Spring Grove in Kingston upon Thames

Lovely early supper with 11 of us. Helpful staff and so accommodating. Food was just superb! We would be back!

Great hidden gem. Cosy heated garden and great cask conditioned beers - 6 different lines. Super friendly staff and a great vibe. Will definitely be back!!

Popped in for a quick drink, 2 hours later had cocktails, sunday roast and dessert. Wonderful service by Evie who was very hospitable and attentive. Really great job with the refurbishment. We will definitely be going back again. Also was lovely to meet the new general manager Jack.

Came in for Sunday roast, was expecting the usual pub experience. Boy was I wrong! Everything was great - staff friendly and attentive, yet not overbearing. The food was the big highlight. Perfect sized portions and excellent flavours. They definitely have a chef in the kitchen and not just a pub cook. Will be back. Tried many places in Kingston / Surbiton area but this one takes the crown. Also, who ever has done the recent renovations on this place deserves to be on Grand Designs. Go here NOW!

I can say with confidence that every time I've visited this place with my family to celebrate any occasion, we've had an amazing time there. The ambience, service, and food quality have never disappointed us, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great place to celebrate with their loved ones.

Good food. The onion soup was very tasty. The real ale was very good. Bit quiet but service was efficient and friendly.

They Use to have snack like chips , nuts . Now they don not anymore Also impossible to order from the app if you are in the garden . Not table numbers available

Great place. Sunday lunch is awesome

I just wanted to write in to say thank you to the entire team for making my 83 year old mum’s Mother’s Day so very special. Right from the booking process, to the welcome we got as we came in, the service was exemplary. Mia, Evie, Luke and every single member of staff were attentive, kind, sensitive and a joy to be around. What a lovely atmosphere!! I saw them interacting with customers positively. The food was fresh, excellent ingredients and expertly made. Choice of drinks was plentiful. And the lovely flowers were an added bonus! Mamma was over the moon. We shall be back soon.

We came today for Mother’s Day lunch, the pub was really busy as expected! Our server Evie was very cheery & helpful & the food was really good. My vegetarian beetroot Wellington in particular was delicious. Service was quick! The only negative is that we were seated at the back of the pub right by the door and unfortunately people are constantly going in and out to smoke, blasting us with cold damp air every few minutes. This isn’t the pubs fault obviously but if we visited again I would specify not sitting at that table.

Hadn't been here for a couple of years even though we live locally so decided to give it a try after the recent refurb. Pub looked great as we walked in on Saturday evening but we didn't receive the warm welcome that everyone had commented on. We ordered drinks at the bar and a Dorset coppa to nibble on whilst we chose our mains. I envisaged a small plate of thinly sliced coppa as is normal with all types of charcuterie, perhaps with a little bread, but it was instead served thick sliced and heated up, seemingly under a grill or in the oven. Didn't know what to make of it really! Never, ever seen it served like that in England, Italy or anywhere else for that matter..totally bemused. I had the chicken schnitzel for my main which was good with the fried egg and capers, Holstein style without the anchovies. It was enjoyable apart from having to discard around 2 dozen capers as there were way, way too many on the plate. The cabbage and leek sides were nice but not plentiful considering the cost. All in all a nice evening with nice drinks, pleasant staff and a good atmosphere. Please keep the fire going on those cold evenings though! Still wondering about the coppa! 🤔

Lovely venue. Great staff. Always friendly and helpful.

Sunday Lunch at 2pm. Perfect time. It was of course busy very busy. Hadn't eaten in the pub for a while because the food hasn't been decent. But that had changed today. It was a tasty and a good roast today. I would have given it excellent but the pudding choices weren't very good at all. Apple and pear tart they are trying to hard. I would be more than happy with a sticky toffee pud!

Amazing Sunday lunch, great service and friendly staff!

Went here for lunch. Was called an ultimate cheese toasty, but very limited on the cheese seemed like I was pretty much eating buttered bread. A side salad would have been preferred to fries. Wasn’t very full but somehow staff seemed too busy to help.

A warm welcome, happy friendly staff and beautiful foid

From the moment we entered, we love the place. Our dog came with us and the waitresses were so so lovely with her making us feel so comfortable. The table reserved for us, near the window, was very nice and the food just amaizing. We asked for recommendations and let ourselves to be guided, a complete success... Basically, a delicious lunch in a beautiful place with a very kind service. 10 0f 10.

The Spring Grove team did everything to be helpful and make us feel welcome. We were 8 adults and 3 very young children and had booked a table just for some drinks and a meal for the eldest child. The table had been set up in a comfortable corner and staff checked in every little while to make sure we were ok. We couldn’t have asked for more.

Gosh, where to start? Firstly it was by chance we booked. Gorgeous urban pub with generous, funky but perfect ambiant lighting. Lots of wooden tables all with dried pretty flowers, condiments and fresh water. Very friendly waitress and bar staff. Great selection of ales, wine and soft drinks. Amazing menu. My daughter devoured her burger which was gone in a flash- tasty juicy and no fatty bits. My husband and I had the veggie cauliflower, applewood cheese and mushroom pie. It was beautifully presented, on a bed of veg and a side of crispy new potatoes. It has to be my favourite vegetarian dish I’ve ever had and would make it my last meal ever if I had to choose. It was a faultless dinner. After a great mains we just had to try desert. The bread and butter pudding an unbelievable combination of white chocolate and rosemary and the salt chocolate mouse exquisite. In this day and age a meal out it a rare treat for us but this was worth every penny. Well done and thank you Spring Grove 10/10

It has been our first time at the Spring Grove after their makeover last year. The pub looks absolutely stunning! The team were incredibly accomodating and helpful - shout out to Mia and Dan for making our evening super special. The food was superb - we had the ham hock main, which was the best ham hock I've had in a long time. My partner went for the new cider battered fish and chips - he's gluten intolerant, I love the fact that their change the recipe to be gluten friendly! Wonderful experience - couldn't recommend it highly enough :)

Really nice burger and chips and a good selection of ales.

Lovely staff and you couldn't ask for better customer service.

We visited today for Sunday dinner and booked a table for 2.30 for 4 people. We ordered our food reasonably quickly, unfortunately the Pork belly was sold out as was the chicken so one of our party ended up with the vegetarian option and 3 of us had the Beef. Our drinks took a while to arrive but having to wait an hour for our food order was really not on. We asked twice about our food and were told we were next but that wasn’t the case. After complaining and pointing out we had been waiting an hour the staff were very apologetic and the young waiter said our meal would be free as well as a round of drinks. We did pay for the 2 rounds of drinks we had and the meal was indeed free, I’m pretty sure the waiter concerned got into trouble for this!! It wasn’t his fault… not enough staff and clearly not enough food was available. The Beef was really tasty and the vegetarian dinner was good too. We won’t be returning here, the wait just wasn’t worth it.

Lovely food and great service from Bianca

A quiet lunch time. Maybe only 3 customers - and an odd smell in the pub on arrival.. so there's very little in the way of atmosphere. However food was delicious and they were generous enough to supply extra pickles so what's not to like!

Absolutely stunning Sunday Roast, everyone’s food was delicious and my vegan Wellington was the best one I’ve ever had , the beetroot filling made it a less hefty affair. Highly recommend

Great food, and a beautiful pub, recent remodel which is gorgeous. Would recommend it, and Dan was great behind the bar. Will return!

Lovely, but way too expensive and upscale. We wanted to have a lunch and reconsidered since it would have gone easily over 20£ each for the simplest one

Really disappointed. Given the new chef and refurb we were looking forward to a great Sunday lunch to celebrate my husband’s birthday. The food took over an hour to come out, no one communicated with us on the time we were waiting, and when the food came out it was mediocre. Really disappointed.

Great Sunday Roast and good atmosphere. Staff very friendly, but thin on the ground. We waited half an hour for our food order to be taken and that was only after we had to seek out a staff member to come and serve us. Nobody was able to take our initial drinks order at the table.

This place has recently been refurbished but even before then staff are helpful and friendly and have twice accommodated my year group of 20 peers for Christmas meals. The food is good. They take allergies into account (options on set menus are amazing but the chef offers to change meals to make them gluten-free/vegetarian etc). Great vibe and again, very friendly staff.

Amazing service and great food!!!

The pub itself and the staff were excellent. However, we all felt the menu was a little odd and we all struggled to find something we liked. My husband had the chicken escalope which he felt was swimming in oil. And infact, was very large - too large. It needed to be served with vegetable or a small salad. We all felt the same about this. Who wants a huge chicken escalope an egg and nothing else. Of course you can order more vegetables but this is additional. My friend tried to order vegetables but this was off the menu anyway!

Lovely, cosy pub with a warm, friendly atmosphere. Roast was great and had the benefit of some wonderful carols with our dinner. A really wonderful evening.

What a lovely bunch of staff. They are all brilliant at welcoming everyone into the community that makes the Spring Grove special.

I cannot express enough how amazing Rebecca and the team made our work’s Christmas Party everyone loved the venue and you guys are just so amazing!..it was just a fantastic night Thankyou so much❤️

Great Sunday pub roast - well done guys

Delicious food as well! great service particularly from Evie. Thank you for looking after us. 💚

Newly refurbed and cosy, with a private area for our gathering, and attentive friendly staff! All good!

Warm, welcoming pub with amazing Sunday roast.

Food is very good now. Best thing was that a side of chips came with a little bowl of gravy-like sauce…. Really tasty!

We liked the revamp. Disappointed that several of the meals listed on the menu were not available. Quite a few dishes included clementine which was a bit odd but perhaps seasonal. The chocolate mousse was grainy. My son requested an expresso martini at 9.30pm only to be told that the coffee machine had already been switched off. Don't people order coffee after that time?!

We liked the revamp. Disappointed that several of the meals listed on the menu were not available. Quite a few dishes included clementine which was a bit odd but perhaps seasonal. The chocolate mousse was grainy. My son requested an expresso martini at 9.30pm only to be told that the coffee machine had already been switched off. Don't people order coffee after that time?!

food, staff and ambience perfect. The pub ran out of the veggie option and made my partner cauliflower cheese in a pastry tart especially. Absolutely perfect! Becca and her team excelled in every way. We'll done!

First time here and we all agreed that there was a cosy feel to the pub. The staff were really friendly and welcoming. Food was great and we look forward to returning.

Had an exceptional Sunday lunch here a couple of weeks ago. Have booked to return and would like to come back again for my birthday. Our wonderful local has had a glow up and we’re delighted 😊

Love the new look and feel, lovely atmosphere. I had a meal and it was really really good! And the staff are all super friendly and helpful. Hadn’t been for a while but will be back soon!

Amazing Sunday roast and the team were amazing

Absolutely stunning pub, with delicious food & wonderful team - Rebecca always makes us feel at home :) A Sunday Roast is a must try - our favourite local!

Had a wonderful Sunday lunch here yesterday. The service by Evie was exceptional she is a credit to herself and the establishment nothing was too much trouble and she was very attentive and efficient. Food was excellent and good value. Highly recommend.

Came in for a late Sunday lunch, our first time since the refurb. Service was amazing and the new décor is wonderful. We'll definitely be popping in more often!

Mia was fabulous....very attentive 😁

Strange, closed at 9pm on a Tuesday night. But I hear from friends it's a great pub.

It's closed down for renovations but says it's open on Google maps! Annoying

Went on a Sunday lunchtime. Amazing food and very good service. Probably the best pub roast I have ever had. Definitely go if you're looking for a better Sunday dinner than average! The kids fish and chips was excellent too.

Good choice of food and fast efficient friendly service. Thanks for finding us a quiet spot midst the Rugby!

Great pub! Family friendly excellent service! Will definitely go back

Great pub, like it hear slightly marred on this visit as were lacking quite a few things, or were short on supply. However two of our meals were late. And they did discount our bill for that

Spring Grove has upped its game recently. Delicious roast beef and pheasant pies, good Yorkshire puddings and good service. Been the last two Sundays.

Excellent food - very high standard of cooking and presentation AND the service is great. Massive portions of fabulous food- just fantastic. I have eaten in Michelin stared places that were not as good. Treat yourself, it’s so worth it!

Nice local pub with friendly staff

Amazing pub! Been here twice now and loved it both times. Fantastic layout and furnished beautifully so that you feel really comfortable, I could have stayed for hours. I had some Proper job and it tasted just as great as when I was last here 3 years ago. Can tell they look after their beers. Food is great too, I had sausages today and wish I'd asked where there butcher was, delicious. My great grandad used to run this pub in the 1940's & 50's, although I never met him I'm sure he'd be proud of how good this pub is today.

Good food, great service, quiet and comfortable pub interior

Pub was beautiful and clean. Bar staff are friendly, helpful and approachable. Food is good but crazy overpriced!! We ordered a sandwich platter and a vegan platyer which cost £30 each. It was actually just 3 sandwiches cut into triangles. So thats £10 per sandwich.. and the vegan platter was houmous, crudités and a bit of bread cut up..!?! Definitely not worth the money. That was quite a shame as it put a dampener on our celebration. It was lovely other than that.

The pub is just lovely. The roast is too die for. Generous portions, tasty and huge Yorkshire. Its not cheap but it's delicious. A proper treat and something to look forward to

One of the best pubs in Kingston - food and service is always spot on!

Really nice pub, the team are so friendly and you feel very welcomed straight away and the service is great. Food was absolutely delicious too and it’s a really nice atmosphere throughout. Can’t wait to come back again soon! :)

Expensive for what it is. I went because of my friends but it is not my go to place. I did however have a nice time and the staff are friendly, welcoming.

Lovely local pub with large outdoor area. Youngs pub so good choice of draft beers and lagers. Lovely, friendly staff and nice atmosphere as a result. Good background music on our visit

Lovely food and lovely staff. Always feel welcome and the food is very good

Top English pub with local history and fine dining, recommend to everyone who wants to relax and his family.

Great pub, great staff, good fun. Early sessions are entertaining, evening the same. Engaging bar staff who are always accomodating and willing to help.

Ask anyone when walking around Kingston what their favourite pub is, and while their special places may vary, a vast majority will say the "nicest" is The Spring Grove. Off the main road that connects Kingston to Surbiton, round the back of the University is a quaint area that doesn't look like it belongs. Old shop fronts - a bakery, an offy, a church, terraced houses, a sort of rural calmness prevails. First discovered on a crawl a few years back, it won me over with their gigantic garden (heated and covered), which is amazing when not resembling a crèche. On repeated visits, the snug was a prime viewing spot for the weekend football, no longer showing, due to lack of interest and an ownership change. Which is a shame. But nothing is too much trouble for the staff who work here, a refreshing positivity that we all sorely need. It feels like it's split into 4-5 areas, the stunning sky lights dominating the two main restaurant spaces, the booth filled kitchen fronted area usually occupied by swaths of families, and front area with a few TVs taken up by a much more varied crowd. It used to get full on weekends, but I've not seen it too busy for a while. Beer wise it's the usual Young's suspects. Young's Ales and Neck-Oil on tap seem to be the go-tos mixed among the macro lagers. Hepcat is a nice addition, as well as a varied alcohol-free range. The Spring Grove was probably responsible for over half my consumed Neck Oils a few years ago, which now seem to mostly taste like soap wherever I go. Food, it's pub fare but very good. Proper hefty portions, filling and tasty. Christmas day menu was a belter when we were still mid-covid. I could bang on for days about the pigs in blankets in yorkshires. History wise there's not a whole lot distinctly notable, but it's still *old*. The venue itself dates back to 1896, as part of the Spring Grove estate developed by Mr Palmer Porter, designed as an area with affordable homes for those working in Kingston. There's a real community feeling here that is written about in most references to the area, it does feel like a space with its own identity. Young's have a real talent for making pubs "nice", and this is one of the nicest. Despite the majority of this review being adapted from over a year ago, I still love coming here, and recommend you do too if you're in the area.

great restaurant, delicious food and friendly service. I recommend this place

Very nice pub with great atmosphere. Staff are friendly and welcoming. Lady manager is very professional and knows a lot about wine (I think) Will definitely come back.

The worst and most expensive sandwich I have had in a long time. The staff were extremely efficient and friendly but the sandwich was rubbish. I had 'Pitchfork cheddar and home made tomato jam'. It cost £9.50. The cheese wasn't fresh, neither was the white bread it came in ( slightly dry ) My friend had the roast beetroot sandwich and hers was equally as unappetising as mine. I couldn't recommend either of those sandwiches. Very poor.

Hosted our engagement party over the weekend. Words cannot describe how lovely the staff were towards us. They were tentative, caring and generous. I would highly recommend this venue for any function and will be using them in the future. Thank you to all the staff and management! 5* service

I visited with two friends on Friday evening. First impressions from the outside, and when entering the pub, were positive. A lovely pub with plenty of room. We were seated in the main restaurant and ordered 3 starters to begin with. Two of them were inedible, the Courgette & Tenderstem Broccoli Bhajis tasted odd and just failed to live up to any kind of taste expectations. The other starter of Beetroot Hummus, arrived looking like it had been squeezed out of a packet and left on the side to congeal. The taste was very disappointing. Only one bite was had of each dish, it was so bad. When our dishes were eventually cleared, after having to hunt someone down to order an alternative dish, the server did not comment on the full plates or ask if everything was ok. We didn’t mention it as to be honest one of wanted to just order something else and eat and go. The polenta chips were ordered and for what they were, it was ok. When paying the bill, we passed on our feedback and again mentioned the fact that she removed 2 full plates and didn’t think to ask if all was ok! Our feedback will be passed on, we were told. Highly doubtful, as the bill was paid in full and she wasn’t overly concerned. It’s a shame as I would visit the pub again for drinks but definitely not the food. The 3 stars is generous and is for the one starter that was eaten and the pub itself.

Top service. Really friendly staff. Excellent service

Excelente lugar muy bonito y grande bonita decoración

Great food and great prices.. what I will say is the staff he has been amazing.

Have visited a few times, and haven't had a bad experience yet. Food is delicious and the garden is perfect for just relaxing in on a sunny afternoon. The only downside is that it is on the pricey side, and it slightly out of the way if you are not from the area

Such a lovely lunch for my mums 60th birthday yesterday! Mia served us and I must say she’s an asset to the company! Not only was she super attentive but genuinely such a lovely person to be served by!! Fantastic customer service - thank you for making my mums little surprise a success!!!

My husband didn't order the Sunday roast as he said "pubs don't do good roasties". Well, he was very wrong! He spent the entire meal with food envy. His fish and chips were delicious but the roast was spectacular. Thank you Spring Grove! Glad to have you around the corner from us. We are new to the area and will definitely make your place our regular.

I am so grateful to the team at The Spring Grove for hosting us after the cremation service for my lovely Dad. The garden is really beautiful and the staff are brilliant. They even did excellent cocktails for us

Love this pub - fabulous food, drinks, service and atmosphere - would really recommend a visit!

Very good Sunday roast and drinks

Always a reliably good experience at The Spring Grove. Laid back place with lots of space for family. Great food and friendly staff.

Smart and friendly Young's pub. Didn't eat but food smelled good. Worth a visit.

Have visited a few times now and used the garden for the first time now the weather is good. The garden is very nice and there’s quite a relaxed feel to the place. £6.50 for a pint of Brooklyn is a tad steep and the food was a bit out my price range. All in all quite a nice pub, but one to visit less regularly given the prices.

This pub definitely has its pros and cons. On the positive side, the outdoor area is quite nice and provides a great atmosphere for enjoying a drink or a meal with friends. However, I found the prices to be quite steep and not entirely worth it. While the food and drinks were decent, they didn't quite live up to the high price point. Overall, I would say that this pub is a decent option if you're looking for a nice outdoor area to spend time in, but be prepared to pay a bit more than you might at other establishments.

Nice old pub with a dog friendly garden and a spacious area inside, good food, and all beers on tap.

The food is delicious and service is really friendly. However the portions for main dishes differ and there are not much filling vegetarian options. My friend ordered the panzanella which was just a small salad. More veg options would be good :)

Quaint pub with great style, great drink, amazing food and fantastic service. The garden is incredible in the summer especially the snug at the end. Can't fault this place.

Pub atmosphere was great, nice outdoor area, spacious and not too crowded. However, most of the menu items were sold out and not available to order. The servers were good about alerting us to this fact.

Absolutely incredible service at the Spring Grove. We got married here on Easter Weekend with 75 guests. From start to finish the service was wonderful - Ed and Rebecca were really communicative and fully on board with all of our ideas for the day in the planning stages. The menu choices were really broad with something for everyone. The team were all really flexible, opening up for us to get in the morning of the wedding and set up. All of our guests commented on how fantastic the food was, everything was really fresh and all of the staff were so lovely and hospitable throughout the day. We couldn't have asked for a better day - thank you so much to everyone at the Spring Grove for all you did for us!

Nice large open bar with a good selection of beers and lagers. Good outdoor space too.

Excellent Sunday lunch, delicious roast beef, will return.

Friendly staff, good quality food & cosy & clean atmosphere. Nicely situated tucked away The Groves Kingston.

One of the best Sunday roasts I've had in London.