Devonshire, Chiswickback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This place has now closed & is up for sale
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Good place to take a friend for a quiet drink. Although most come here to eat, the beer is decent and not too much seeing as they must have spent some money on keeping it well decorated and current.
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Formerly a Gordon Ramsay pub, now spruced up and reopened by Nick Gibson, who also owns the Drapers Arms in Islington. With former Le Caprice chef David Philpot in the kitchen, there's still an emphasis on high end food - which, judging from the many empty tables we saw on a Friday lunchtime - may well be lost on the residents of the shabby flats surrounding the pub.
The decor is ruined by the hideous wallpaper, but what's definitely welcome is the choice of three fine cask ales, which included Woodeford's Wherry and Sambrook's Wandle. A pleasing alternative to the Fullers pubs which abound in this area.
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Went here expcting expensive restaurant food and was very surprised to find lots of very well priced British pub food. The biggest surprise of all was the good real ales and cheap cocktails. Having been to the Harwood arms and the Sands end I have to say that this is my favourite pub in London.
Well Done Gordon!
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Being a Gordon Ramsay pub restaurant, I was expecting a fancy overpriced gastro-pub. However, my pint was 'only' �3.30 and the small-ish bar area retains a reasonable pub feel with a selection of different furniture including a row of bar stools. The larger restaurant area also has some sofas at one end providing extra seating. London Pride, Old Hooky and Old Rosie cider on handpump. Better than I expected, but so quiet in mid-afternoon the barmaid spent the whole time pacing about in a rather disconcerting manner.
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Not closed. The Devonshire, as stated previously is more like a restaurant, though it does have publike seating at the front and there is Deuchars as well as London Pride (which this being near the Fullers brewery is in every pub nearby). The bar staff are very nice but most of the place is still a restaurant.
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It's not really a pub, is it? More a restaurant with a bar at the front.
Have had bigger portions for the same price but then it's a Gordon Ramsey so you're paying a bit for the name. Still worth it though - the bread and butter pudding in particular was first rate.
sjb92 - 16 Feb 2009 16:37 |
Bit off the beaten track, good walk from Turnham green station towards the A4. Food was good, well presented, but pricey. I still left there hungry after a 3 course meal since the portions are small. Maybe your typical gastro type pub but I like good food, and reasonable portions. Wine choice was excellent though and decor was well done. Service was also superb. For nearly 50 pounds a head I've eaten in better and cheaper places. If you're local then probably a good place to go.
Not sure what was up with the mash though, it tasted like smash, looked like smash as well. I'd have thought being a Gordon Ramsey pub it'd be unbeatable, but I think my local pub has better food (George and Dragon in Acton).
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