Anglesea Arms in Kensington and Chelsea

The Anglesea Arms, nestled in South Kensington, is a classic pub with an atmosphere that truly takes your breath away. The charm of its setting makes it an inviting spot to unwind and enjoy a meal. The food is a standout feature—creative, delicious, and thoughtfully prepared, showcasing a level of quality that’s hard to beat. That being said, prepare to pay on the high end of the city's price point for your meal here. Unfortunately, the drink offerings fell short of expectations during my visit. The cask ales were soured, suggesting the lines and cellar could use more attentive care. Even the cider I had was somewhat flat, which was disappointing given the overall potential of the pub. Service was courteous and informative, but the pace was noticeably slow, which detracted from an otherwise enjoyable experience. While the ambiance and food were exceptional, the issues with drinks and service left room for improvement. If you’re visiting The Anglesea Arms, I’d recommend it for the food and the setting but suggest caution when it comes to the ales (maybe try a cocktail or a bottled/canned option for beers/ciders). With some adjustments, this pub could truly shine.

Really lovely pub! Very friendly and attentive service and the food is so delicious. I highly recommend the Beef Wellington. We will be back soon

The Anglesea Arms in South Kensington is a delightful British pub that blends traditional charm with exceptional dining. Known for its welcoming atmosphere and attentive service, it offers a fantastic selection of classic British dishes, with the Sunday roast being a particular highlight. The cozy interior and friendly staff make it a perfect spot for a casual meal or a relaxing drink. Whether you’re enjoying a hearty lunch or simply unwinding with a pint, The Anglesea Arms offers a warm, inviting experience that keeps guests coming back for more.

Delicious food and atmosphere. A little slow with the service. But overall a lovely Saturday lunch.

A fabulous pub. Atmospheric and delicious food too!

One of favourite pubs and dining rooms. Couple of drinks in the bar and then taken into the cozy dinning room with fire. The wood panelling and candles give it a really romantic atmosphere. The food, as always, was very good. I choose the roast beef which meant 3 generous slices of rare beef with all the trimmings which were all cooked perfectly. Made room for the trifle that had gingerbread instead of sponge and was really nice and festive. Service was excellent as usual. Highly recommend.

Cold inside the pub, Guinness served in non Guinness glasses, steaks overcooked, staff took the plates away before everyone had finished eating. Not impressed but only place in the area with a table free on a weekend in December

Just lovely. We went on a windy Saturday for lunch. The cheese burger oh my. The cheese burger. Best I’ve had in London.

Sorry but the pub/kitchen couldn’t cope with the numbers. Service was rushed but it did calm down, sadly not in time to salvage the dinner which was at best average..

Menu had a good selection and my choice was well cooked and tasty. The staff were can do and attentive. The atmosphere in the dining room was cosy.

The Sunday roast was exceptional. Atmosphere & ambiance was perfect. Cosy Sunday afternoon vibes with gorgeous food

The service was good, the food however wasn’t what it said on the menu, and the food was bland. Wouldn’t recommend for food but vibey for drinks

Good service, friendly staff. Nice venue and good Sunday roast

Food was very good. Service efficient and friendly. Really enjoyed the snug eating area - thank you. Will be back.

Be sure to try a truly English pub.

Beautiful, cosy pub. Food was excellent. First time in this establishment but will definitely be returning

Posto davvero molto molto carino, con atmosfera molto rilassante. Cibo che non mi ha entusiasmato più di tanto:  io ho assaggiato un doppio cheeseburger senza infamia, senza  lode (buone le patatine al contorno e la salsa). Birra (pale ale di due tipi) buona ma non buonissima.

Really very very nice place, with a very relaxing atmosphere. Food that didn't excite me too much: I tasted a double cheeseburger without infamy, without praise (the side chips and sauce were good). Beer (two types of pale ales) good but not very good.

Had the Sunday roast dinner. Very nice. The place is very popular, but room in the dining room. Would recommend booking in advance to eat.

Beef was so chewy I couldn’t eat it. Rest was good

Great food great staff and great pub venue!! Highly recommend

Service wasn’t great. Waited almost an hour for desserts order to be taken and for it to arrive.

Nuestro grupo fue unánime en su elogio de la comida en Anglesea. Tomé la sopa de cebolla como entrante y el tagliatelle como principal. Fue la mejor sopa de cebolla que he probado, delicada pero intensa al mismo tiempo. El ragu en el que estaba el tagliatelle era perfecto. Sabor profundo y bien redondeado que combinaba perfectamente con la pasta perfecta. No puedo esperar a volver.

Highly recommended. Friendly and meticulous service. Outstanding food! Warm atmosphere! Somewhat pricey but worth it ! Great dinning experience!

Lovely Sunday lunch with good service. Friendly With a nice atmosphere.

He estado aquí de vez en cuando durante unos años, principalmente para unas pintas y comida ocasional, pero recientemente el estándar de la cerveza real ha caído. Sé que una pinta puede ser del final del barril y entiendo que no todas las pintas pueden ser perfectas, pero el propietario del TT era en el mejor de los casos promedio, así que cambiamos el Tributo. Bueno, no puedo creer que me lo hayan servido. Estaba nublado y realmente no necesitaba probarlo para saber lo malo que era, pero lo hice para confirmar que era horrible y lo envié de vuelta. Obviamente me pasé a otra cosa, el Guinness, del que no soy fan en particular pero que siempre es decente. El personal del bar, ya sea por desconocimiento de lo que fuera, no se preocupó por el Homenaje y no reaccionó cuando dije que estaba apagado y el barril se quedó encendido para algún otro cliente desprevenido, que esperaba que conociera una pinta mala (o repugnante en este caso) y lo enviara de vuelta también. Es un pub encantador, pero tan decepcionante el personal no parece preocuparse por la cerveza.

Lovely candlelit dining room and nice ambience but the worst pub food I have had for a long time. The roasts were completely cold x3, the Yorkshire pudding was, as a result, hard and stale, the meat was as though it had been out on a pass for at least 30minutes and the gravy was lukewarm. The potatoes were undercooked, the whole thing was like school dinners and it cost £26. It took about half an hour to arrive which is not too bad but that meant that the options were either suffering it or sending it back and waiting for something else, which we did not have time for and we were all hungry. One friend got the burger and he said this was fine (but again £21 for a burger and some fries...). Similarly the fish and chips tasted of pure oil, there was no flavour to the batter at all and half of the chips were inedible due to being undercooked. The mushy peas were as cold as everything else. We sent back one of the roasts, and made the waiter aware of the issues with all of the food. The waiting staff were nice but not proactive. Ended up paying about £40 each once drinks accounted for, despite it being an extremely low quality meal. Wish we had only come for a drink and saved ourselves the experience!

Me and my husband had spent a good 4-5 hours in here last week, casually having a few drinks, seeing a family member we had not seen in 8 years, and we had come all the way from Scotland to catch up after both of us had lost close family in recent years, none of us were inebriated as we had been doing much more talking than drinking, for which we could tell the staff inside didn't actually appreciate, the whole evening was ruined as we stepped outside to say goodbye and part ways at about 9:15pm, we were harassed by a bouncer with a power complex, who said we weren't allowed to stand on the public pavement outside the pub, who we kindly corrected, and informed him that we can, it's a public pavement the pub do not own it, he said taxis pull in next to where we stood, and people wait here, even though nobody was there, i.e person waiting, taxi or otherwise, we walked along to the corner away from the taxi area where a couple was also standing smoking and chatting, we started to say our goodbyes for just a minute, but then we were again harassed by the same bouncer with a power complex trying to tell us we had to cross the road or something, we pointed out the couple only 3 feet away from us who they had not spoken to at all, and again informed him that he cannot tell us we cannot stand on a public pavement, and told him to go away in a calm but frim manner, he then brought a friend outside to speak to us, we would presume the head doorman, he spoke to us in a much nicer manner, and then said the locals had complained about large gatherings outside the pub! There were 3 of us and the couple smoking, and the two bouncers and now the original (power complex bouncer) is now filming us on his phone! 5 people is not a large gathering, and it's only 9:30! All this was absolutely ridiculous, but all we actually said was again to go away, which he did finally and finally after 20 odd minutes of needless harassment we got the 5 uninterrupted minutes we needed to say goodbye! Horrible experience! Very much do not recommend.

Mi marido y yo habíamos pasado unas buenas 4-5 horas aquí la semana pasada, tomando casualmente unas copas, viendo a un miembro de la familia que no habíamos visto en 8 años, y habíamos venido desde Escocia para ponernos al día después de que ambos habíamos perdido a la familia cercana en los últimos años, ninguno de nosotros estaba ebrio, ya que habíamos estado haciendo mucho más hablando que beber, por lo que pudimos decir que el personal dentro no apreciaba realmente, toda la noche se arruinó cuando salimos a despedirnos y nos separamos a eso de las 9 : 15 pm, fuimos acosados por un portero con un complejo eléctrico, que dijo que no nos permitían pararnos en la acera pública fuera del pub, que amablemente corregimos, y le informamos que podemos, es una acera pública que el pub no es de su propiedad, dijo que los taxis se detienen al lado de donde estábamos parados, y la gente espera aquí, a pesar de que no había nadie allí, es decir, persona esperando, taxi o de otro tipo, caminamos hasta la esquina lejos de la zona de taxis donde una pareja también estaba parada fumando y charlando, comenzamos a despedirnos por solo un minuto, pero luego fuimos acosados de nuevo por el mismo portero con un complejo eléctrico tratando de decirnos que teníamos que cruzar la carretera o algo así, señalamos a la pareja a solo 3 pies de distancia de nosotros que no habían hablado en absoluto, y nuevamente le informamos que no puede decirnos que no podemos pararnos en una acera pública, y le dijo que se vaya de una manera tranquila pero frim, luego trajo a un amigo afuera para hablar con nosotros, supondríamos que el portero principal, nos habló de una manera mucho más agradable, y luego dijo que los lugareños se habían quejado de grandes reuniones fuera del pub! Éramos 3 de nosotros y la pareja fumando, y los dos porteros y ahora el original (portero complejo de poder) ahora nos está filmando en su teléfono! 5 personas no es una gran reunión, y son sólo 9: 30 ! Todo esto fue absolutamente ridículo, pero todo lo que dijimos fue de nuevo que se fuera, lo que finalmente hizo y finalmente después de 20 minutos extraños de acoso innecesario obtuvimos los 5 minutos ininterrumpidos que necesitábamos para despedirnos! ¡Horrible experiencia! Muy poco recomiendo.

Slightly strange if well meant service. Asking for dessert orders at 2140 before mains had arrived as kitchen was closed. So we skipped dessert. Also the 21 rule for alcohol a little annoying as we had our 19 year old son with. This is a UK restaurant not a US bar. Good food.

All staff were very pleasant. A lovely family meal

Came here for lunch on the guidance of Rick Steves and had a wonderful time. Went on a Saturday near lunch time and had not issue getting a table near the bar. Service was great and the food was delicious. Would definitely come back if back in the area! Although tipping is not very well known in the UK, this restaurant does include a service charge in your bill. Just an FYI…

The food was excellent, and the Beef Wellington was perfectly cooked. The staff was friendly, knowledgeable, and efficient, making our experience quite enjoyable. The pub's dining room was cozy and charming; however, the bar upstairs was quite noisy, likely due to it being Saturday night. While this slightly affected the ambiance, it didn't detract much from our overall experience.

Good atmosphere but DAMN £5.89 for an apple juice?? Mind-blowing. Man just wanted an appletiser and it wasn’t even that, just your flat 60p carton apple juice with a 10x markup. Left shortly after. Seemed like a good vibe (small and loud like everywhere else here though ofc).

Veggie starters and sides were amazing but the veggie salad main was quite lacking in flavour. Service was really good.

Este otoño mi esposa y yo viajamos a Londres por primera vez. Estábamos buscando un pub en la zona para probar un tradicional Sunday Roast. ¡Los Anglesea Arms no decepcionaron! Las porciones son generosas y el pub ofrece múltiples opciones de asados. Yo tenía una carne de res y mi esposa tenía un pollo - ambos eran muy buenos! ¡La próxima vez que estemos en Londres volveremos!

Wonderful swanky pub with a cosy atmosphere and hearty British food. I come here with my family all the time, and even though it gets really busy, the service is always on point!

My wife and I went to The Angelsea Arms recently for lunch. We were in the area visiting the V&A and Natural History Museums. Pub is in walking distance to museums and South Kensington tube station. There is indoor seating by bar and separate dining room plus outdoor seating. Service was prompt. I had double cheeseburger and my wife had squash & lentil salad. Burger was excellent and hit the spot. Nice selection of beer and wine. We had a very good time and recommend.

Arrived earlier than booking, but was shown to table. Service was brilliant, I was with an elderly relation who was extremely impressed also. Food was great, and served with a smile. Perfect ambience, not too loud so able to have a decent conversation. Thank you for such a lovely afternoon

The staff was fantastic but a super loud table of guy’s were sat near us and we could t hear our selves. I should have asked to have them moved but it was a bummer. The staff as I said was EXCELLENT so you should please commend them.

Very nice place to enjoy a drink and have a good talk

Great place for a pint or two or three! Excellent service. Nice friendly pub with an upscale feeling. First the neighborhood!

Great spot in the restaurant nice atmosphere and good food.

Very good food, charming dining room, very, very noisy.

Great service, very attentive and kind. Lovely food which came out in good time given how busy it was. Would happily come again :)

Likely the slowest service across London pubs

Delicious food and good wines. A cracking evening.

Cozy pub, nice lighting, lovely ale.

Great pub overall. Very good roast. Great vibe and service. Recommend

Only had a few beers but it is a great pub

We came here to celebrate our friend’s pregnancy - all of us have eaten here before albeit a few years ago and we’re looking forward to a good meal. Unfortunately we were left incredibly disappointed by a poor meal and even worse service. Our mains arrived before our starter so we sent the mains back. We had to wait ages for the starter to arrive and then even longer for our mains after we have finished the starter. We had ordered two steaks which arrived at the table cold. Cold because they had simply returned our original mains to the kitchen when we sent them back and put them under a heat lamp for an hour…when we questioned this they offered to reheat the steak. Reheat a cold steak that had been cooked over an hour ago because they messed up the timing of the order. No apology made. Because my friend is pregnant and understandably cautious about food at this time we asked them to cook fresh steaks. Not an unreasonable request you would think when you are paying £24 for a steak. They reluctantly did so after a fair bit of back and forth. The attitude of the manager was honestly astounding - very unapologetic, made us feel that our reasonable request was causing a lot of unnecessary fuss. Will not be eating here again and would not recommend to anyone.

My sister got ID by the moronic bartender woman for a Coca Cola….!!! A Coca Cola and she got ID’d and refused service. She is 20. Ridiculous place where you have to be 21 to order a soft drink, outdated and stupid.

Five stars from me . Excellent vibe and atmosphere. Amazing Baked Camembert and Rib-eye. And my love - Paulaner Oktoberfest on tap was great . Thank you !

Great food and fantastic service!

Great, friendly service and the food was excellent! Clearly a very popular spot, it was packed the whole night. Look forward to the next time!!

We had a lovely waiter, however, the Sunday roast was cold, the gravy tasted like tomato soup and the portion sizes were inconsistent (small size for a roast and the price). Ultimately for the quality of food it was overpriced, we left to find other food.

Lovely atmosphere but they don’t cater for allergies. I’ve never experienced this before and had to walk out - very upsetting, do better.

Walked in and the server looked at us, came up to us and we had a table within five minutes. The server was excellent, he explained everything. Then the food was great. If we come to London again. I will be here also the Old Fashion was just like a Wisconsin Old Fashion.

The front pub area and outdoor space were great, but the restaurant was underwhelming and overpriced for what it was.

Food was adequate but for the cost it was nothing special. Shared starter and Sunday roast was well presented but potatoes were overly crispy, and meat was very fatty. Charged £1 for extra small gravy boat. Beer wasn’t well poured with hardly any head. Waiting staff were polite.

Sunday lunch is ludicrously large. Quality good. All diners bunched together so claustrophobic, hot and noisy. Fire exit blocked by table with 6 diners.

Came for the Sunday roast at 7pm. Pre booked as all we wanted was a Sunday roast. They had sold out early of all 4 roasts so we bought off the main menu. Was way better than most pub food was expensive for what we came for. Service was fantastic

Lucas is by far the best here. Go see him! L

Lucas, our waiter who was from Brazil was excellent. He was knowledgeable, kind, and gave superior service. The soup and Camembert appetizer were delicious, but we would go back just for Lucas’ service! Highly recommend in South Kensington.

We all had Sunday roasts. The lamb was very fatty and tasteless, and I was not impressed with the huge lump of cabbage as a space filler. Carrots were burnt. The waitress was surley and clearly not enjoying her job. A real shame as fond memories of great roasts there in years gone by I hope it was just a bad day

My wife and I are from Orlando, Florida. While in London for a few days before boarding our cruise ship in Southampton, we are lunch at this lovely English Pub. If and when I am near Buckingham Palace in the future, I would definitely eat the here again.

Nice location but of the three beers, the peroni was flat and ale was off. Being able to serve beer is pretty much the bare minimum for a pub...

Nice small restaurant at back of pub. Calm atmosphere which was lovely in London, staff were very attentive and quality of food was good. London prices of course so not cheap but a very enjoyable few hours and would recommend.

Excellent roast meal on a Sunday afternoon! Delicious!

Excellent pub with outdoor patio. We had a large group of 18 for a private party and Sunday roast and everything was excellent.

Great Sunday roast ! Fish and chips and great brews. Service amazing ! Cheers !

This is a popular pub in a ritzy area. Had a great chinwag with a local chap.

Little disappointed. Daughter had highly recommended and we took the Underground to eat there. Food was good but service was not up to our expectations. We asked to sit be window but server said that was a four top and we were a couple. We were the only ones in the restaurant so not very accommodating. The only two tops were by the stairs (which everyone from the pub passed enroute to the toilet) and one other which had a view of the server’s area and the cleaning supplies. Then when a family of four arrived, the server placed them right next to us (less than 2 feet) when there was an entire dining area of empty tables. Ambiance was dead due to lack of clientele. Should have opted for the pub or outside which were quite lively. My steak was good and wife had the fish but not sure of the nestle 100 pound bill.

This place was on our list for a while and we went there on a Friday evening and it was packed to the rafters with a good buzz. We had a good time here and got a quick snack. I would definitely recommend this place for a good vibe.

Lovely, cosy restaurant with candle lit tables. Had the beef wellington which was delicious and a fantastic rhubarb trifle. Great service. Would recommend!

Very attractive pub with good Guinness, probably the best in South Kensington. Well-heeled crowd.

Anglesea Arms was a great spot to have a Sunday roast

One of my fave Sunday roasts in London! (Also one of my fave pubs )!

Nice place to spend a Friday night, just look out for the David Bautista lookalike, you might not notice him if he stands very still.

Great pub. Good food. Good service. Thoroughly recommended.

We ate dinner here with our American friends visiting for a couple of days. We were very pleased with the pub being a very traditional British pub. We all had fish and chips which was nice...not overwhelmingly good but nice enough. I thought the food in general was very over priced. The service was excellent with a very attentive waiter/manager.

Hurried and non attentive service. Average food.

Great location, good food and lovely staff. Highly recomnended.

Service was very good. Sadly the Sunday roasts were really quite poor. Lamb and Beef were very over cooked and clearly cooked in the morning and reheated. Meat was grey and fatty. Veg avg at best. Could and should do better. Many other London pubs have superb Sunday roasts with a little more effort.

Service was reasonable but food was very disappointing, I had the Kiev, overcooked, dry and no garlic taste. Mash potato was cold, watery and poorly seasoned. Vegetables were barely cooked. Not what’s I’d call pretty food, all looked a bit too rustic. Also saw other main course, fish and chips etc and that didn’t look great either. Wouldn’t return.

we both ordered fish and chips with mushy peas. The fish was under cooked as it wasnt white. cod should be pure white. The batter was like a piece of wet rag only tougher. The peas were something our of a horror story, no way did those taste like any peas l have had in 80 years, even at an outside fair taste better, so goodness But l sure as hell know they wasnt peas . The whole meal at a charge of 83.42GBP and 46GBP of that was for the fish. I told the waitress that if l started at the other end of the fish, which by the way was yellow l would have demanded my money back and the so called chef need to be got rid of. But we were tired, been at the hospital for hours and we were both hungry. Wish we had gone elsewhere

Perfect Sunday lunch spot, great selection of beers and exquisite wine list. Team is very attentive will definitely be back

Ohhhh it was such a great time here , I had the best Sunday breakfast in here, the waitress was so nice and she had a smile all through our services

After our visit to the V & A we wanted a nice place to eat away from the busy area … looking at reviews for The Anglesea Arms we booked !!!! So pleased we did , what a find …. Great staff, excellent food and the wine list was fantastic!! We sat out side in their cozy terrace….. sheer bliss! Definitely going back next time we are in London.

Beautiful character pub, relaxed ambience, stylish and lovely food!!

Went there with Family for Sunday roast. One of the best beef roast what I had so far. Big choose of beers and very friendly staff Highly recommend this place.

A wonderful pub of a simpler time; magnificent ambiance and a combination of delectable traditional food and exemplary service make The Anglesea Arms a pub of the highest class.

Superb standard of cuisine. The Sunday roast was outstanding. I rarely eat 3 courses but did on this occasion because it was so good! We will return for sure.

Love the location and ambiance. Hyper local and have had a decent experience before. The major issue on this last round was that the food took a really long time to come out, and when it did all of our roasts were waaaaay overcooked. I think they mistakenly took medium rare to mean medium well--and half the dishes were roasted beef. There was no follow up from the servers and considering how long it took for the food to be delivered we weren't about to send it back and wait even longer. Generally, a disappointing experience. I don't think we'll be going back.

Fantastic Sunday Roast 👍amazing friendly staff I would definitely recommend this pub it’s always a pleasure We love the terrace it’s a great outside space

Atmosfera tipica da pub, molto curato. Cameriera bravissima e molto attenta. Cibo molto buono. Forse un po’ caro.

Loved our first time for Sunday lunch. Staff were lovely and food outstanding

Noisy because there was a football match but good atmosphere

Fantastic location, warm atmosphere,and great outdoor space.

Always a good vibe for a pint. They have the big football matches on! The terrace is a nice bonus on sunny days.