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The Nags Head, Belgravia, SW1
Belgravia
SW1
SW1X 8ED
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Malden man left this review about The Nags Head
An odd little place with split levels, enter to the main room, wooden floors, two fireplaces containing unusually small coal burning ranges, a very low bar such that normal size stools are sufficient to sit at it. Decor is generally military, shields, pics of guardsmen, model planes fly above the bar, but also cartoons, caricatures, photos of previous celebrity drinkers, horsebrasses etc. Additionally old gaming machines feature, such as the still picture box (3d) and a penny machine to win Spangles...who remembers them? The upper lobby next to the toilets has a further two old fruit machines.
Down a flight to another rear area, more nic nacs including unusually a set of ice skates with wooden blades.
Beer wise pretty average, Adnams Broadside and Bitter, the bitter was tired and past its best at the time.
In summary, well worth a look for its curiosity value, maybe my beer on the day was an unlucky one.
On 19th February 2010
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The Nags Head
Initially, this seems like a wonderful place to sink a couple of pints. There’s an interior timewarp factor of about 1936 and the place has a great ambience about it - you'd be hard-pressed to remember that you're in central London after 15 minutes on a Saturday afternoon. Even the till is ancient, and there are a couple of old (but working) one arm bandits on the way to the bogs. The interior is split-level and snug due to its narrowness.
The drawback begins with the beer. Its limited ale range (Adnams Broadside and Bitter) is ok but it’s expensive and sometimes quite badly kept. I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume the rent for the place is sky-high given where it's sited but if that’s so, they should be keeping the beer top-notch in order to get the punters in, surely? I'd love to get my hands on this pub, rip out the Stella and Guinness and stick a few extra ale lines in. The problems extend to the staff, where the service is often grumpy, verging on the downright rude.
An enigma - a place that really should be indispensable but tries its damnedest not to be.
On 25th June 2008
- rating: 6
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john mcgraw left this review about The Nags Head
Really old fashioned small pub with two bars on two levels.Adnams beers on tap.In a very small street off Knightsbridge.Well worth a visit.10 mins from Hyde Park Corner station.
On 21st February 2007
- rating: 8
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