Address: 30 Queen’s Gate Mews, SW7 5QL
Nearest Station: Gloucester Road
Welcome: Good; Service: Good (SIT); Beer: Good; Toilets: Good
Cost of two pints and a glass of wine: £14.75 (Doombar)
Guest: Mum; Word: Light-hearted; Person: Ben Fogle
Rating: 8/10
After our tumultuous trip to Deptford, we were looking forward to a quiet pint among the elegance of Kensington. Alas, it was not to be. Fortunately for the other punters at The Queen’s Arms, all the tension was confined to our table – with Dad arguing that the pub deserved only 8/10, and Mum passionately making the case for 8.5. (For the record, it was clearly an 8.) Everyone else seemed to be enjoying the relaxed atmosphere and charming bonhomie: The Queen’s Arms is a pub entirely devoid of animosity.