The Admiralty, Trafalgar Square Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Loved the atmosphere in this pub, staff were great and the memorabilia around the place was fitting with the name."
• "Situated on the Whitehall side of Trafalgar Square opposite the National Gallery, this pub provides various spaces for enjoying your drink."
• "Perfectly positioned for some casual Trafalgar Square dining and drinking."
• "Very friendly and lively place to hang out after the working day."
• "Great pub. Tastefully decorated inside with attentive bar staff and a wide selection of tasty beers."
• "The atmosphere is old-school grand, with nautical paintings and great wooden beams."
• "The pub is absolutely stunning inside, very nice deco with many old paintings and 2 large chandelier at the middle of pub, creating a very elegant and enjoyable place to be."

Cons:

• "Really noisy but that was down to the amount of people crammed in, still getting used to post Covid outings."
• "The atmosphere was dull."
• "Loud but no atmosphere, full of screeching hen day women and heavily tattooed and pierced humanoids of indeterminate gender."
• "Don't expect to hold an intimate conversation, the noise level is somewhere between a dull roar and a raucous football match."
• "Too packed with people even on weekday evenings, one cannot hear another for the noise, it's difficult to have a conversation over a drink."
• "A very lovely place with a good sense of humour. However, because if it's location, it's quite overpriced and even on a random Wednesday afternoon most tables have been reserved."
• "This is not a quiet pub. It's near too many offices and tourist attractions to be so, but it serves decent beer, good food, and the downstairs gives a cosy, intimate feel for chatting eating and having a good time."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was fast, efficient and courteous."
• "The best part was our service. Nicki was incredible."
• "Staff was super friendly."
• "Staff seemed friendly."
• "The service was exceptional from Mathu, Will and Amit. Speedy, friendly, helpful staff."
• "Service was great."
• "The staff were really friendly, even on a busy Friday night."

Cons:

• "One of the waiters whom served me some times didnt smile or show any kind of happiness, he seemed like he hated his job."
• "Wile the management sat next to the bar pushing pencils not a good look."
• "Horrible service, waited over 20 minutes just for drink order, place was not that busy."
• "Staff were rude and incompetent though!"
• "Lovely place but the service was incredibly slow."
• "Very slow service."
• "Horrible service! They overlooked me in line in favor of the people behind me and ignored me completely when I said 'I was ahead of them.'"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Serve food including vegan options and have a lovely hidden away cosy basement."
• "The food is very good well priced with a good selection of beers and spirits."
• "Good pub food."
• "We tried a traditional pie and it was SO good! The fish and chips was also delicious."
• "Food was excellent and so was the beer."
• "The food is really good and the pub is one of the nicest ones in London."
• "Really good food. Pies are fantastic."

Cons:

• "The food was average and didnt feel warm enough."
• "Burger was very bad but the chips were great!"
• "The other dishes (salads, pies etc) are EXPENSIVE and not good portions."
• "Burger was absolutely illegal, illegitimate and should not be served. It was dry. It was burnt."
• "The food was only average. My wife said her meat pie was somehow dry despite having gravy in it."
• "The food is ok but nothing special."
• "But food has space for improvement - pies were nothing special (though sauce very good) and small, fries should have been fried a bit longer to have proper crispiness."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "I found it to be Reasonably priced."
• "The pies where mini pies chicken Tikka, mushroom and what I thought was steak and ale pie... this made the meal a very reasonable price."
• "Reasonably priced considering it's ideal location adjacent to Trafalgar Square."
• "Beers were decently priced considering the location."
• "Prices pretty standard for central London."
• "Prices are 'central London', but not excessively so."
• "The food and beer was excellent and reasonably priced, especially considering the prime location."

Cons:

• "Drinks get a bit pricey, but then that is normal around here."
• "The prices were also ridiculously high, which is unacceptable for someone who is familiar with local pricing."
• "It is overpriced for drinks (£60 for 2 wines, a vodka and orange and a g&t)."
• "However, because if it's location, it's quite overpriced."
• "Come here with plenty of money wow 2 pints of ESB £11.52 and that's with our CAMRA discount of 15%."
• "If you are going there to eat, just know it's unnecessarily expensive."
• "Food was a bit pricey TBH."