The King's Arms Wandsworth Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "Great beer garden away from the busy main road out front."
• "Great atmosphere, lovely food, great gin selection and friendly staff."
• "Always a good crowd, music is spot on."
• "The outside area is very pretty, 10x better than under previous ownership."
• "Sensational atmosphere, staff, variety of drinks but most importantly to our intrepid adventure here at the Kings Arms; the quiz master Chazz."
• "The beer garden is about the best I've ever been to in the UK."
• "The King’s Arms is a delightful treat on a dying Wandsworth High Street."

Cons:

• "General bad vibes across the board."
• "Overruled by ridiculous door policy."
• "Altercations between patrons disrupted the atmosphere and a large security presence made us feel a little on edge."
• "There was an incredibly tense and hostile feeling inside."
• "Making for a pathetic atmosphere for the game. Add to that poor service and it made for a terrible experience."
• "The garden has shrunk and is not really a garden anymore, vibe is strange."
• "An utterly horrific pub populated by the more mentally defective security guards of Guantanamo bay who were let off."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Food menu is varied and delicious."
• "Food was also good and just a really nice feel in the pub."
• "We had a brilliant birthday dinner!"
• "The food menu (some would call them pricey but I'd say it's just about right for the food received) was very good."
• "The new food menu is lovely and for the first time in over a year, they are now doing Roast dinners."
• "The food was delicious! A few of us got fish and chips and it’s quite possibly the best fish and chips I’ve had in a while!"
• "Food was amazing and we all loved it. The Ox cheek platter and veggie sliders were a big hit."

Cons:

• "The classic burger lacked sauce, the brioche bun was not toasted and incredibly dry."
• "But it has also made me incredibly Ill with food poisoning."
• "Decent drinks selection - massively falls down on the quality of the food. Roast beef came with one scraggy, tiny wafer-thin bit of greasy, overcooked beef meaning I effectively paid £19 for a plate of soggy vegetables."
• "The roast dinners looked amazing but unfortunately due to suppliers not making a delivery they ran out."
• "The wings however were unacceptable, bony little deep fried shrimpy things."
• "The menu is way expensive and compared with the quality is definitely not worth."
• "Roast was raw, Brussels like stone, Potatoes over fried."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Service is friendly and prompt."
• "Well looked after by staff."
• "Service very good and friendly."
• "I just wanna say BIG THANK YOU to the staff at The Kings Arms in Wandsworth."
• "The staff are an absolute delight, really friendly, knowledgeable and made us feel utterly welcome."
• "The staff were fantastic, really friendly and attentive."
• "Toilets are very clean and well stocked and the staff have a constant smile on their faces and are so friendly."

Cons:

• "But the service was atrocious. It took us over 45 minutes to get served at the bar."
• "The staff are so inexperienced and slow!"
• "Service was very slow considering there wasn’t many tables."
• "Incredibly rude service, staff were talking behind the bar as if they were on a stroll in a park whilst the customers were 3 rows deep waiting."
• "Waited 1hr 30 mins for my roast lunch while everyone else on my table got theirs and had finished."
• "Service slow, overpriced, waiters and bar staff miserable, food awful."
• "Very slow service, waited a long time for drinks."

Price & Value

Pros:

• "For 4 pints 4 burgers and 2 chips the cost was 84 pounds."
• "Lost a star because it’s a bit on the pricey end."
• "Good pub loads of cover and good atmosphere not the cheapest but it's been done up so nicely you don't mind the price."
• "Really tasty/affordable food and friendly staff (matt)."
• "The pub is well priced and the food quality was very good."
• "Drinks were around average sort of prices and the cocktails were delightful."
• "The prices aren't extortionate considering it's in a really annoying part of Wandsworth."

Cons:

• "Word on the street is its a near £million one by Youngs."
• "Decent enough but way too pricey for the food and drinks we received. There's accounting for inflation, and then there's being an opportunist."
• "Well it's quite simple. A gorgeous secret garden, that is no way worth the overpriced, short measured lukewarm beer and undertrained team."
• "Ordered a double vodka and coke...£14. The price of a bottle."
• "The burgers were good but small."
• "Drinks were extremely expensive (£7.90 for 2 lemonades, one with elderflower in)."
• "Price of food very expensive, mains I saw on the main menu around £14-£15."