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Sawyers Arms, Paddington, W2
W2
W2 1HL
Pub Type
Greene KingReviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Moby Duck left this review about Sawyers Arms
Another typical central London Greene King Pub, pretty packed on a Saturday evening I could only see the usual GK IPA, Abbott and London Glory with no guest beer that I could see, not my kind of pub.
On 17th March 2024
- rating: 5
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Graham Coombs left this review about Sawyers Arms
Not an unreasonable pub for the area, which can get a bit overwhelmed with tourists. The ground floor is nicely broken up into several different areas, while there is further space upstairs mainly used for dining. A few pavement tables lurk outside. The ales are of course mostly GK, with IPA, Abbot and London Glory, plus TT Landlord as the regular guest and in fair condition.
On 20th July 2022
- rating: 7
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Steve C left this review about Sawyers Arms
The Sawyers Arms is a wooden floored corner pub with split level seating that was all either taken or reserved for dining during a recent Friday afternoon visit. I ended up standing next to a beer shelf on a column adjacent to the bar that runs up the left wall. In amongst the standard and premium keg are six handpumps, two of which were unused. This left TT Landlord available alongside GK London Glory, Abbot and IPA. I didn’t venture upstairs to the advertised restaurant area, but I did note that the burger with chips is priced at £14.50. There was some background music playing, but this added nothing to the already non-existent atmosphere. This is a run-of-the-mill Central London Greene King pub, there are plenty about so no reason to rush back here.
On 3rd July 2022
- rating: 5
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Tris C left this review about Sawyers Arms
Once a fishmongers, it seems that this is a relatively modern conversion, situated diagonally opposite the Greene King pincer movement that is the Dickens Tavern.
Unlike other local and indeed GK pubs, this has been substantially gastrofied. Split levels, mixed ‘zoned’ furniture and filament bulbs, a pale floor, smoky blue and pale grey colour scheme and trendy framed photos of the locality to walls; games machines were an option, unsurprisingly; also unsurprising, were the sauce bottles and menus on tables, all to a theme tune of popstrel banality, playing at too high a volume. Customers were of course blokes, but also a seemingly large number of Spanish customers, one mounting a brief attempt at Flamenco dancing.
The GK ale choice was proffered, so a Neck Oil it was, at the surprisingly low £3.15 a half, 25p cheaper than the Dickens, opposite.
This is a fairly poor pub, but it’s probably the best bet if in the immediate area.
On 15th January 2022
- rating: 4
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Sawyers Arms
A corner pub in a side street directly opposite Paddington station, this makes a handy pit stop if you have a wait for your train. There is a small amount of seating on the pavement outside, although it’s not really the best outlook.
Internally, it’s clearly been refurbished and has little in the way of any character with something of a slightly generic, chain feel to it. That said, it was perhaps more elegant than some renovations and was certainly not unpleasant. There was wood strip on the floor along with some pale khaki colour wood panelling on the walls and some further white wood panelling on parts of the ceiling. Elsewhere was a mixture of dark green and white plasterwork. A large TV screen was showing a sports channel but the volume was off so this was not too intrusive. There was also an upstairs dining room although I did not investigate this.
Beers on tap were Greene King IPA, Abbott Ale, London Glory, Samuel Adams Craft Ale, Timothy Taylor Landlord and Evans Evans Britannia. Ciders meanwhile were Mortimer’s Orchard and Kopparberg Raspberry. Overall this was not a bad pub if you’re in the area and want a pint, but it’s certainly not worth making a special effort to get to.
On 13th April 2017
- rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about Sawyers Arms
This is a Greene King house with the usual suspects on, plus Rockin’ Rudolph and “Trial Brew”, a GK stout. Being this close to Paddington Station food is inevitably available – sandwiches £5 - £6 and main courses featuring plenty of pub grub options are between £7 - £10, with the classic steak and ale pie weighing in at £9.95.
The pub itself is OK. There are quite a few tall tables/tall stools in the main bar as you enter, with more traditional furnishings up a few stairs at the back. There’s also an upstairs room signed as a “bar restaurant”, and seems to be a more relaxing area than downstairs. The downstairs room is dominated by a massive mirror on the back wall, but I didn’t spot anything else worth mentioning. There were Christmas decorations everywhere of course, including a real Christmas tree by the door. There were a few gastro-type things around, such as the large jars of nuts, and covered dish of assorted pastries behind the bar, but this is by no means a gastropub.
This is a decent enough little pub. I’m not a great fan of Greene King ales – nor tall tables/stools, but the back of the room and upstairs bar seemed quite comfortable. This one’s OK as long as you’re happy with GK beers.
On 7th December 2013
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Sawyers Arms
OK-ish sort of pub, but the main bar gets very busy and it has an awkward layout with lots of small flights of steps up and down. However, there is also a calmer upstairs bar. I have had trouble with short-measures here in the past, but the beer quality is good with five offerings from the Greene King range (e.g. IPA, London Glory, OSH, Abbot and the new 2.8% Tolly English Ale on my recent visit). Overall, one of the better establishments within a few minutes walk of Paddington station (but that really isn't saying much).
On 13th November 2011
- rating: 6
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Godwyn Malthead Phuong left this review about Sawyers Arms
Was in London this April from visiting UoWarwick to decide whether to take the offer for the BSc Econ. (The Uni was boring by the way). Wasted my day in the hunt of another pipe (and purchased a charming Charatan). Being hungry, I ordered a full meal and olives and an Abbot. There were complete but irregular sets of furuniture and I chose those that fitted my mood the most. The place was 3/4 full. After 5 minutes' worth of waiting I realized I miscalculated the the depart time for my flight. Voiced my sad predicament.Food arrived in 5 minutes. Wasn't even half done with my olives as an appetizer. Downed my pint, but the waitress was sweet even before. The meal was great, so I finished the second half. Barely made it in time to the flight and returned to felicitous Austria where beer was distributed in measures. She was a solid 8/10.
On 5th October 2011
- rating: 8
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Philip Carter left this review about Sawyers Arms
Multi level pub. Very popular. Sells real ale with regular guest ales. Sells food all day. Another one worth a visit if you are in the area.
On 1st September 2008
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Sawyers Arms
Not too bad a choice for the station - unexpectedly good pints of Adnams Broadside and Spitfire (think GK IPA was the other one) although not cheap by any means. An interesting layout inside, plenty of different areas to sit in, if a bit cramped overall. A decent crowd too, good pervading atmosphere despite Paddington’s iffy reputation. My food came out at fair speed and tasted fairly good for what it was (microwave fayre).
No world-beater but worth a call if you have 30-odd minutes to kill before the train.
On 17th February 2008
- rating: 6
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