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The Cross Keys, W6
W6
W6 9BG
Reviews of The Cross Keys (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Cross Keys
Visited 14/01/25
Cask amounted to two hand pumps dispensing Pride and two dispensing Hophead. Keg was Camden Hells and Pale Ale, Fosters, Asahi, Cruz, BrewDog Lost lager, Neck Oil and Guinness.
This venue is hard to describe beyond the small frontage with seats on the quiet street outside. Indeed, inside the entrance there is a leather studded banquette inside the window looking out onto the exterior seating area. A darting area to the left of the curvy bar counter was actively in focus on my visit. The venue is old school bare boarded apart from a tiled, foot width skirt around the bar and has a nice ledge along the left-hand wall to perch at on tall stools. Beyond that there are some rear seating areas with regular tables morphing into mysterious outside seating areas that I couldn't discern on my early evening visit with inconsistent outside lighting. Several overhead TV's were showing the evenings footy action. All told I found this to be a very pleasant quaffing venue in W6.
On 22nd March 2026
- rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about The Cross Keys
Seemingly always a Fuller Smith Turner pub, this is a late Georgian backstreet boozer, in the rather lovely Georgian enclave of ‘posh’ Hammersmith; it’s a far cry from King Street to the north, thank God.
The interior is a rather long J-shape, with the bar in the ‘heel’. The floor is bare, the interior being quite traditional, with much panelling and wooden bar array, possibly post-war, but which one I know not, all of which is visible on the website’s gallery. Items of note are the plethora of sports trophies and a couple of boxing stoats, stuffed in the ring and two Briton automatic door closers from the 1930s, which on closer inspection were the ‘B-type’, which confirmed my suspicions. Furniture is traditional, but the curved studded banquette below the partially etched picture window, was really rather tatty. Customers were a mix of more traditional locals, single men, younger types and affluent locals, though few in number given I was in on a Saturday evening.
Despite being a Fuller’s pub, there were only two beers on offer, one being Pride, so I went for the Hophead at a very reasonable £4.60 and very nice it was too, served by a friendly barmaid.
This is a very pleasant pub, but it could do with a few quid spent on it and a wider and superior choice of ales would get the score up.
On 6th February 2022
- rating: 5
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BobOs . left this review about The Cross Keys
Pleasant enough small back-street Fullers pub but offering nothing special. Only two ales but the Pride was in excellent form (well, let's face it - it didn't have to travel far). Overall I rate it only slightly above average.
On 27th February 2013
- rating: 6
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South Acton, 1.58 miles, 30 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Darts : Yes last updated 08 June 2010 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Function Room : Yes last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes - Ukulele classes Mondays 20.30. - last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Supposedly. - last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 20 August 2019 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - Thursdays 20.15. - last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes - Fuller's. - last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 06 February 2022 by Tris C
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