Brown & Rosie in Kensington and Chelsea

Debo de haber pasado este pub tantas veces, pero nunca hemos estado en hasta hoy cuando estábamos buscando comida en un pub. No estaba muy lleno y la decoración es peculiar y colorida. El pub es algo un poco diferente en esta zona.

For many years I used Greenfields where I received consistently outstanding courteous, friendly, and swift service. Now where are they? Food quality was always the highest and prices reasonable but creeping up forced upon them by rapacious landlord happy to cede their territory to the growing French / Belgian community. Was it not Bonaparte who referred to the English as a "nation of shopkeepers"? Is it not ironic, therefore, that where he could not win at Waterloo his descendants could in South Ken....

Un amigo y yo fuimos a almorzar hoy para probar este restaurante vegano. Parecía agradable dentro de la cafetería, luminoso y aireado. Pedimos nuestro almuerzo: ensalada césar con frutas, hamburguesa vegana, cruditas y ensalada de col rizada. Quedé extremadamente sorprendido cuando la comida llegó a nuestra mesa con dos platos vacíos, y luego toda la comida que aún estaba en recipientes de plástico para llevar (de la nevera de autoservicio) también se llevó a la mesa. Vaya timo. No solo no teníamos comida fresca servida en nuestro plato sino que teníamos que servirla de los recipientes de plástico. No vale la pena el precio anunciado en el menú.

After having our wedding reception here a few years ago, we were reluctant to return in case the experience wasn’t as special. We shouldn’t have worried about that - the service here is exceptional. We visited for a drink a few months ago and sat at the bar and enjoyed it so much we booked in for a roast dinner. The food was excellent and easily in the top three roast dinners we’ve had in London, if not the whole of the UK. The service on every occasion we’ve been has been amazing. The staff are friendly, attentive and can’t do enough to ensure your visit is a good one. We’ll definitely be going back.

The Builders Arms on Britten st is my local. Not to be confused with the one on St Albans Grove, as most Uber drivers, do. Cabbies at least have the common sense to ask, “which one”? I was there on a sunny day - quite the vibe with everyone overflowing onto the street, much to the displeasure of their resident neighbours. I am always amazed at people knowingly buying a home in close proximity to a pub and then spend the rest of their lives complaining of the noise, to authorities. It seems that the obvious discount imbedded in the purchase price of their property (thanks to the pub) was only due to their clever negotiating skills! The Builders menu offers good pub fare as well as a very social atmosphere. I would recommend upgrading their pub sound system to do justice to their excellent playlist! Nothing worse than Alice Cooper’s “school’s out” through a tin-sounding speaker!