King & Queen, Fitzrovia, W1

Randomness Guide to London - King And Queen entry

Randomness Guide to London - King And Queen entry

This is a very good pub with friendly staff and a relaxed atmosphere. Adnams, Tribute and Deuchars were available during my visit along with John Smiths, Carlsberg, Fosters, San Miguel and Guinness. My Deuchars was very good. There is plenty of seating and you have to walk yourself through it to get to the bar. There is a big plasma screen and most of the customers seemed to be in their twenties. I would recommend this pub and I would be glad to visit it again myself.

Renamed and lease up for sale, so things will change. Punch Taverns. [Admin edit: Name changed from The Rail View to The View 20/2/10]

A pleasant street corner pub in the shadow of the Telecom Tower, it has its own rather gothic tower built over the corner entrance, shown in the pictures above. K and Q picked out in gold on the door glazing. One room downstairs with the bar on the end wall. The central now closed door clearly shows the original two room format. Decor consists of a random mix of kings and queens through history, including a framed playing card set, and rugby/cricket pics/memorabilia. Rugby seems to be an important element here with TV fixtures advertised. Plenty of seating with banquettes around the perimeter, small square tables with stools plus taller stools at the bar. The bar itself has those little hooks, useful for hanging your coat or bag. A room upstairs is available for hire, and has an interesting selection of old brewery mirrors. A free house now but the old signage and the adjoining photos suggest a previous Watney Coombe Reid house. St Austell Tribute, Adnams Bitter, and Purity Mad Goose, with Deuchers reversed on the fourth pump when I visited. Good beer quality and despite earlier reviews, it was spotlessly clean, well worthy of a look in. The pub features in the 2010 GBG