoking Area,Young's' edit_type='Minor tidying' fax='BritanniaKen' formatted_website_text=' class="external">britanniakensington.co.uk' host='2a00:1098:86:4d:c0ff:ee:15:900d' hours_text='11am-midnight Mon-Sat; 11am-11:30pm Sun' latitude='51.499485' |
category='Food Served Lunchtimes,Good Beer Guide,Good Beer Guide 2009,Pubs,Real Ale,Young's' edit_type='Normal edit' fax='' formatted_website_text='http://britanniakensington.co.uk/ ' host='217.147.81.2' hours_text='10am-midnight Mon-Sat; 10:30am-11:30pm Sun' latitude='51.498974' |
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opening_hours_text='10am-midnight Mon-Sat; 10:30am-11:30pm Sun' |
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summary='Young's pub in Kensington.' |
summary='Young's pub in Kensington, in the Good Beer Guide.' |
Young's pub in Kensington, in the Good Beer Guide.
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Opening times and food info taken from the 2009 Good Beer Guide.
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