Duchess Belle Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "What a lovely welcoming pub! Friendly fellow diners, attentive staff and a lovely landlady, Jenny, who could not have been more accommodating."
• "Loved all the flower displays on the ceiling & in the toilet."
• "Great pub! The decor inside is amazing and the provision of a function room with its own bar is a bonus."
• "Beautiful atmosphere."
• "This is the most amazing pub! Huge and beautiful terrace, enormous roof terrace, with overlooking Battersea power station, gorgeous old Victorian pub with all the original features, that’s been beautifully restored."
• "Beautiful and charming place."
• "The whole place seems adorned with flowers."

Cons:

• "This place used to be a nice warmly friendly pub, unfortunately it's quite 'ladish' now."
• "The decor is a mish mash of nonsense, like a TGI Friday meets a 19th century Greengrocer, but cheaper and with more plastic."
• "The recent renovation of The Duchess is bleak. They removed the artwork and replaced it with huge TVs."
• "The music became so loud to a point that a conversation could not take place then requests to turn it down were ignored by managers."
• "Strange pub that doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up."
• "Decor of the pub used to be great & unique. Replaced by flowers & so many TVs."
• "However, personal is not so friendly and look so tired and unhappy."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are nice and friendly."
• "Staff were friendly & polite, i'd go back here again."
• "Good food, attentive staff and clean loos!"
• "Every single one of them deserves a raise! Thank you!!"
• "The staff LITERALLY couldn’t have been more delightful and helpful!"
• "Good attentive service at the bar."
• "Very kind staff and quick service."

Cons:

• "Waited at bar and only one bar staff and didn’t even look in our direction."
• "Service was a bit slow but courteous."
• "Terrible service, took forever to make orders and when we did things were forgotten."
• "Waiter sweating into the food didn’t even wipe his face."
• "Service was dreadful."
• "waited 25 minutes nobody came to take our order despite not being busy."
• "The pub was clearly understaffed with glasses stacked on the bar and empty plates in front of customers."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "there's so much variety and it's always amazing."
• "The Sunday roast is good value, and if there are no tables inside, there are covered tables in the garden with heaters."
• "The nachos were a perfect treat if you want something to munch on."
• "The fis and chips were excellent."
• "Burger and steak which was tasty with the crispiest fries."
• "Had a good selection of drinks of all kinds, serves amazing food."
• "Crunchy and lightly salted, piping hot and tasty."

Cons:

• "Worse Sunday roast I ever had what a waste of money."
• "This is a pub that charges top premium prices and in return you get very poor value for money."
• "Food tasted poor, service was poor and drinks on tap tasted flat."
• "A poor, dry burger was made worse by the fact it was impossible to get a drink."
• "Dead roast dinner, my dog wouldn’t even eat the beef."
• "Food is terrible and the Sunday Roast tastes like a microwave ready meal."
• "The food used to be amazing but on my last visit I had an over-cooked burger in an inedible stale roll with very bland pub fries."

Location & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Great location too next to the tube station."
• "Six stops from Tottenham Court Road and bang opposite the Battersea Power Station, it's perfect for anyone who's anywhere in the city!"
• "Quite a gem of a pub, right opposite The Northern Line newest Tube Station. Battersea Power Station."
• "Really nice pub. Amazing views as faces Battersea power station."
• "Excellent location, right opposite the future tube station and close to Battersea power station development."
• "It is right in front of Battersea Power Station and the tube."
• "Very convenient location - opposite Battersea Power Station tube station."

Cons:

• "The only reason this place seems to get trade is because it's so close to the power station."
• "It is just a busy pub because of the Power Station but very disappointing."
• "The parking is quite bad in the area as well."
• "More expensive than Mayfair."
• "NO heating & it was freezing."
• "no music and no where to sit and had to wait ages to use the toilet as there was only one cubical for women."
• "Might have caught the staff on an off day but, rude, no manners and said nothing and not exclusive to just one person behind the bar."

Pricing

Pros:

• "The Sunday roast is good value."
• "Cheapest fish n chips in London."
• "The drinks were reasonably priced, £11.20 for two vodka and cranberry juice which I thought was good."
• "The beer garden here has a nice setting, reasonably priced beers for the location."
• "Prices on average."

Cons:

• "A little expensive so it gets a 3-star."
• "The beer pricing is too high. Make it a go-to place not a pub with rip-off pricing because it's next to a station."
• "£11.95 will definitely not be coming back."
• "Food was on the expensive side."
• "More expensive than Mayfair."
• "A Pint of Morretti, half an orange juice and half a lemonade coming in at £12.90....."
• "steak for £20 & was as tough as old boots."