The Carpenters Arms London

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Pubs in London - Hammersmith
91 Black Lion Lane , Hammersmith, London, W6 9BG
+44 (0) 20 8741 8386

The Carpenters Arms is a delightful pub tucked away off King Street on the corner of St Peter's Square. Opened in May 2007, the pub serves delicious gastro pub food with an emphasis on seasonal British ingredients. There is a large garden for the summer months.

Tags: beer garden, cuisine: gastro pub, food, outside seating, price for 2 (exc. drinks): £30, real ale, vegetarian dishes

The Carpenters Arms London Reviews

Anthony d.

1 reviews

Definitely no Longer 5 Star! - We expected a really busy, buzzing atmosphere and were a little surprised to find the pub empty except for one other party. Yes there is a recession on; however, people, still eat and eat well, which is what we tried to do.

Despite the surreptitious and initially unexplained substitution of a green salad for a tomato and onion one, our mains were good, as was the service, albeit a little pricey relative to other gastro pubs on the one hand and high street brassieres on the other.

We declined dessert, apart from coffees and a cheeseboard. Where our main courses had certainly been if not superlative then certainly enjoyable in both qualitative and quantitative terms, unfortunately the cheeseboard was somewhat lacking, particularly in the latter quality. I remarked on this to the waitress and was told that ‘it was only for one person’; all things are relevant and doubtless this is true in some circles, but not in mine, or I believe most; one piece was thinner than a well known after dinner mint.

Before the cheese course it is quite probable that we would have made at least one return visit; on leaving and without any real discussion we were all firmly convinced that we would not be. 10-04-10

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LOCAL GEEZER S.

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Watch who gets the tips you give!! - The food here is consistently good. The loos stink like Tobruk - Khazi Central big time horror - but the atmosphere otherwise is great. As a local, I'm grateful. However the management are crafty sharks as cash tips go to the staff but card derived tips go 50% (sic!) skimmed off to the management! This policy is underhand, staff are intimidated from declaring it and there is no stated policy. Underhand and greedy as these folk work hard. Pay cash tips or line Pocket No 1 for sod all reason! 07-03-10

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