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The King & Co, Clapham, SW4
SW4
SW4 7BZ
Served areas
The King & Co
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11:30 AM Dec 9th 2022 from Twitter for Android
Reviews of The King & Co (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Tris C left this review about The King & Co
As the King’s Head, this dates from at least the early 19th century, renamed in September 2014, the fascia advertising that it’s affiliated with the Portobello brewery.
The interior has been substantially modernised to the point where it doesn’t really look like a pub, with modern bar back, open kitchen with some cooking smells, yellow and green colour scheme with some bare brick, mixed but conventional furniture, eclectic ephemera and young trendy customers, the side let down by four very sweary and loud mouthed yoofs.
A beer board displayed offerings along with price and ABV, 18 taps dispensing ‘craft’ and the likes of fizz, then three cask offerings oddly omitting a Portobello option, but otherwise Broadside, Sambrook’s Drop Kick and Five Points Railway Porter at a reasonable £2.70 a half and good.
Although now lacking in pub ambience though better than the Coach & Horses, the whole isn’t too bad with the best – although not great – cask choice yet sampled in SW4.
On 6th March 2024
- rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about The King & Co
This is a well regarded, Good Beer Guide regular, operated by the Portobello Brewery, with a bare boarded, L-shaped interior and a nice balance between its food and drink led sides. You enter into a broad front seating area with high tables and stools to the right and lots of standard tables and chairs through the centre and to the front, where there you can also find a short drinking ledge under the front windows, with lots of potted plants on their sills. A pleasant fireplace stands to the left with a grill around its hearth and a bunch of candles in the actual fireplace, beneath a nice dark wood mantle with a plain mirror above and some wing-back armchairs in front. Beer boards on either side of the fireplace list the extensive draught range and the bar is along the rear wall with a garish orange(I think - the low light made it hard to tell) tongue and groove panel counter and fake brick bar back. To the right there is an open kitchen serving hatch reminding you that this place majors on food as well as its good beer. The pub extends to the rear down the left-hand side, with lots more tables and chairs through a pleasant space with another smaller fireplace which has a brick chimney and a cool table top pub game to one side. Lots of mirrors and decorative lights make this a pleasant, cosy spot to try and bag a seat in. A decent funk and Motown soundtrack played in the background throughout the course of my stay and I noticed a shelving unit full of board games next to the entrance.
There are six handpulls on the bar, but two were out of action, leaving a choice between Adnams Ghost Ship, Brockley Red Ale, Portobello Market Porter and a lone real cider. The pub also offers a vast keg selection including plenty from local brewers such as Brick, Mondo and Brixton as well as a few from further afield like Magic Rock and Wild Beer. The staff were all very friendly and made everyone feel welcome, as well as serving me with a great pint of the Market Porter for £4.40.
It’s clear why this place has graced the pages of the Good Beer Guide in recent years, as they serve up well kept pints of local ale in a pleasant pub environment that isn’t dominated by their restaurant. I found this a nice spot to relax over a few pints and would definitely consider dropping in again in passing.
On 13th August 2022
- rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The King & Co
Second stop on a short crawl of Clapham and Brixton was the King & Co, I place I'd visited when it was called the 100 Pub and have been since, probably in its Antic days (although I don't recall).
With track and trace formalities complete, we embarked on choosing our beers (or cider in my case). The two real ales were Sambrook's Pumphouse Pale & Portobello Central Line Red, whilst the real cider was Abrahall's Wild Berries, a new one for me. In addition, there was a good selection of craft beers. Food is also served.
A decent pub that I will probably return to again.
On 24th May 2021
- rating: 7
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Wandsworth Road, 1 miles, 19 min walk (show)
Brixton, 1.08 miles, 20 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 04 March 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes - Few seats at front. - last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 04 March 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Darts : No last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Function Room : No last updated 04 March 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Jukebox : No last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Karaoke : No last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Live Music : No last updated 04 March 2024 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Six Nations. - last updated 04 March 2024 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Pinball : No last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Pool Table : No last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Quiz Night : Yes - Mondays 20.00. - last updated 04 March 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 17 December 2013 by Rex Rattus
- WiFi : Yes last updated 13 August 2022 by Pub SignMan
