Kings Arms Borough in Southwark

Smart characterful pub with relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff

Nice old pub with decent beer and food

Good beer and good food. Guest ales change regularly

London's Local Gem: The King's Arms We spent a week in London and stumbled upon The King's Arms, which quickly became our go-to pub. The atmosphere is electric, with fantastic food and drinks flowing freely. The staff, led by the wonderful Veronica, are top-notch - friendly, attentive, and made us feel right at home. We'll definitely be back, and we're tempted to say it might be our only pub in London - the experience is that good! Highly recommended."

Pub off the main streets but worth the detour

the biggest mess of a restaurant, children are not allowed but animals are. a shame for 2025, someone should take notice and close them down

sunday roast wasnt great but lovely pub for a pint

Nice local feel pub, with good hand pull pint

Cosy pub tucked in the alley. Perfect for an after work pint

Traditional old school pub. Cleaned up but not refurbished. Rather small by modern standards, so gets a bit crowded with few people. Well kept beer.

People have to walk on the street so your customers can sit and drink outside. Ridiculous.

Best pub in Borough. Great service. Brilliant atmosphere. Superb pork pies.

Great atmosphere during football matches ✌️

There was no one in which should have been an alarm bell. The beers were average, but cloudy. But the food was horrible!! I have a chicken burger and it was hard, dry and cold. I would not recommend eating here!!!

Nice atmosphere, really pleasant place for a pint just the glass was greasy so ale lost any head quickly in a curdle of bubbles

Good, small, bar on a side street between The Borough and London Bridge. A pint of Cruzcampo is £6.50. The service is fast and friendly. And as it's off the main drag it's not as rammed as others in the area. Give it a try.

What a beautiful place for the pint or two.

Nice pub off the beaten track. Great service and friendly helpful staff. All in all beautiful pub.

Pub hasn't changed much in the last 30 years.....The place has evolved over time and not been designed in an office full of non rectangular desks and plants chosen to enhance creativity. Food more than adequate beer well kept. So what's not to like

Este es un encantador pub tradicional. El personal era muy amable y el asado del domingo era absolutamente excelente - calidad y relación calidad-precio. Muy recomendable

Lovely historic pub in a great location. Shame its so small!

It was a shame that there was so little choice at breakfast plus moldy bread that doesn't work at all. You can't open the windows to ventilate because of bad air in the bedroom. Not for large families. Still nice old English flair.

Food was good, and drinks as well. Nice and friendly staff. We ordered chicken burger 🍔 and sausage mashed potatoes 🥔 😋 with wings and pork belly. Everything was tasty and delicious 😋

Nice atmosphere and friendly service. Drinks were also nice with unusually a great selection of house wines. Also a very basic round of a glass of wine and a glass of coke came in £3.50 cheaper than a pub we next met friends in which had a lot less atmosphere and seemed more chain like.

Nos alejamos del bullicioso mercado del condado y queríamos encontrar un lugar donde no tuviéramos que pararnos y comer comida de cartón! No me malinterpretes, el mercado es una gran experiencia animada y una visita obligada cuando está en la zona. A 5 minutos a pie y encontramos esta joya. Gran comida a precios no londinenses - el pescado y las patatas fritas en la masa de cerveza fueron los mejores que he tenido durante mucho tiempo. Jamón, huevo y patatas fritas - era lo que decía en la etiqueta! Comida sencilla - bien hecho. Una buena gama de cervezas y vinos. Personal amable y servicial. Los lugareños deben estar muy contentos con este pub - tan pocos pubs honestos, reales que quedan. Volveremos.

A traditional London pub, serving quality ales at reasonable prices. A simple menu of a good standard....hard to find so close to Borough Market. Pleasant helpful staff. A pub worth seeking our for the occasional visit to this part of the city.

Great pub, has changed a lot since my last visit. Good cask ales.

Nice place, very friendly, good range of drinks.

A great restaurant in a small street in London, friendly waiter (rare in London), Beef Sunday Roast absolutely delicious. Nothing to add except a bonus point for this famous Beef Sunday Roast which brought me several “mmmmmhs” of happiness!

Great Pub, delicious fish and chips for 15£, great staff. Near to boroug Market and much better!!!

A great place, The Kings Arms, just off Borough High Street is a pub serving a variety of cask and keg beers, all perfectly kept. Wonderful people behind the bar offering excellent service. A lovely place for a beer on a great day!

Good pub. Worth a visit with some good beers on offer. Outside drinking on the street/tables on the kerbside.

Nice back street pub in the heart of London Bridge

Lovely comfortable armchairs in a traditional London pub. Very friendly staff.

Nice pub, let you sit outside until quite late which is a big bonus

Booked this pub for my retirement drink last night. The manager was great in organising it. Food was excellent..drinks fairly well priced. We had a great time. Highly recommend

For me the best bar in London. Had nothing to eat, just beer.

Very old school pub on a nice side street

Dane and his staff were excellent. The Sunday Roast and other food and drinks were fantastic. This was a very memorable experience for me and my family. I highly recommend visiting the Kings Arms pub if you are in London.

A lovely and warm boozer with great staff. Always happy to stop by

It's free to offer but a friendly smile from bar staff as you walk in means you know your in a proper pub. Beer good too

Called in a few years ago on a pub crawl and vowed to return for a proper visit Friday night, just just enough - England match on/ staff incredible, food impeccable, hand pulled dark star hophead delectable, decor and exterior is as it should be- green tiled, ornate, Victorian opulence, dressed with riotous flowering window boxes, interior is as you want - traditional pub stools, easy chairs. Sofas stools - bliss

I've been here many times, but it's never happened that I ask for a beer, and they give me the beer to someone else who didn't want it anymore, and he gave it to me, it was warm, I don't know how many minutes it had been there. I asked for another beer, and he didn't want to serve me, it was very nasty of him,

Lovely little pub. Very traditional. Nice beer. Nice atmosphere. Reasonable prices.

Lovely hideaway from the hustle and bustle around London Bridge. Good selection of ales and comfy sofas. Great place to meet in afternoon.

What a great find down a side street off Borough. A good London boozer with no pretentiousness & with a nostalgic tones of the past. Well tended & varied cask ales, friendly service & a good range of pub food.

One of a sadly dwindling examples of a really good old boozer. Fabulous unmolested interior with first class ales in good condition. Good service, too. A most welcome antidote to the awful post-yuppie poncy pubs that serve horrible modern beers. Brilliant.

Cosy atmosphere, friendly staff and good choice of Ale.

Traditional Victorian pub off Borough High Street - virtually a parody of a London local neighbourhood boozer - spills onto the narrow Newcomen Street, hard to ignore, harder to resist. Authentic and grounded. An informed beer selection here, reasonable prices, snug and far enough from the maddening crowd. The colourful, well-referenced exterior Royal coat of arms makes for a handy anecdotal titbit. This be the real thing - seek it out, history is on your side.

We went in here for a drink off chance 2 weeks ago as we were passing and I'm glad we did. It's a fantastic boozer with a good selection of real ales, I liked it so much we went back the next day. Although we didn't eat here the food did look nice

I only drank beer but they let me try them all before choosing. Friendly staff and welcoming environment

Had a Harvey's. Nice local pub and one of the first north serving Harvey's.

A lovely traditional London Pub. Sunday Roast Beef was delightful. In addition the pub boasts a great selection of Real Ale.

Lovely, traditional, London pub. Eclectic clientele, good traditional food on menu and range of good ales. Very relaxed atmosphere

One of the best traditional pub experiences! Amazinig cask management! A real gem

It’s a locals local, insofar as such a thing can exist in this part of town. Suits and people who do real jobs mix along nicely. The food is nice and, more importantly (in my eyes), so is the range of beers.

Cosy traditional pub with attentive staff and well kept beers- including Harveys Best- great pub

The kings arms is one of the best pubs in se1.great bar staff well run.by veronica.

Scotch eggs, pork pies Nice beer.

This pub does not allow dogs. Seems nice otherwise, but it’s a dealbreaker for me.

Great pint of Guinness. An historic building,

Nice to drink in a traditional pub with friendly staff

A very nice traditional pub close to London Bridge. We always drink there when in this part of London. Good range of tap beers. Not yet discovered by tourists!

Great rooms - very good food - helpful friendly staff

Seems really nice- good real ales as well

We called into this local Southwark pub after a visit to the nearby Shard. I had an excellent pint of real ale and my wife had a glass of their red wine which she said was also excellent. We had two hot sausage rolls which were delicious. The lovely bar staff at The King's Arms were friendly and very welcoming and we really enjoyed our lunchtime visit. I highly recommend this local Southwark pub, ten out of ten for everything.

We loved this pub - traditional feel and never too busy. Barkeep was always polite and friendly. I’d go here every night if I could.

This is a fantastic pub and never fails to disappoint. Beer is always on fantastic condition and I have my best pints of Harvey's, Black Sheep and Landlord. The do a great range of English tapas , scotch eggs, pork pies and sausage rolls. Friendly and welcoming bar staff What's not to like?

Hidden gem away from nearby madness of Borough market. Good atmosphere, friendly staff and very reasonable prices.

A chance encounter. Simple, cosy and unpretentious London corner pub. Featured in the Good Pub Guide and Good Beer Guide. A pint of real ale with a pork pie. Bring the dog. What more could you wish for? 🇬🇧🇳🇿

Super nettes Personal, man kommt mit den Einheimischen ins Gespräch. Essen und Service sehr gut. Uriges Ambiente!

Lovely pub, friendly staff and clientele

This is a lovely pub for food. The food is fresh and portion sizes are great. The staff are friendly and the pub is clean and I would recommend going here when in the London Bridge area.

Harvey's on tap (my favorite beer) check. Sausage roll (it's been 13 years) check. Paulie a happy bunny... check.

Nice pub with friendly local landlady, good fish and chips.

Small pub, big energy. Bright and airy on an early sunny Saturday afternoon. Down a cool little side street (maybe a mews?) with an equally cool coffee shop next door. Lovely decorations outside and in with a classic interior. And Landlord on cask means I’m stopping in for a pint!

Went in here and bought a drink then saw two mice walking about on the bar - left immediately

I had three excellent real ales here, but I think five were on offer on the bar. Wonderful unspoilt interior.

Excellent place to have a delicious meal in a great atmosphere and reasonably priced.

Actually a really great pub, but it might be the only pub in London that doesn’t let dogs in which really sucks guys. Especially if you have a dog, but also, if you don’t have a dog and just want to look at dogs.

Bartender was great and let me try a few, recommended a nice cider. Sit in the big comfy chair and you’ll feel special

A quaint local pub, the service and atmosphere were great. We went 1 hour before the kitchen closed and the food was a bit slow to come out. My bf didn't like his white wine spritzer or my fish cake, though the salad was nice, and he did like his beer-battered fish and the chips were nice and crispy. I was expecting the stick toffee pudding to be sticky but it wasn't, so that was a bit disappointing, but the custard sauce it came with was fantastic and cut the sweetness beautifully.

Proper pub in the 21st Century. Exceptional service, exceptional beer, with locals that are very friendly. Want to fold it up, put it in my pocket and take it home!

Great traditional pub, would highly recommend!

Nice old-school type of pub with its authentic approach to its appearance. Good fast service, and the crowd seems welcoming and relaxed.

Great pub. Professional and friendly staff. Great beers on tap too. We need more of these real pubs.

Well over .priced.£16,95 for two drinks Same two drinks in another two bars £10,15.

Great place English folk session going on every first Sunday

Fantastic pub in se1 great homecooked food and awesome staff. A mixed crowd keeps it very entertaining.

Great pub with good beer and good food. I hired the function room upstairs for my birthday at a very fair price. Got the pub buffet, the one thing everyone commented on was that the sandwiches were made from 'proper bread' IE not pre-sliced. All the food was great including the pizzas I added from the bar menu. And Ben the landlord is a very friendly accommodating guy.

Good English boozer. Great prices for location. Bit scruffy, like the clientel.

Fantastic little pub off the Borough High Street. The staff were very friendly and cheerful and the pub was very clean and tidy. A nice range of ales available. The Guinness was excellent (even the first pour of the day) as was the Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter. And as an aside, they had jos sticks in the men's toilets- which works a treat. A bit of history: the coat of arms out the front was formally attached to a gateway spanning the old London Bridge (from Historic England)

Unfortunately they don’t allow dogs. We weren’t even offered a drink outside.

What is not to like - pub, great beer and service - lovely location. Yes please - my local, the place to go !

Great pub! Thoughtful staff. Always a good experience 🥂👍

Friday night and the best atmosphere in london!! Such a cool pub, and amazing staff... our team would drink nowhere else

Warm and friendly, we had fish and chips 2for1 offer, really good!

Quality staff, the best lazy chairs on earth and a Good pint.

Disrespectful to all construction people Just avoid this place

Busy pub with a great atmosphere