The Scarsdale Tavern Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Classic British cuisine with vegan options too if you prefer something more healthy."
• "Lovely homecooked food and great service."
• "The Sunday Roast was phenomenal; we had the lamb and the beef. So tender and flavourful."
• "The food is amazing; we had fillet steak- medium rare (cooked to perfection), shoulder of lamb and fish and chips, ingredients are clearly well sourced."
• "Loved the sweet potato curry, thoroughly enjoyed the Bakewell tart my friend had and was amazed by the apple pie."
• "Food was fantastic quality and the menu was inviting!"
• "The arancini balls were delicious and the deep fried fish and chips with mushy pees were excellent."

Cons:

• "The stuffed aubergines were virtually raw; the rice was ice cold and the burger was awful."
• "The food is mediocre, and at £20 a plate, unrealistically priced for a pub."
• "I can only sum up the food as being totally incompetent and some dishes were just disgusting."
• "Don't order the pan fried fish, the portion is less than half a singular fillet."
• "The roast dinner was pricey and included very fatty and inedible beef."
• "We all ordered soup as a starter and it was inedible, really watery, no flavour."
• "Such a shame. We ordered the calves liver waited an hour to receive our dishes. The liver was cremated completely destroyed."

Service

Pros:

• "Top, smiling waiters and waitresses who went out of their way."
• "The staff made the already great experience, exceptional!"
• "Staff are lovely, welcoming and attentive."
• "Really courteous and easily approachable staff."
• "Staff always friendly and efficient."
• "The staff was friendly, attentive and helpful."
• "Service - Very friendly and attentive even when busy."

Cons:

• "Service was slightly below average, I was not warned or told the kitchen was closing and asked if I would want dessert."
• "Management was absolutely awful and would rather smoke than talk to you."
• "The bartenders are the worst. They go out of their way to ignore you in favour of anyone ordering more drinks than you."
• "Staff a bit clueless...pleasant enough but just young and inexperienced."
• "The girl I voiced my concerns to obviously didn't give a toss but every other member of staff I have ever spoken to has been superb so isolated incident."
• "Service was extremely (I mean... truly awfully) slow, team was understaffed."
• "The bar staff have zero training. The woman that served us had no idea what was on offer and no knowledge of beer what so ever."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "A little hidden pub of Kensington high Street. Has a nice atmosphere around it."
• "It is absolutely the best pub in London and I've visited many over the years."
• "A smashing pub. Manages to successfully blend a mix of locals, after work drinkers and tourists."
• "This is a proper, local pub with great atmosphere, staff, food and drink."
• "Really lovely pub, great atmosphere."
• "Genuine London pub, with great food and beer. Also not on the high street, beautiful quiet seating out front during the summer."
• "What a lovely pub! Tucked away and feels like a real hidden gem, with a great outside area and beautiful interior."

Cons:

• "I visited over Halloween weekend and unfortunately the bar was covered in faux cobwebs."
• "Seems like it's catered for the over 60yrs and I'm in my 40s."
• "Dirty dusty outdoor area that hasn't been cleaned in years."
• "Manager appears stressed all the time and started to clear our table away when we hadn't finished!"
• "Nice pub shame about the attitude. I would suggest readers visit a more welcoming and inclusive establishment."
• "They had to open the door to get the kitchen smoke out and we were a bit cold as our table was near the door."
• "They suddenly changed the steak sandwich recipe, slathering it with the most obnoxious, almost toxic English mustard in the known universe."

Location

Pros:

• "Beautiful pub, always stunning floral arrangements."
• "A hidden gem of a pub that has very good selection of drinks and do really good food as well."
• "Lovely pub with absolutely beautiful flower display outside.. it's on a quiet street off Kensington High St and away from the bustle.. the front garden is great."
• "Scarsdale Tavern was a gem tucked away from the kinetic, sometimes overwhelming energy of Piccadilly Circus or Covent Garden."
• "Quaint pub in a quiet and lush part of Kensington, two blocks away from the High Street."
• "Feels like a great London pub down a leafy green street."
• "The best thing about this pub is that it is located in an area where only few cars pass its outside area."

Cons:

• "Been sitting here for 40 mins waiting for a single dish we ordered...."
• "One sitted inside with our kids, we were told by the manager that they can't serve families with kids after 5pm."
• "The smell of the toilets was the only drawback."
• "The quality of service is definitely sub par."
• "Don't go here if you hate TV renta-mouths called Piers."
• "We’ll definitely be back."
• "The lunch spoilt by an officious general manager who evicted a young couple with a 3 year old girl for ‘playing with the flowers’."