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The Curtains Up, West Kensington, W14
W14
W14 9HP
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Tris C left this review about The Curtain's Up
This is a late Victorian pub, originally known as the Admiral Palliser, the current name arriving in 1993.
This is a fairly standard quite large corner pub, of which there are many in London. This would also seem to be the ‘safe’ hub where the relatively affluent locals congregate; this place is a far cry from the neighbouring hostels on the adjacent North End Road. The place has been trendified, but not radically so, looking like a contemporary pub rather than boozer. The floor is modern boarded, grey or white walls and dark blue wainscoting; above, is a white Anaglypta ceiling. The bar has a central tubular steel shelf system. Furniture is fairly normal, with some banquettes to the periphery. There are trendy framed prints, trendy sconce lights and interesting spherical fluted lamps hanging above the bar. Monotonous background music played to middle-aged customers, who may have been taking in a show at the en suite theatre.
Ales amounted to Special ‘coming soon’, Proper Job ‘coming soon’ and London Original, already arrived, £2.60 a half and in moderate condition.
This place isn’t too bad, certainly better than the competition nearby, but it’s not worth a special detour.
On 12th February 2022
- rating: 5
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Curtain's Up
Young's Bitter, Sambrook's Junction and Pumphouse Pale, and Twickenham Grandstand (£2.30 a half) were available. Main course prices were par for the area at around £13 or £14.
There's a central island servery here, surrounded by drinking areas. Sofas abound, as do tall chunky tables/tall stools, and there are recycled church chairs and dining room tables. There are knick knacks all over the place, and for some reason there's an enormous inflatable rugby ball sitting above the central stillion. There's a vase of lilies by one of the windows, some old black and white photographs on the wall, and board games and the like are available. One of the games consisted of wooden blocks that I guess you have to assemble in some way - probably has a fancy foreign name. It's that sort of place.
This place is larger than it at first appears, with a large room revealed at the back after you've circumnavigated the servery. This is clearly another pub for the young and affluent with little or no olde worlde pub character left.
On 3rd April 2017
- rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Curtain's Up
This place was transformed following the Geronimo Inns takeover, but little else seems to have changed since that company was later bought out by Youngs. In terms of furniture and decor it is very much a gastro-pub, but the clientele usually seems to be more at the younger (if not quite student) end of the market. Also home to the 60-seat Barons Court Theatre, unusually housed in the basement. You can usually get a nice pint of Wandle plus a Sharp's beer (varying between Doom Bar and something more interesting) and something like Broadside (£3.70). Worth seeking out if in the area, particularly at a less-busy time of day.
On 16th May 2012
- rating: 7
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