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The Knight of Notting Hill, W11

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139 Ladbroke Grove
W11
W11 1PN

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Notting Hill, North Kensington, Ladbroke Grove

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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Knight of Notting Hill

Excellent review from Tris C below gives the history,these days a modern keg only pub with a high ceiling,bench seating to one side,flock wall paper to another side,high tables in the middle and a flatscreen with womens rugby on low volume.The food offering felt cheaper than lots of local hostileries with mains around £16,Burgers £13. The floor boards are dark,the jazz mellow but there is little heritage these days.Limited indie beers with my Beavertown Lunar Haze unremarkable.
I can see no reason to return.

On 21^st September 2025 - rating: 4
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Tris C left this review about KPH

Built in the so-called Kensington Italianate style in the mid-19th century, this is very much a local North Kensington institution on the border with Notting Hill which, closed for several years, came perilously close to being converted but reopened earlier this year.
This was a former Irish pub which in earlier years had been a focal point for the Notting Hill race riots of 1958 but earlier still, it was the local boozer for Timothy Evans and John Reginal Christie, of 10 Rillington Place infamy, the street being just a couple of hundred yards from here. Other past drinkers included Oswald Mosley and as a music venue, it has hosted the likes of Tom Jones, The Clash, Thin Lizzy and The Jam.
It had in recent years been gentrified, but the reopening has seen even greater change. Out front, where once the windows were reinforced with wire, are now large clear picture windows, topped with smaller panes retaining their etching. Gone is the Cannon Brewery logo to the corner splay along with the Taylor Walker plaques and lanterns; the Double Diamond logo to the entrance has also gone.
Inside, and it’s a typical traditional meets modern madeover London pub. Large, with a new boarded floor with tiled apron to the bar which appears to be new, the illuminated Double Diamond and Skol wording gone, but visible above the top of the bar parapet along with the name of Ind Coope. The overall colour scheme is dark green with a white punctuated ceiling and some Anaglypta to where the walls feature dado rails. Otherwise, there’s oxblood studded vinyl banquettes to the periphery below the windows. Some tall round tables and matching stools occupy the centre, along with a couple of round tables clasping the central columns. Further tables to the rear are low, square and modern with traditional chairs. Lighting is tasteful but minimal along with oil burning lamps on tables; two rather unattractive aircon units are fixed to the ceiling. There’s a dining room upstairs with new lavatories downstairs with a cubicle featuring almost clear glass panes to the door, which is something of an invasion of privacy, but is probably intended to be a deterrent to naughtiness. Jazz funk music played at really too loud a level for comfort and customers were a pleasing mix of pretty young things as well as some older more local geezers, though overall it wasn’t that busy for a Thursday, especially given how many had filled the Elgin across the road.
Service was immediate, with three ales being available in the form of a reversed clip, Landlord and Sussex Best on great form but at a painful £4.90 pint.
The KPH is certainly worth a visit if in the area though not a detour, but you’ll probably end up here prior to admiring the Elgin’s beautiful interior.

On 2^nd August 2019 - rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about KPH

Quite an old-fashioned pub, with a huge three-letter sign above the corner entrance. Mixed furniture and decor. Greene King IPA and Harvey's (£4.00) available from two of three hand pumps on the front of the square bar counter (featuring some old Ind Coope signage), with a reversed Abbot clip noted and two more disused pumps at the back. Theatre Room for hire upstairs (not visited). Menu appears to just be breakfast and pizzas. Live music a feature, with a jazz quartet setting up when I stopped by.

On 3^rd May 2015 - rating: 6
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