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The Gazebo, Kingston Riverside, Kingston Upon Thames
Kingston Upon Thames
KT1 1PE
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Gazebo
Sam Smiths keg only tied house,I used to drink here in the 80's shortly after it's opening along the Riverside Walk developement .The unused gazebos still exist and there are customer only tables right by the waterfront below these wooden structures.There are 24 hour free mooring for boats here ,read the small print on the "No Mooring" signs !!
The interior is off the path and opens into a smart lounge with banquettes and upmarket furniture with the bar running along the rear wall.I plumped for a half of their Extra Stout which set me back £3.20,gone are the days of Humphrey offering value pricing on his beer.
Strangely both the first floor lounge and the charming terrace are only accessed by the external staircase to the left of the building near the beer garden.The terrace gives wonderful views of the Thames,boating traffic and Kingston Bridge and so I could almost forgive Sam Smiths for their dull keg beers given this facitity.Food is popular here ,and it feels respectable rather than a circuit boozer.No need for me to return.
On 24th April 2026
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The Gazebo
Sam’s pub in a modem (late 80s?) building overlooking the water. Fairly bland oblong box inside, designed for maximising bums-on-seats. Upstairs is a terrace bar which wasn’t open on our early Saturday afternoon visit but looks to be the main selling point. Of most interest was the original period tiling still in situ in the gents – how long before that gets a listing? All keg offerings at the bar, I had an enjoyable pint of Man In A Box. Could be better but doesn’t need to aim high I suppose.
On 24th April 2024
- rating: 5
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Malden man left this review about The Gazebo
The pub's selling point is clearly the riverside location. The downstairs bar is wood floored with nothing of note to make it stand out, upstairs (accessed separately from the side) the terrace bar is better and a good spot on a sunny day with the outdoor area directly overlooking the river. if you can't get a spot here the room doors fold back and the upmarket sofas and leather stools still allow the same vista. Minimalist up and downstairs, there are a few arty style river prints. Food served and seems to be the pub's mainstay.
If this place served a couple or more decent real ales it would be a destination pub on a nice day however the rather dull and always freezing cold Sam Smiths keg version does not add to any allure, hence some indifference on my part. I'm sure the riverside location especially the view from the terrace will tick boxes for many people but it could be so much better.
On 6th October 2012
- rating: 5
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Gazebo
This is not a particularly good pub, but it is certainly not an Evil Gazebo. This was my first visit to this pub for a few years, and it looks pretty much unchanged. Inside it’s very unexceptional, with a few tables and chairs; a pool table on the right; and that’s about it. It’s still a Sam Smith’s house, with nothing on handpump, although the keg Old Brewery Bitter was OK. There is an upstairs bar, with a balcony overlooking the river that is really this pub’s redeeming feature. Being here on a late sunny Sunday afternoon there were no seats outside, and there were also quite a few customers sitting on the steps at the river’s edge. The only advantage of sitting inside is the fact that you get to drink out of a glass glass rather than a plastic glass. I don’t think that I would make any effort to return to a pub with such a limited ale choice, but if you can bag a table outside on a nice day it is certainly a decent place to sit and watch the swans, and the world, go by.
On 13th September 2010
- rating: 5
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Gerry Lane left this review about The Gazebo
A decent enough place, with reasonable standards and pricing for food and drinks. Nothing to get excited about, but certainly nothing to complain about. Go there with friends and you'll find it's worth the visit.
On 22nd September 2008
- rating: 6
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