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The Blue Boat, W6
W6
W6 9GD
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David Walton left this review about The Blue Boat
Visited 02/12/24
Two sets of four handpulls dispensing Pride, ESB, Starlink IPA and the mind-blowing Vintage Ale. The keg offering was typical for Fullers outlets of Guinness, Neck Oil, Tiny Rebel Easy Livin pale ale, Amstel, Brixton Reliance Pale Ale, Peroni, Cornish Orchards cider, Vault City Triple Fruited Mango pale ale, Fullers Frontier lager, Lucky Saint, Siren Lumina
This is a quite modern riverside venue with a sun terrace out the front but in no demand on my December early evening visit despite it being well provided with umbrellas and cabin type seating arrangements. The inside resembled Santa's grotto, festooned with spruce, baubles, and a multitude of warm white fairy lights. The long bar counter is opposite the back wall opposite the entrance and has a nice copper topped area to sit at on tall stools either facing outside or facing the bar counter. The right-hand side has a bunch of regular tables with either regular chairs or banquettes to sit on, the tables all being laid for dining. The left-hand side is mostly for drinkers and there is a nice, raised area with some comfy seating in the back left hand corner. The walls are covered in framed prints of a mish mash of themes.
On 21st March 2026
- rating: 6
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Blue Boat
Large modern food led riverside food pub as well described below. Lots of ale pumps on the shiny bar top but only dispensing London Pride and Oliver’s Island, and as the latter was off, Pride it was.
Standard pub food menu and as a place for a spot of lunch I would say it was perfectly fine, but for a pub experience for a beer, all a bit soulless. That is unless the sun is out (it wasn’t for us) and you can use the pleasant outside terrace section with its river footpath view.
On 28th October 2025
- rating: 6
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Malden man left this review about The Blue Boat
This is a modern riverside pub with a large front terrace affording good river views towards Hammersmith Bridge and back upstream towards Fulham.
Part of the exclusive Fulham Reach development (Hammersmith really) and place feels deliberately upmarket to suit its setting. A long more or less rectangular room with an open to view kitchen one end and a caged bottle store behind a raised area of seating at the other. The lengthy bar runs along the rear opposite the entrance and is possibly zinc topped, don’t think it is pewter. The floor is some sort of engineered wood blocks and the ceiling is exposed concrete with downlighters on tracks. Seating is mixed, at the kitchen end the tables were pre-set for dining. Decor is mostly river based stuff in frames although there are stuffed gulls and a heron which I thought a bit distasteful.
It’s Fullers here, just Pride and Oliver’s Island repeated on the pumps, the barman was totally nonplussed when I produced cash and actually had to call for assistance.
The pub is too modern and polished for my taste but it did a job for me while walking the river on a warm day.
On 12th September 2022
- rating: 6
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Blue Boat
A very modern Fuller's tied house,if you want river views you will need to drink in the front patio but don't try to take your drinks onto the towpath,signs warn of dire consequences !
To the left of the entrance is an area with some sofas and small tables and chairs in plastic and metal,opposite the long bar there are copper topped high tables while to the right is a dining area with some seating booths besides set dining tables.Behind the bar there are further seating booths,with a wine store to one side.Fullers have spent some money here and the overall affect is stylish.Food is a major draw,there is a lunchtime menu,a dinner menu and after 5pm a bar snack/ small plate list.The prices will reflect the area and the open kitchen was doing a good trade .
The bar has lots of handpumps but both London Pride and Olivers Island were trebbled up,leaving Hophead available soon but thankfully a very decent Day Dream at £4.40.This feels much more restaurant than pub,and it's all too swish for a session on the ale.
On 13th June 2019
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Blue Boat
New-build Fuller's pub in the upmarket Fulham Reach development; beside the Thames Path, but with the river just obscured from view by the flood wall. As you would expect, it makes much of its aspect with a sizeable front patio beer garden (which was where most of the customers were on a swelteringly-hot summer's day). Inside, it has attractive modern furniture and decor, although much of the seating was either reserved or set aside for those dining). Disappointingly, just Pride, Oliver's Island and Cornish Orchard pear 'cider' from two banks of four handpumps. However, given the temperature, I opted for one of the keg offerings anyway; Montana Red (a nice refreshing pint, but so it should be for £5.60...).
On 13th August 2016
- rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Blue Boat
This is a brand new build Fuller's pub in the upmarket Fulham Reach, where I don't reckon there's much "social/affordable" housing about. It's ultra modern inside, with bare-boarded flooring consisting of a herring-bone parquet design. All the "normal" banquettes and standard tables and chairs were laid for diners, leaving some tall tables/tall stools (including a strange round fixed pedestal thing), and some armchairs on a raised area on the left, for drinkers. That's not to say that the former seating can't be used by drinkers at quiet times. The decor is generally quite interesting, with prints and other stuff on the right hand wall, and a large shelving array near the raised area with more knick knacks on top of it, and containing loads of books, some of which may actually be worth perusing (River Thames; Fulham Past). The long bar has a pewter top, which tends to add to the modern look. As you would expect with a riverside pub, there's plenty of outside seating from which to enjoy the views. The anomaly was the ceiling, which looks like an Antic-esque work in progress.
Being a Fuller's pub there were no great surprises on the beer front, with London Pride; ESB; Spring Sprinter; and the fairly new Oliver's Island (£2.15 a half) available on handpump. There was a large choice of lagers available (including Veltin and Estrella), plus a couple of ciders. Obviously food is important in any modern pub like this one, and although I only glanced at a menu on the way out, I did note that main courses were £12 upwards. Again, as you would expect in a newly built establishment, an accessible toilet (which I guess must mean that it's suitable for disabled customers) is located by the other two toilets.
This pub is just fine if you like large, modern, newly built pubs. The beer selection is OK without being very exciting, but the big plus with this place is the riverside setting with its outside seating - a great bonus on a nice day.
On 9th April 2015
- rating: 6
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