The Albion Ale and cider house in Kingston upon Thames

A great selection of ales and beers. Well worth a visit

What a beer selection! Nice lunch options and such friendly service, poppy made us feel very welcome and pours a fabulous pint :)

What a beer selection! Nice food and friendly service, poppy made us feel very welcome and pours a great pint!

Nice pub tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Kingston Upon Thames Town centre. Literally 5 minute walk from Fairfield bus stop. Overlooking a Fairfield park. Dog friendly pub and good atmosphere.

Great location, absolutely delicious pies, lovely staff! 👍🏻

Hard to get a seat here on a Saturday afternoon. Decent cask ales.

We went here on sunday for a roast. Great place to go dog friendly as well so the pooch came too. Its nice to have found somewhere that serves the roast in the evening as well as lunch time. Could not faullt it. Gravy is to die for. We had the three roast choice, the lamb and the wellington. Great meal all round although the amb could have been left in the oven longer till more tender.. (They also have the most amazing ribs) alas they had run out of sticky toffee pudding, so we had to settle for brownies and ice cream.

Nice selection of beers, good food. Very quiet on the two afternoons I visited recently. Discount on ales on production of an up to date CAMRA card.

Lovely pub with great ambience and amazing selection of local and not-so-local ales. The pizza and burger we had were ok pub grub. The staff could have been a bit more welcoming but warmed up when chatted with and knew about the beers.

It’s the best gluten free burger I have ever had. Really fantastic and delicious. Wow I highly recommend this GF burger for those who need one just like this . Thank you so much

Maybe our Sunday visit (25th February) was just unlucky, but it was dirty there, rude silent service (like literally no words to you back when you order, they just throw the food on your uncleaned after previous guests table silently), long awaiting time in a semi-empty pub among semi-broken furniture. There were at least 2 bartenders, but there were never at the bar. They also have a cool vinyl records player, but there was no music, they never turned the record over while we were there. Quite disappointing.

First visit, great pub. The food looked good but we didn't eat. There was a wide selection of beers and a warm welcome.

A very disappointing experience altogether. On entering the pub I said hello to a member of the team. She couldn’t muster hello back but told me instead that she was writing a sign. We sat outside because it was full. We took a friend from overseas as he’d been before and enjoyed good food and beer. We ordered a burger, hot dog and beef Bourguignon. On arrival the fries with burger and hot dog were tepid and hotdog been cooked previously . After the beef Bourguignon arrived we then waited a little longer for cutlery. Instantly I notice that the beef B was not hot and the mash that accompanied it not hot enough. The waitress who delivered the food was then stood on a table near us with an vape in hand and when she finally got down I got her attention to tell her the beef and mash were not hot enough. My friends were not bothered about sending back their fries. My meal finally came back after a few mins in a microwave. The beef was like a regular stew with the odd mushroom and lots of carrots. The mash was awful and seemed like a none qualified kitchen porter had just squashed some lumpy potatoes forgetting the butter and cream/ milk that would have made the creamy mash as described on the menu.The staff really don’t care and are casual and apathetic. On reflection we wish we’d not bothered. We headed to the Spring Grove where the welcome was warm and menu amazing.

Love this pub. The vegan choices on the menu are well thought out rather than after thoughts, and the no -alcoholic selection is full of drinks that make you still feel like a grown up without risk of hangover. All ages are welcomed here, as are dogs! It's thoroughly lovely, and lots of people seem to know one another. It's a community pub. Love it.

I so which this was my local. Fantastic food, brilliant beers and great staff. Couldn’t fault it.

Great selection of cask ales and lovely bar staff. It can get very noisy when it's busy as it's a relatively small pub with little soft furnishings. Best for a midweek drink when it feels more chilled out and you can hear the music. Food seems to have dropped in quality lately which is a shame.

Nice food and a solid selection of beers. Unfortunately our experience is been ruined by the grumpiness of the barmaid/waitress. Not that we are expecting 5 stars service in a pub but she’s been way too unpleasant for me not to report. That’s a shame cause it’s a lovely pub.

Had a great Sunday lunch with friends and their kids. Great food and fantastic choice of ales. Service and atmosphere lovely, busy little place place.

Went with a group of work colleagues I had a Smokehouse burger which was tasty and good size. Other colleagues enjoyed there burgers and ribs. Excellent choice of Ale and ciders on tap. Service was good and not over the top expensive either

Sausage and mash was great, real potato,Broccoli wasn't cooked it was very raw but the flavour of the meal was excellent..great pub atmosphere will definitely be back when I'm next it Kingston......

Was there on new year's eve. No cocktails.

Disappointingly, despite 15 hand pumps, there were no xmas ales.

A cozy pub! Looking for a tradicional English pub but with decent clientele, this is the place.

Good pub with excellent selection of beers

Always 5 star. We usually go in as a couple and our small dog Margo who’s still young. I want to mention how welcoming and great the staff are to us and Margo who is still a young pup which makes it our favourite pub. Food is always excellent, whether that be roast dinners (which portion sizes make it such great value) burgers or snacks and the drinks are always fab!! Thank you!

Very welcoming, friendly pub. Servers were friendly and had a good range of non alcoholic beers.

Great pub. Superb range of beers and ciders (about 15 cask and 20 keg). Good food menu.

Eva is quite frankly amazing. Helpful. Fun. Courteous. She has a smile on her face at all times. Her shift supervisor on the evening of Thursday 14th December, not so much.

Lovely restful afternoon - great Christmasy atmosphere, friendly staff and tasty snack plates- we enjoy a quick lunch before starting our Christmas shopping! Just what we needed- well worth a visit 😀

Great choice of beers in a superb pub

It really galls me to give such a bad review but one of the best pubs in Kingston has become one of the worst. The food is AWFUL. We went 2 weeks ago and my chicken burger (an old favourite) was terrible - they had battered the chicken like it was a piece of fish. Th me max and cheese had been made with big pasta like rigatoni, the sauce was watery and the top burnt. Hoping it was a one-off, we went tonight and ordered a “normal” double-cheeseburger. There was only a single patty in the burger and it was tiny. We complained and the excuse was “they had a different butcher and the burgers were twice the size”. I’m sorry but it was quite clearly a single, small patty and totally unacceptable that the wait staff lied when they could have just said they were low on burgers. We ended up sending it back which meant we went hungry and the pub lost money so no-one wins. I love a great pub and have been here for many years, so it really does sadden me that I have to recommend people don’t come here any more. The pub needs to either look itself in the mirror as it’s not currently deserving of customers money.

This is otherwise a great pub but the food has recently gone downhill and the chef is stupidly stubborn. Ordered double cheeseburgers this evening which turned up with only a tiny single patty - and despite being obviously misadvertised, the chef refused to accept that a single small burger patty was not the same as a double. Clearly maths not their strong suit and we ended up returning the meal rather than finding a happy middleground, a lose-lose situation which we would rather have avoided. Also ordered a side of chicken wings with a blue cheese sauce - which turned out not to be blue cheese but nothing more than mayo. The food here used to be good, but my last couple of visits have been so disappointing. I get that these are tough times for everyone and the pub may be making some cutbacks, but I’d be ok with it if the menu actually reflected the reality of the food being served - unfortunately at the moment, it doesn’t.

It really galls me to give such a bad review but one of the best pubs in Kingston has become one of the worst. The food is AWFUL. We went 2 weeks ago and my chicken burger (an old favourite) was terrible - they had battered the chicken like it was a piece of fish. Th me max and cheese had been made with big pasta like rigatoni, the sauce was watery and the top burnt. Hoping it was a one-off, we went tonight and ordered a “normal” double-cheeseburger. There was only a single patty in the burger and it was tiny. We complained and the excuse was “they had a different butcher and the burgers were twice the size”. I’m sorry but it was quite clearly a single, small patty and totally unacceptable that the wait staff lied when they could have just said they were low on burgers. We ended up sending it back which meant we went hungry and the pub lost money so no-one wins. I love a great pub and have been here for many years, so it really does sadden me that I have to recommend people don’t come here any more. The pub needs to look itself in the mirror as it’s not currently deserving of customers money.

We booked a 5:00 pm Sunday roast at the Albion for after our visit to Hampton Court Palace based on online reviews. We had visited Kingston Upon Thames before as a little break from the middle of London and enjoyed it, and we also figured that we’d be eating with locals versus a bunch of tourists like us. We really liked it! One of us had the half chicken roast and one of us had the trio of meats roast, which were all tasty, especially with the added sauces. The accompaniments were really good (mmm, cauliflower cheese…) and we appreciated all the veggies. We got there a bit earlier than our reservation so had a chance to enjoy a cider and a chat with the local gent sitting next to us before our table was ready. As expected, at dinner we were surrounded by extended families (and a couple doggies hanging out by their owners' feet) enjoying their Sunday roasts, which was delightful. (As a side note, you order food at the bar vs waiting for a server to come and take your order.) All in all we had an awesome time and an excellent pub meal, and we would highly recommend the Albion.

Great selection of beers & fantastic food.

Great beer, with a huge selection of ales on tap, lovely staff who are extremely helpful, food was really good and plentiful. Wish I lived nearby!

The food was ABYSMAL. Looking at other people’s pictures I feel sorely cheated so maybe we got a substitute chef or they were ridiculously hungover but my dad’s roast chicken was so dry it was inedible. I had to send back my veggie burger because the bun was so stale and burnt I couldn’t even bite it, it was like rusk. The second bun was still stale (but at least I could bite it) drowning in mayo (I literally scraped off a tablespoon worth but there was still too much inside) and then my chips were raw on the inside. My partners burger bun was so soggy it stuck to the baking paper. I don’t think I’ve ever had such a bad food experience across the board. Atrocious that they’re charging restaurant prices for the worst meal I’ve ever had. The staff seemed overwhelmed and ordering took ages. One bartender was friendly but the other just seemed annoyed. It’s a shame because their drinks are good. So only go for drinks!

Decent pub has some interesting craft beers and a lovely covered garden area for seating, though the inside is small. The staff are knowledgeable too

Plays music the old way Vinyls 🎸. Great place to spend quality time. Highly recommended.

Not a friendly welcoming place for newcomers. Sunday Roast tastes quite terrible.

Went for a family Sunday lunch. Yorkshires were burnt. Kids burgers were burnt, the cauliflower cheese was burnt, no roast potatoes with either roast. Lamb was chewy and the veggies were undercooked. Gravy was great. No one asked how the food was or if everything was ok with the meal. They could see it was burnt when it was served.

Outstanding choice of beer. Enthusiastic and engaging staff. Lovely bright windows. A real quality pub, very glad I discovered it.

Sunday roast was terrible we ordered lamb and beef and we could not chew the meat at all gravy was too salty

This place is my and my partners favourite place! Great beers and food!!! Love it!!

Had a wonderful Sunday Roast time with my mates, the outdoor seating is great. The only thing I would complain about is the stinky toilet, you could smell it from the outside.

Not sure were the food pictures are from main meal was like a starter and I have small appetite. Seating out side was dirty toilets undesirable. Would not recommend or return.

This place is great. Amazing atmosphere, nice staff, great food and extremely dog friendly. They brought my dog a bowl of water after I sat down. Will definitely return.

Such a great pub. Thanks especially to Jasmine for being such a great host.

Me and my partner had a Monday burger deal yesterday which was great. Really good looking and tasting burger. Served with chips but no salad/coleslaw. Hence the reduced price I guess. Drink inclusive. Not so great value for money if you don't drink alcohol. I have scored three stars for a service due to the waitress being ignorant. She just dropped the plates on the table and ran off, we asked for napkins and cutlery was missing but she didn't want to know.

A great pub with deals throughout the week for food and drink. There are also games you can play (such as Uno or Jenga). The prices are competitive and the staff are friendly. All together it has a nice atmosphere.

Travelled solo for work to Kingston and stayed down the road. Welcoming staff keen to share tasters of the (many) beer options. Nice decor. Good old fashioned pub feel but updated to be a bit contemporary. Lovely beer garden. All in all great. Will stay at the same hotel in future to make this my work local. One thing, please keep playing vinyl, I love it, just sort the skipping records.

Sadly the Sunday lunch has gone down hill, meat portions small and badly cooked

Didn't try the food but it looked good. Friendly staff, nice atmosphere

Only had some drinks of which there was a great choice. Food looked and smelled great but didn't eat myself. Visited during a festival across the road and got very busy when it rained - obvs. Staffing didn't plan for it but did a smashing job given the circumstances. 2 pints for like 11.60 so also good value

13 of us booked a table here for Wednesday and food was great. Took some time for some of the meals to get served, however due to the volume of us ordering we understood. Overall, good location & good food!

Good pub grub in a warm, friendly setting

I attended for my friends birthday. The pub includes a really nice private area at the back of the beer garden so we were able to have our food and drinks served there instead of the main bar. Huge selection of ales and beers.

The food was delicious. Very friendly staff too.

Fantastic range of beers on tap Friendly welcome from the girl behind the bar. Nice pub with offers on food. Love the lunchtime light bites menu.

First time customer and probably won't be back staff were eager to close and get everyone out the till was taken out at 1045 and getting served always seemed like I was disturbing them and often was a the bar for a 5 minutes with nobody there Shame was a nice building and garden and an amazing selection of beers

Not one of our better experiences here (see my previous review) On the whole the food was substandard. Although my hot dog was nice, the accompanying fries were greasy and had a 'charred' taste, the side of onion rings were greasy & soggy (you could see it on the the surface). My wife's chicken tenders were also overcooked and her fries arrived late ( the waitress said something about a fryer issue) BUT when they did come they were MILES nicer than the ones I'd been served. No one came to ask how our meal was until right at the end, so it wasn't until then that I had chance to very politely point out the substandard fries & onion rings. The waitress simply said sorry and said she wished she was the chef. I said that if someone had checked in with us earlier Id have sent them back but that it was now too late. She said sorry again, and that was that.... we'd already paid and no offer to compensate was made, which if it was then this -ve review would't have been posted, as I understand that things can & do go awry from time to time, but it's how you put them right that counts. So, very disappointing guys. One last thing, be aware that the fact smoking is allowed on the tables immediately outside the open back door it probably will affect you meal if there's a slight breeze, smoke was wafting in and that is something that needs reviewing IMO.

We came here on the last day of school to celebrate the retirement of some colleagues. They were very accommodating and we all fit in the garden. There was good service and they came round to collect glasses regularly, probably because they were running out! They have a really nice garden that accommodates a lot of people in a group.

Not been for a few years... missed opportunities! A HUGE range of beers & ale & gins and lots of other spirits. Excellent staff, good food, great all round.

Very good choice of ales. Friendly staff. Lovely garden area.

Thank you to Jasmine for making us so welcome yesterday lunchtime, you reminded a group of seasoned drinkers how it used to be!! So much so we ended up delaying our departure on our Kingston pub crawl to have another beer. Cheers

Probably the best pub in Kingston for beer lovers with a fantastic selection. Love the special events like gin and beer festival.

Nice comfortable pub, with a sun-trap as a beer garden! Only 4* as it's a craft only pub - so picking a pint is on the harder side!

Very good pub about 10 minutes walk from Kingston Station run by the Big Smoke Brew Co. Eight cask beers - and five ciders - on handpump when we visited. Lots of outdoor seating some of it covered. We had already eaten but the Albion offers classic pub fare including burgers, hot dogs, ribs, fish and chips and pizzas. There are also vegetarian and vegan dishes available.

Is this the best pub in Kingston? It might just be, there’s many great pubs in Kingston but with the selection of beer (ale, lager, craft) this has the best (and well priced) beer. The food, especially Sunday roast is top notch! Super pub for winter or summer as they have a great garden too

It gets busy in the garden when the weather is even slightly warm but the staff are friendly. And I cannot rave about the fries enough, they're so worth the price of 4 quid.

Absolutely terrible pud food not good did not take my food order at the till properly not a good service

Jeez £6.75 for a pint of Ayinger in an average backstreet pub. Way too much! Seems much more expensive than The Abercorn and Antelope nearby, unless they hiked their prices. Sat in the beer garden and it’s just full of people smoking, so it’s not very pleasant. Have also tried the steak night here on a Thursday a few months back and the food was very average. Not much to it and small portions. I used to consider this pub an option whilst in the area as the beer selection was good, but not again at recent prices.

Probablymy favouritepub in kingston! Wide selection of craft beers that change frequently so there is always something new to try. The food is great too!

This place is wonderful, full of character and the staff is super friendly. We came here for a Sunday roast as we were in the area and decided to try the Albion. The roast was to die for, the vegetables and especially the parsnips, were cooked to perfection. The gravy was divine and the Yorkshire pudding was heaven. I had the mushroom Wellington roast, whilst my boyfriend had the pork roast. Simply the best roast we have ever had!

This pub delivers every time! Super-friendly staff, great selection of beers, nice pub-grub and a decent loyalty card. They put on regular events and there’s always a great atmosphere. Love this pub!

During my stay in Kingston, this was my favourite pub. It sits just off the town centre, half way along the edge of Fairfield Recreation Ground. Definitely worth the few minutes walk to discover. I think it's part of a small chain of pubs called the Big Smoke Brew co. Well, they know what they're doing, I'd say. They had a good few beers and ciders to choose from. I resisted the ciders after a couple of tastes, as I felt the emphasis was on sweet or flavoured ones. But I explored some great ales during my afternoon session, including a dark mild called Burning Sky and a stout called Cocow Milk. But what I liked about this pub was its friendliness. I fell in with some easygoing locals around the front window. Also the staff were chatty and amiable. When the barmaid's shift finished, she even went round saying goodbye to everyone. The jolly guy who took over was a fount of quirky opinions, for example that he drinks dark beer when the weather's dark and citrussy beer when it's bright. Much love to the Albion.

Nice pub, the beer garden is too smokey, and in summer the back doors are open all the time, so it comes into the pub. Staff are very friendly, and prices are fairly reasonable. close to the centre of Kingston, but far enough away not to have too many yobs!😃 When I visited May 2023, no one was smoking in the beer garden, and the doors were closed, so I can't say if they've banned smoking but there seem to be a lot of couples with children there.

Such a great place. Staff is amazing and the garden is beautiful

Busy pub serving Big Smokes beers and more. Has a nice garden when the weather suits and the food is very good with deals on different days of the week

Best Pub in Kingston: Great place, great location and above all great beer!

Excellent craft beer pub with 35 taps and beer garden

Lovely pub, dog & human friendly. A real pub in Kingston.

This is a fabulous pub, really great food and excellent selection of drinks and their own beers on tap 😊

Amazing selection of beers both on tap and in bottles. Food is also very good. I recommend the pies

The staff are really friendly, the food is amazing & tasty and a wide selection of drink.

Can you get a shot of whiskey in there ask the customer. Why yes replies the bar person. Then fill it with beer why don't you? Third visit yet to get a full pint😞

Friendly service, good selection of drinks, good food, decent vegetarian options, fun quiz and £2 entry isn't too bad.

Wonderful selection of beers. Excellent food. Great customer service.

I had a chicken Sunday roast here yesterday, I haven’t had a roast at The Albion since 2019 and I had was SO impressed. Everything was just delicious. The pub garden seating was so nice too. Highly highly recommend for a Kingston roast!

The Albion's good, it may have lost some of its lustre. But the staff at mostly knowledgeable and friendly. Well worth a visit to sample some local beers.

I have been there for having lunch with friends, it's a nice and clean Pop, with respectful staff, their foods as well was so nice and tasty.

More and more, I find myself drawing a dividing line between pubs on the basis of cleanliness. This bar seems grubbier everytime we go. A drink was fine. Not eating here.

Great bar with a great selection of beers

Wow! Just had THE BEST Sunday roast I’ve ever had in a pub (so good I may never cook one at home again!) I had the roast lamb and my friend had the roast beef, both with properly cooked veggies and proper Yorkies. Huge portions. Going home for a snooze on the sofa!! Thank you

Lovely pub well worth searching out, enjoyed the Big Smoke beers ( Lager & Lantern Tree Bitter that was very good) we ordered chunky chips and they were delicious.

The most dog friendly staff, offering water and treats. Found plenty of seating on a weekend. We were captivated by their Sunday roast sharer served in a giant Yorkshire pudding. While the dish impresses in concept and presentation, it disappoints in quality and flavour. Not terrible but about average.

Looks like a great locals pub. Excellent choice of cask and keg ales. Friendly staff.

The meal was great and very friendly

Six stars!!! Lovely Sunday Lunch served with a smile. Cosy surroundings, with an amazing range of ales. The dogs were happy too. Food was really well cooked and very generous portions. We will definitely be back.

Run by the people who brought Surbiton the truly excellent The Antelope. The Albion has proven to be a brilliant pub since it was refurbished in 2016 - relaxed decor, spacious garden area, very dog friendly, good food with excellent offers (eg: 2 for 1 pizzas on Monday, burgers on Tuesday), lovely garden (including gin distillery) & great, evolving range of guest beers. Perhaps less good for bitter drinkers (a consistently good couple of options would definitely be appreciated). And great to see Lucky Saint on tap in March 23 (long may it stay!) But we like. A lot. And our dog loves it even more.