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Churchill Arms, Notting Hill  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated5 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

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location:

Notting Hill

address:

119 Kensington Church Street, W8 7LN

phone:

0871 258 7300*
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nearest stations:

Notting Hill Gate London Underground station
(270m) - zones 1/2

Queensway London Underground station
(650m) - zone 1

High Street Kensington London Underground station
(680m) - zone 1

Bayswater London Underground station
(760m) - zone 1

Holland Park London Underground station
(770m) - zone 2

how to find it:

Leave Notting Hill tube go east to the junction with Kensington Church Street and turn right down it. Walk down about five minutes and the pub is on your right. From High Street Kensington: turn right and then left up Kensington Church Street. Walk up for about five or ten minutes and the pub will be on your left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Kensington Palace (510m)

Museum of Brands and Packaging (1Km)

Leighton House Museum (1.1Km)

picture of Churchill Arms
One of the great pubs in London and it's been consistently one of the greats for a long, long time. You get a good pint of Fullers, one of the best pints of Guinness around town, traditional food and one of the first (if not the first) pubs to serve Thai food. Eclectic decoration and winner of the 'Boozers on Bloom' award, a mixed clientele and a genial landlord go together to make one of the best pubs in London. And they keep winning awards, receiving Fuller's coveted Griffin Award for the third time and Stella's "Love Your Local" award. The only downside, if there is one, is that so many people have cottoned on to the Churchill, that it gets very crowded, especially if you want to eat. Still, if they're open, what are you hanging around for?

reviewed:
07/02/2010
reviewed by pubdog

Eating at The Churchill Arms ... we last ate here on 07/02/2010

One of the first pubs to serve Thai food and it it's still going strong. Which is no surprise as it's cheap, plentiful and decent quality. Be warned, you'll only get your table for an hour, such is the demand.
food rating 2 - quality
price rating 1 - price

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good beer served - click for explanationCask Marque
TVs - click for explanationSky TV
child friendly or play area available - click for explanationchildren welcome
separate restaurant - click for explanationseparate dining area

second opinion:

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posted by bernie5 - Wednesday 21st July, 2010, 9:46am
Yesterday I spent an all too brief couple of hours at the Churchill Arms. This is easily one of London's 10 best pubs. The beer is consistently well served, the thai food is great value, there is a real buzzy atmosphere and if you can grab a seat, there is some great people-watching to be had. Wish some other publicans would pay a visit and try to reproduce the experience in their own places.
posted by hogstrom_orient - Wednesday 20th January, 2010, 2:17am
Favourite London pub. Friendly staff, football on the telly and you could spend hours studying the memorabilia, including loads devoted to County Clare GAA.
posted by Carolina_Irons - Saturday 12th September, 2009, 7:43pm
We enjoyed the thai food. It was a good change of pace.
posted by david ginsberg - Monday 6th April, 2009, 3:42pm
great pub, it looks good and serves great beer and food. It gets very lively and is open a bit later at the weekends. It does get a bit crowded at times but that is a sign how good it is.
posted by bs100 - Saturday 2nd February, 2008, 2:02am
I had an absolutely terrible experience in this pub today. It was my last day at work around the corner and I decided to meet a few friends in this bar. We got there at 15:00, and it got to 17:30 and the staff went around and put a reserved sign on every table from 18:00. What sort of proper pub reserves every table on a Friday night without letting people know earlier than 30 mins before they are to get chucked off?! Have to say that because of this the staff must be considered absolutely terrible, whoever owns the place must be a bit of a joke, and I will never go there again. What a shame.
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