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The Lillie Langtry, West Brompton, SW6
SW6
SW6 1UE
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The Lillie Langtry
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Lillie Langtry
Just down the road from West Brompton station, this is a nicely fitted out gastro pub which seems to still be happy enough to welcome drinkers, especially if it’s a match day at nearby Stamford Bridge. On arrival, you pass through a front patio garden with lots of comfy looking wicker chairs serving some sturdy looking tables in a spot next to a fairly busy main road. You then enter into the broad, main bar area, which has exposed floorboards and a cool chequered tile strip of flooring around the servery, which dominates the back wall. The bar has an attractive dark wood counter that curves 90 degrees at its left-hand end before running toward the rear of the room. It has a modern metal frame gantry and a spectacular high, dark wood bar back with some decorative top pieces, recessed mirrored arches and hefty pillars. High tables and stools fill the space opposite the bar, whilst a high, button backed banquette runs under the front window, with more of the same available at a regular height down the left-hand wall. Where the room runs to the rear down this side, you’ll find an excellent skylight with loads of plants hanging from around its perimeter, which looks pretty impressive. All of the front and left-hand parts of the pub are painted in dark shades or have dark wallpaper, but the right-hand side has been done out in much lighter shades and filled with more high tables and stools. An impressive decorative ceiling extends through all parts of the room and numerous TV screens were showing muted live football with easy listening tunes playing in the background.
On the bar, four handpulls suggested that Fullers London Pride, Sharps Doom Bar and Park Brewery Saw Pit were the cask options, but upon enquiring about the latter, I was told it was off, despite being double clipped, so I had to opt for the Pride from the less inspiring remaining two alternatives. This clocked in at £6.15 and was served by quite a brusque barmaid who was also very keen to point out to people that the tables they were sat at were reserved and they could only stay there until the customers who had booked them arrived. Whilst there were still a few spots for drinkers, these had already filled up early in the day and the vast majority of people were eating. Being a match day, the beer comes in plastic glasses, irrespective of the fact that there were still five or six hours until kick-off.
I thought this was quite an impressive pub with some grand, traditional features that are worth checking out. It’s a shame they could only offer a couple of ubiquitous ales and that it felt more like a restaurant, as they seemingly do have more interesting beer on at times and have made an effort to accommodate drinkers. I enjoyed this one for the interior but would be likely to look elsewhere the next time I’m in this part of town.
On 23rd January 2024
- rating: 6
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Lillie Langtry
I’ve only been here once many years ago when it was a run-down crap hole and missed the intervening years after its aggressive makeover described by other reviewers below. It was closed again last year and reopened after another extensive refurbishment in December 2022, and this was my first visit to it since then and I have to say I liked the place. It certainly feels like a proper pub and has a focus on real ale that has got it into the current GBG.
The extravagant carved wooden bar back with plaster cornice and the fine fibrous plasterwork ceiling mentioned previously continue to survive and are standout features. The ceiling on the shorter bar side has a very impressive skylight. Not sure if it was there before or added as part of the 2022 refurb, but it makes the back section nice and light and airy. The flooring is clean exposed wood throughout with a black and white tiled section just in front of the bar. The comfortable padded light brown bench seating lines the two sides of the L of the pub shape with a couple of additional high tables by the pillars in the larger long bar size. The décor is still modern with several different styles of light fittings and there is some modern artwork on the walls, but not enough or overbearing to be out of context. There are also a couple of flat screen teles on the far walls of the short and long bar section and one on the central column, which were showing the Liverpool v Man Utd game for our visit, but they were easy to ignore as they were muted in favour of a modern pop soundtrack for the majority of punters who were dining and had no interest in the football.
Then there is an additional upstairs room known as Lillies Lounge, which used to be a cocktail bar I believe but is now much more of a lounge and dining extension of the ground floor. The décor is similar but a lot more flowery up here and the bar does have some chrome fonts but no ale pumps.
The main downstairs bar supports four ale hand pumps and a local branch CAMRA member I struck up a conversation with as he distributed the current London Drinker mag confirmed that there is a minimum of two in operation at all times and usually all four at weekends, as they were for my Sunday evening visit.
Alongside the ubiquitous Sharps Doombar were Greene King Rocking Rudolf, Park Brewery Saw Pit West Coast IPA and a rare siting of Fullers London Porter on pump. On a cold winter evening it has to be the porter and it was in fine form. All in all, a very good visit.
On 19th December 2023
- rating: 7
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Tris C left this review about The Lillie Langtry
The Lillie Arms as it was, dates from 1835 and was trading by this name until 1979 when the current name was applied; Langtry had no association with the pub, which is Fulham’s oldest surviving.
It has indeed had an aggressive makeover, which as mentioned, must have been an interior designer’s dream, the whole place having been fairly tastefully trendified, that can be seen on the pub’s website gallery. Surviving items of note are the extravagant carved wooden bar back with plaster cornice and fine fibrous plasterwork ceiling. Customers are fairly mixed, though it’s clear that the area’s more fashionable prefer this pub to the other surrounding ones, the Prince of Wales (opposite) operating more like a nightclub.
There was one unused pump, then Park Brewery’s IPA and Winter Fire, then Naked Ladies at £2.45 a half and rather sour; borderline undrinkable, I soldiered on to the bitter – or sour – end.
This is quite a nice pub if you find yourself in the area, though there’s not a lot to shout about round here. It’s not though a destination pub, especially given the beer quality, an improvement in which would get the score up a point.
On 12th February 2022
- rating: 4
[User has posted 1983 recommendations about 1949 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes - patio and yard - last updated 27 September 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Car Park : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 23 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Function Room : Yes last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 22 December 2016 by Rex Rattus
- Jukebox : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Karaoke : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes last updated 23 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Live TV Sports : Yes - major events - last updated 27 September 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Micropub : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Quiz Night : No last updated 24 February 2022 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 22 December 2016 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 27 September 2021 by Graham Coombs
- WiFi : Yes last updated 23 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
