The Kingston Upon Thames Pub Guide

A few friends, over sixty pubs, frequented on Tuesdays.

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Duke of York

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This pub is so generic, even the bar-lady looked like an amalgamation of 101 expressionless faces merged into one.  Just another place gone ...
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011

The Maypole

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Do you like lager, football and shouting?  Do you find your testicles producing an uncontrollable amount of male steroid hormone?  If you an...
Tuesday, 15 February 2011

The Lamb

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"A Tent in a Pub!" says the board outside. That just about sums up the place, because I tell you, it is bloody eccentric in here: ...
Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Fox and Hounds

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I know some people say drinking is bad for your health, but making a pub into a doctors waiting room is going a bit far.  From the tiny carp...
Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Hotel Bosco

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This is a hotel masquerading as a trendy bar.  With Weatherspoons just next door, it makes me wonder how this place attracts any punters, bu...
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011

The Coronation Hall

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Hooray, a decent pub in Surbiton and it's a Weatherspoon so reasonable prices too. If you've ever played the game Bioshock, this is...
Tuesday, 18 January 2011

The Castle

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If this is what has happened to old pubs, no wonder it's all gone gastro and trendy bars now.  This is everything you'd ever hate fr...
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Brave New World

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I hate the word 'brave', it conjures up some middle aged woman patronisingly stroking my head after I've had a crap time in my l...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Saucy Kettle

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The lack of real beer and a American neon themed bar gives me the impression this is a kind of place the young like to come down on a Friday...

Black Lion

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Turning up late on a quiz night, standing up crushed against the bar, in the busiest pub in Surbiton probably isn't the best situation t...
Tuesday, 7 December 2010

The Antelope

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A mans pub.  The barman was huge, he towered above the bar and raised an eyebrow in contempt when we tried to order anything but a pint.  Ve...
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Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Waggon and Horses

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Although this pub right on the main road, we still got some cold stares through the window as we pulled up into one of the parking spaces ou...
Tuesday, 5 October 2010

El Peyote

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This place hadn't been open very long when we visited, which explains the high prices, but overlooking that I was pleasantly surprised. ...
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Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Canbury Arms

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Not sure how we missed this one before, a modern type of pub which focuses more on food than beer.  You do get table service here and a tab ...
Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Fairfield Tavern

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After getting away from the horror which was The Bricklayers Arms we ended up here.  Not a bad pub, much better more civilised than the one ...
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The Bricklayers Arms

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This is the Official Kingston Pub of Jeremy Kyle Rejects.  Members of the Cambridge Estate have meetings here all day, every day.  The clie...
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Saturday, 11 September 2010

The Cardinal

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This is the Bugsly Malone of pubs - almost everyone in here was a student, even the barboy. Quite surprising really as it's far from an...
1 comment:
Tuesday, 31 August 2010

No.88

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Previously known at the Kingston Tup (which was pretty nondescript), the newly refurbished Bar 88 has gone with a fresher contemporary feel...
1 comment:
Tuesday, 24 February 2009

The Willow Tree

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If you ever receive a text from a mate saying 'Hold your breath when you come in'. It generally isn't a good sign of things to c...
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009

The Norbiton & Dragon

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We strolled in just before 9pm, and first impressions were very good. The place has been recently refurbished into a very trendy looking pu...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

The Kingston Gate

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Amazing. No, not the pub, but imagine a carpark so unorganised that it would seem that half the people that drove here were already drunk b...
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Tuesday, 3 February 2009

The Alexandra

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Perhaps due to the inches of snow and ice that lined the streets this week, there was very little life in the Alexandra. It's quite a c...
Tuesday, 20 January 2009

The Albert

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If you have to drive here, don't bother. Being opposite the hospital, parking spaces are non existent. The cost of non residential park...
Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Foresters Arms

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This was actually the first pub we visited in Hampton wick, but upon the previous visit, our sensitive gag reflexes could not stand the smel...
Tuesday, 6 January 2009

The Old Kings Head

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Based on Hampton Court Road, isolated from pretty much the rest of Hampton Wick, the location of this pub makes me wonder why or how it stil...
Tuesday, 9 December 2008

The Railway

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Things to note while at this pub: Entertainment includes happy hardcore music, sport and Only Fools and Horses on TV. Probable sign theft fr...
Tuesday, 25 November 2008

The Swan

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We ordered the usual, but it wasn't until we sat down and actually started drinking we noticed these weren't quite the same beverage...
Tuesday, 18 November 2008

The White Hart

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Although retaining all it's traditional features on the outside, this once pub has now been refurbished into a generic hotel bar. After ...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

The Kings Tun

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The resident JD Weatherspoon bar is no doubt the largest and most popular drinking venue. We've been putting this one off due to it'...
Tuesday, 4 November 2008

The Wych Elm

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Upon entering this establishment the first thing to notice was how subdued the air was. Two aged regulars never moved an inch off their stoo...
Tuesday, 28 October 2008

The Willoughby Arms

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Promoted as mainly a sports pub this place looks incredibly like the Kelly Arms with it's late 19th century masonry. Once we were inside...
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008

The Wheelwrights Arms

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One of the last remaining independent high street pubs in Kingston, when I came here a few years ago I was greeted with grumpy unwelcoming f...
Tuesday, 7 October 2008

The Spring Grove

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Right behind the University campus, this huge pub is quite a hidden gem. Two polish female staff provided fast service as soon as we walked ...
Tuesday, 30 September 2008

The Park Tavern

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Tucked away, The Park Tavern took us 20minutes of driving around to finally find. It is a quaint little place with ornaments scattered all a...
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