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Earl of Lonsdale, Notting Hill, W11
W11
W11 2QA
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Reviews of Earl of Lonsdale (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Brainy Pool left this review about Earl of Lonsdale
Great interior in here (at least in the front part), if rather awkward to navigate without breaking your back. All really charming, Sams do such a great job with these historic pubs. Worth diving in from the Portobello chaos for a swift pint of stout (£5.20). Mixed and touristic clientele as expected, drinking a very wide range of beers!
On 24th September 2022
- rating: 8
[User has posted 1058 recommendations about 1023 pubs]
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Earl of Lonsdale
A Sam Smith pub with a noteable interior ,much like The Prince Alfred ,Warwick Avenue.
There are 4 seperate rooms all with their own front doors and low level partitions requiring flexibility to duck under.The island bar serves each ,the largest room gives access to both the beer garden and the lounge,empty on my visit and looking like an overflow area.Ducking down,there is a small snug,then the one table Private Bar,charming,then the Library.The ceiling is impressive with great cornicing and well preserved.There is lots of etched glass around , wood panelling everywhere and the dark stained floorboards give a lot of atmosphere.
Such a shame it's a real ale free zone ,so a SS Extra Stout it was,a little cold and not very tasty.The other keg offerings were all SS derived and the pub grub was from a standard menu.
Worth buying a half to look around,there are some fine features,but just how much Sam Smith keg beer you are able to stand will define how long you stay put in the pub.I pushed off sharpish after having clocked the interior for which marks have been awarded.
On 18th June 2022
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about Earl of Lonsdale
Surprisingly large Sam’s pub, out in the Badlands (the nutter on the bus we took didn’t help). There’s a fairly ornate front bar with the original drinking areas restored with cut glass glazing and the low ducks between them which is great although finding anywhere to sit when even moderately busy is a close to impossible. To the rear is a large red room which felt a bit Spoons-like to the extent that a large table was taken up with outsized group of junior drinkers. My Man in a Box tasted rather sweetcorn, which is a black mark given the quality I’d had elsewhere. No cask OBB here either. Maybe I visited at the wrong time, but I didn’t really feel overly fussed about the place. 5.5
July 2010
A Sam Smiths house on a corner of Portobello Road which demands a visit due to the interior (refitted from the original plans after being ripped out in the 1960’s). The bar is surrounded by four areas divided up into snugs, with four-foot high doors between each one (similar to the superior Windsor Castle nearby). There’s also a bigger back room with a real fire at either end. Beer-wise there’s no OBB, just keg, with the usual cheap prices and dopey SS staff. Worthy of a visit for the novelty value, though the nearby(ish) Windsor Castle does a similar job with original fittings and better beer. Rated 7
On 11th February 2020
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No - Samuel Smith's. - last updated 22 December 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : No last updated 22 December 2023 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
- WiFi : No last updated 11 February 2020 by Quinno _
