The King's Head, Teddington

Nice bar with restaurant to the rear. Tastefully furnished and decorated.6 handpumps with 4 beers on.Pride,Doombar,Otter -bitter and a good pint of Trumans-Swift. Reasonable priced beer served by a friendly barman. Open fire as well. Good nostalgic brewery prints in the upstairs toilets. Really liked this bar.

I think that this pub has changed a bit since the previous two posters visited. It is no longer l’Auberge at the King’s Head, although anywhere that labels itself as a pub brasserie, as this one does, is going to be food orientated, and this one is no exception. The pub sign features a glum looking Henry VIII, which I guess is somehow appropriate for this sort of place. Inside the pub/bar area is at the front as you enter, containing a handful of tables and chairs, and with a few armchairs in a separate room on the left. The large area to the rear of the central island bar is now the restaurant, with all the tables laid for diners of course, and with an open plan kitchen on the right. There’s a small terrace/patio it the front of the pub right on the busy main road, with a few aluminium chairs and tables. There were four ales on – London Pride, Doom Bar, St Austell Tribute and Twickenham Grandstand. The Tribute was in good nick. I glanced at the menu just long enough to register that it included nothing resembling pub grub. Main courses ranged from around £10 to £16. I don’t think this is the sort of place that you would go to if you wanted to spend an evening in a pub, but maybe you would if you fancied a restaurant meal. But four ales being available is reasonably good going, even if a couple of them were from the ranks of the usual suspects.

When i went in this pub there was a restaurant area at the front of the pub and a proper large drinking area at the rear of the pub this was a fairly smart area to have a drink in. There were three real ales on the bar i had a drink of Shepherd Neame Spitfire and this was very nice the other beers were London Pride and Bombadier. There was also a few stalls at the front and side of the pub doing hot takeaway food. Pub visited 13/12/2003