Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 18 and Version 17 of Canbury Arms, KT2 6LQ
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As of June 2012, food is served noon-3pm and 5pm-10pm Mon-Fri, noon-10pm Sat, and noon-9pm Sun. The menu is quite interesting, and there's a specials board too; see <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/sets/72157628620464501/ Kake's photoset including menu photos]</small>. |
As of December 2011, food is served almost all day, with just short breaks: 9am-11:15am, noon-3pm, and 5pm-10pm Mon-Fri; 9am-11:15am and noon-10pm Sat; and 10am-11:15am, noon-9pm Sun. The menu is quite interesting, and there's a specials board too; see <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/sets/72157628620464501/ Kake's photoset including menu photos]</small>. |
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Child-friendliness: Children under 8 are welcome until 7:30pm, and older children later. The child-friendliness policy is usefully made very explicit, with a full page of explanation in the menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6594179661/ photo and transcript]</small>, and they also have a separate children's menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6594174323/ photo and transcript]</small>. One of the cubicles in the ladies' has a pull-down baby changing table and a nappy bin. |
Handily, they make their child-friendliness policy very explicit, with a full page of explanation in the menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6594179661/ photo and transcript]</small>, and they also have a separate children's menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6594174323/ photo and transcript]</small>. One of the cubicles in the ladies' has a pull-down baby changing table and a nappy bin. |
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* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/121426#reviews Qype comments] |
* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/121426#PlaceReviews Qype comments] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], December 2011. Opening hours and food times and prices taken from the Canbury Arms website, June 2012.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[bob]], 25 February 2008. Opening hours and food times and prices taken from the Canbury Arms website, February 2008.</div> |
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category='Breakfast,Child Friendly,Featured Article,Food Served Evenings,Food Served Lunchtimes,Function Room,Good Beer Guide 2007,Good Beer Guide 2008,Good Beer Guide 2009,Pubs,Real Ale' edit_type='Normal edit' |
category='Breakfast,Featured Article,Food Served Evenings,Food Served Lunchtimes,Function Room,Good Beer Guide 2007,Good Beer Guide 2008,Good Beer Guide 2009,Pubs,Real Ale' edit_type='Minor tidying' |
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formatted_website_text='thecanburyarms.com' |
formatted_website_text='http://www.thecanbur...' |
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hours_text='11am-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-10pm Sun' |
hours_text='9am-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-10:30pm Sun' |
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opening_hours_text='11am-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-10pm Sun' |
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summary='Child-friendly gastropub in Kingston, with five real ales.' |
summary='Gastropub in Kingston, with five real ales.' |
Gastropub in Kingston.
The decor is very bare, with exposed floorboards and wooden tables, and it's quite obviously a gastropub. A piano sits in one corner. A couple of what may initially appear to be open fires seem from the pipework to actually be gas. There's a marquee/conservatory-style extension to one side, with an adjoining courtyard space (this can be booked out for functions).
Despite the gastro-ness, there are five handpumps on the bar, stocked with reasonably interesting ales on both our visits. In February 2008 they had HSB (£3.10/pint), Doom Bar, Sussex Best, Scrum Down, and Landlord. In December 2011 they had Hogs Back TEA, Surrey Hills Ranmore (£1.95/half), Timothy Taylor Landlord, St Austell Tribute, and one other (possibly from Otter brewery), as well as a couple of ciders (Stowford Press and Aspalls).
Kake visited on a Wednesday lunchtime in December 2011. It was quite near Christmas, so a member of staff stopped me as I was entering and warned that most of the tables were booked; however he managed to find me a small table to sit at. I was probably lucky that I got there relatively early (a little before noon), since the place did fill up during my visit.
As of December 2011, food is served almost all day, with just short breaks: 9am-11:15am, noon-3pm, and 5pm-10pm Mon-Fri; 9am-11:15am and noon-10pm Sat; and 10am-11:15am, noon-9pm Sun. The menu is quite interesting, and there's a specials board too; see Kake's photoset including menu photos.
In December 2011, Kake tried one of the lunch specials, pork hash with fried egg (£5) photo. This was very good for the price; a generous portion of both meat and vegetables, a rich onion gravy in the bottom of the plate, and a nicely runny yolk on the fried egg. I detected parsnip and carrot as well as potato, and the meat was a mixture of sausage and pork cuts, possibly also a bit of bacon. The vegetables were a bit haphazardly cut, leading to different levels of done-ness, and it wasn't clear whether this was on purpose. I'd happily order this again though.
Ketchup was provided in a kilner jar, and tap water in a swingtop bottle. No service charge was added, though, and I ordered and paid for my food at the bar.
Handily, they make their child-friendliness policy very explicit, with a full page of explanation in the menu photo and transcript, and they also have a separate children's menu photo and transcript. One of the cubicles in the ladies' has a pull-down baby changing table and a nappy bin.
Accessibility: A step to get in at both entrances.
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