User name:

Password:

Login


Sign in with Facebook


Not already a member?
Join our community and - Rate & review pubs - Upload pictures - Add events JOIN for free NOW


Chat about:
New pub visits 2024 with Brainypool on the Pub Forum

Picture of The Paxtons Head
Image posted by Just a quick pint, then I'm off
Submitted on Sunday, 23rd October 2022
With picture contributions to 9749 other pubs
View all this pub's pictures (12 more images)
Only members may add pictures, click to receive free membership

The Paxtons Head, Knightsbridge, SW1

153 Knightsbridge
SW1
SW1X 7PA
Phone: 02075896627
Correct details

Pub Type

Taylor Walker (Spirit Pubs)

Served areas

Reviews of The Paxtons Head (Average Rating: 6 of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Paxtons Head

Attractive Greene King (previously Spirit then Taylor Walker) pub with an interesting facade and plenty of ornate features to admire inside with a fine lozenge-shaped island bar and central bar-back dominating the main room. Plenty of etched glass, mirrors and other decorative features all around. With four of the six handpumps in use, I found IPA, Abbot, Old Golden Hen (£5.35) and Lilley's Apples & Pears cider being poured, and the celebratory Jubilee beer 'coming next' on this long overdue revisit. Also has a smaller, plainer Hyde Away bar downstairs with a pool table and up to three real ales on handpump, and a dining room upstairs (never visited).

On 5th June 2022 - rating: 7
[User has posted 8066 recommendations about 8066 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Tris C left this review about The Paxtons Head

A first visit to this grade II-listed pub, on CAMRA’s website for having an interior of Regional Interest, where photos of the spectacular interior can be seen, though not to best effect.
So then, the pub has the heritage value in spades, but that’s the good news. This is now a GK pub with all the predictability that entails, with rather off-putting cooking smells of fried onion rings, ordered from menus on tables. There’s a downstairs bar with pool table which is advertised as a function room, but its lavs are shared with drinkers upstairs. There was sport on at least two TVs but the problem here is that lighting is low and with all the mirrors and reflective glass, it may as well be 1,000 TVs; it’s not at all restful. Customers seem to be tourists; I doubt the resident who bought the neighbouring One Hyde Park flat a few months back for £175m drinks here.
Ales: two pumps offering GK IPA, a reversed clip for Morland’s Copper Ale, Landlord ‘coming soon’ and two novelty ciders, Lilley’s Pineapple or Peach; a Guinness set me back £5.55 which is probably not too bad for the area; staff are unsurprisingly a bit uninterested.
This is one to visit for a swift half whilst doing a lap of the impressive bar, before going on to spend quality time in the Grenadier or especially the Nag’s Head.

On 28th September 2021 - rating: 6
[User has posted 1956 recommendations about 1923 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


hondo . left this review about The Paxtons Head

A better than usual Taylor Walker interior with an island bar and mirrors down 2 walls. 5 real ales and food served. Didn't visit the more formal dining area upstairs.

On 13th October 2015 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 2883 recommendations about 2820 pubs]


View more reviews of The Paxtons Head (7)
External web links for The Paxtons Head

Pubs Galore is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Tris C
London Victoria, 1.15 miles, 22 min walk (show)
London Victoria, 1.15 miles, 22 min walk (show)
London Paddington, 1.7 miles, 32 min walk (show)
Latest updates View all updates for The Paxtons Head, SW1
24th Oct 2022, 09:00
Picture submitted by Just a quick pint, then I'm off approved
 
24th Oct 2022, 09:00
Picture submitted by Just a quick pint, then I'm off approved

Pub Details

Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.

  • Accommodation : No last updated 07 September 2013 by Nick Davies
  • Bar Billiards : No last updated 07 September 2013 by Nick Davies
  • Beer Festivals : No last updated 07 September 2013 by Nick Davies
  • Beer Garden : No last updated 07 September 2013 by Nick Davies
  • CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 24 February 2016 by ROB Camra
  • Car Park : No last updated 07 September 2013 by Nick Davies
  • Child Friendly : Yes last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Darts : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Function Room : Yes - With shared WCs. - last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Hot Food : Yes last updated 13 October 2015 by hondo .
  • Jukebox : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Karaoke : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Live Music : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 13 October 2015 by hondo .
  • Micropub : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Pinball : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Pool Table : Yes last updated 13 October 2015 by hondo .
  • Quiz Night : No last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 13 October 2015 by hondo .
  • Real Cider : Yes - Fruit ciders, not apple. - last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • Wheelchair Access : Yes - Disabled WC. - last updated 27 September 2021 by Tris C
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 13 October 2015 by hondo .
Local pubs

Icon Key: Picture Recommendation Rating Closed