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The Queens Arms, SW8

139 St Philip Street
SW8
SW8 3SS

Phone: 02076223870

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Battersea, Clapham

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Tris C left this review about The Queens Arms

Originally the Queens Hotel, this is undoubtedly a mid-Victorian pub which has undergone some recent building work, which saw a Watney’s roundel removed from the rear and an extension added; it had been closed since around mid-2022 but reopened a few nights ago as an outlet for Tottenham’s Bohem brewery; see their strict brewing manifesto on their website.
The slightly clinical interior has been substantially stripped out, with a boarded floor, white walls with large plate glass picture windows, fashionable vertical wall mounted grey radiators and trendy eclectic mixed prints; à la mode spun copper shades dangle above the modern bar array, where hot snacks are served. Furniture is conventional, with studded elephant grey banquettes and customers were professional local types, a couple of very young children running about at the time of our visit at gone 9.30pm.
There was a solitary pump with a sign reading ‘Coming Soon’ – though apparently for a cask lager – then a beer wall up on high advertising 10 crafty offerings, but I couldn’t tell if all of them were their brews; a cider was offered. I plumped for a half of something called Nicholas Dark, £5.80 a pint though was charged a punitive £3.20 for ordering a half served by a very friendly barmaid; it was very cold and although there was an intriguing foretaste, it fizzled out to an unmemorable, short finish.
Perhaps this place will bed in over time, filling up as more customers discover it rendering it as packed as the surrounding pubs, but the children in a late evening adult environment and punitive pricing policy knock the score, but if you’ve been tarring your roof and like ‘…drinking icy cold Bohemia-style beer…’, you might want to czech it out.

On 4^th June 2025 - rating: 5
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Queens Arms

Reopened yesterday as the latest outpost of the North London Czech brewery Bohem. I hope the locals of Battersea take to it.

On 31^st May 2025 - no rating submitted
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Queens Arms

There’s no real ale and no sign of any food when I dropped in on Wednesday afternoon. Judging by a sign on the outside this was previously the Admiral Nelson, and clearly a Watney’s pub with some of the doors still pointing us to the Saloon and Public bars.

This is a wedge shaped corner site pub, and inside thre’s a stage in the “sharp end” of the pub, although I didn’t see any adverts for live music or the like. There’s a pool table in the middle of the room, and numerous sporting trophies displayed on shelves around the place. There’s not much in the way of décor, but I did spot some models of Gypsy caravans on a shelf above the pool table. There were a couple of old black and white photographs of the rat pack on the wall, and the Elvis version of You’ll Never Walk Alone being played was the high point of my visit. However, the young child who was driving his model electric car around the pub, and the overly friendly pub dog served to make my stay here shorter than it might otherwise have been.
This is another backstreet locals’ pub, but without real ale it probably won’t be seeing another visit from me.

On 19^th September 2013 - rating: 3
[User has posted 2606 recommendations about 2520 pubs]

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