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The Mitre, Holland Park  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratingsCask Marque pub - click for an explanation of the Cask Marque scheme

location:

Holland Park

address:

40 Holland Park Avenue, W11 3QY

phone:

0871 258 8564*
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nearest stations:

Holland Park London Underground station
(180m) - zone 2

Notting Hill Gate London Underground station
(480m) - zones 1/2

High Street Kensington London Underground station
(1Km) - zone 1

Ladbroke Grove London Underground station
(1.1Km) - zone 2

Queensway London Underground station
(1.1Km) - zone 1

how to find it:

From Holland Park: Turn left after you leave the station and the pub is about 5 minutes up on the left. From Notting Hill Gate: Take the Portobello Market exit and cross the road at the lights. Proceed down Notting Hill Gate until it becomes Holland Park Avenue. The pub should be about 5 minutes down on the right.

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nearby attraction(s):

Museum of Brands and Packaging (810m)

Portobello Road (980m)

picture of Mitre
The Mitre went gastro a good while ago - following a familiar pattern and becoming a typically "more food, less ale" sort of place and, subsequently, it appeared to have been suffering a bit of a decline. We'd steadily been getting more complaints about the place and, in particular, about the service. Well, that incarnation is now a thing of the past, the Mitre has recently had a change of management and a big refurb and we have to say the Mitre is much improved as a result. What you'll now find here is a bright, modern, comfortable and spacious place, still with a strong emphasis on food, but this time around the drink has not been forgotten. There are decent ales on the three hand pumps - eg Broadside and Spitfire - and plenty of other choice in the gas-pumped department including two rather good ciders. There's a reasonable wine list and, of course, the requisite cocktails and spirits. The service, on the admittedly quiet day when we last visited, was friendly and attentive and we didn't even need to go the bar to get our drinks. Prices are touch on the high side, but then it is, after all in Holland Park. It's the sort of place you'd naturally expect to see around here - we think the revamped Mitre will fit in this location very well indeed.

reviewed:
28/01/2010
reviewed by pubdog

Eating at The Mitre ... we last ate here on 18/01/2010

Modern British food at a modern British price.
food rating 2 - quality
price rating 2 - price

pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)

function room for hire - click for explanationareas can be reserved
beer garden or outdoor seating available - click for explanationoutdoor seating
separate restaurant - click for explanationseparate dining area

second opinion:

posted by Joed - Wednesday 17th June, 2009, 11:04am
After being recommended The Mitre by somebody (whom I have now lost all trust for) as a decent place to grab some good grub and a pint on a Sunday afternoon - I have to say I was utterly appalled by what we received. The short, rude, little bald man//hobbit who I can only assume was the 'Governor' sat us down to our RESERVED table (reserved as it was a friends birthday - so was a bit of a special occasion), only for him to forcefully 'suggest' that we didn't split the bill, but that we "sort it out afterwards to save [him] the hassle". We didn't have a problem with this at the time as we were sure the food and service was going to be good. We were wrong. After waiting for over an hour for our food, with ZERO attempt from him to even acknowledge that we’d been waiting so long, the food started to arrive. I say STARTED because it took another half an hour for ALL of the meals to arrive at the table, with the final meals arriving well after the first person had finished theirs. This is bad enough, but still he didn't even acknowledge us. No apology. Nothing. In fairness the food was OKAY, apart from one - the Roast Beef; it was like eating an old handbag stuffed with the excess fat from Fern Cotton's thighs. When we spoke of our disappointment to said Hobbit, he was disinterested at best - still no apology. We asked for the bill – service was included. There was no way were paying for 'service' which simply was non-existent. When we made 'Frodo' aware of this, his reply was shocking - "I didn't expect you too anyways! Youngsters never tip", whilst walking off with our money. First off we're not youngsters, we all have professional jobs are would be MORE than happy to tip had the service been good. We may have been youngsters in his eyes simply as we hadn't quite required the need to start dying our beards yet, as he clearly had. I'm not sure if this is a common hobbit trait or not, I'll look into it... Avoid this horrible little man, and his ‘shire’ at all costs!
posted by helenismint - Thursday 19th July, 2007, 2:59pm
This pub is RUBBISH. I was stupidly expecting quality for my £10.95 sunday lunch but unfortunately the service was apalling. After being given the wrong menu twice we were finally able to choose from the limited over-priced food. After 35 minutes our starter arrived and was wrong - we got no apology and then when the right one eventually came, it wasn't complete. We then got the main and that was wrong too. When I complained to the 'manager' he said casually, yeah I'll try and sort that out for next time and the full bill still arrived... after waiting 30 minutes for it. what a pile of shite!
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