Rose & Crown - Lower Sloane — Restaurant in London

🚇 Sloane Square 🍺 £4.80 Fosters ❤️ An excellent cosy and traditional SW1 pub. . Located near Sloane Square at the base of a block of flats you’ll find The Rose & Crown. The nearest Tube is Sloane Square which is a few minutes walk away. . This pub was built in 1869 and rebuilt in its current guise in 1934. It narrowly avoided destruction when a V1 rocket exploded in Sloane Court East on 3rd July 1944. All the buildings around the pub were destroyed. . This is a traditionally decorated pub which reminds me of my pub exploits in the late 80’s and early 90’s. This is a cosy boozer which has a simple and functional servery, I imagine the pub would have had two bars back in the day judging by the two entrances. The walls are clad in dark wood tongue and groove panels with mirrors and black and white photos of film stars from the golden age of Hollywood. A rare treat in this part of town is a pool table, normally these are hoofed out to make way for tables & chairs to fit more punters in, ironically I bet the pool table brings more people in. The Landlady was telling me that during lockdown they were have a sort out and found some original Tiffany lampshades which now hang from the ceiling. . The beer selection was a straight up, no fuss offering, there were also two handpulls for the real ale enthusiasts. I took it easy and ordered a pint of Fosters, my pint was well kept and surprisingly cost less than a fiver. No food is served here but there are plenty of crisps and nuts. . I arrived just after opening on a Sunday lunchtime and had the place to myself. I was served by the lovely Landlady who was very chatty whilst she was pottering around getting things ready for the days trade. I had a good mooch around the pub having a nose at the film star photos and the place in general. . The Rose & Crown is a lovely little traditional boozer which was a great find amongst its upmarket neighbours. The Landlady was great, she was so welcoming and I loved our little chat. This pub has bags of oldschool character and is well worth a visit when ever you get the chance. . ℹ️ Info correct on...

Tonight was my first visit to this drinking establishment. The Friday night clientele seemed nice enough, even the ones that were struggling to work out how the pool table works? Even the guy who kept pulling on the toilet door that was clearly marked "push" and kept complaining to the bar staff that they still haven't fixed the toilet door was surprisingly nice company. The only thing that totally made my mind up to never revisit said drinking establishment if it was the last watering hole left on earth and my alcoholism has risen to epic proportions was the aggressive, socially inadequate, inarticulate, bitter barman. Not a great thinker as he has clearly chosen the wrong career path for a man with with all his qualities. His manner and overwhelming aggressive nature ruined our evening so much so that we didn't even pick our drinks up. We just left having decided we'd have a better time scooping each others eyes out with rusty tea spoons. If world peace suddenly broke out and at the same time poverty and starvation eradicated, this guy would effortlessly manage to...

Easily the worst Sunday Roast in London

After living in London 15 year and eating Sunday roast most weeks this was the most inedible. The lamb and beef had been cut much earlier resulting Sahara dry (I needed water to down them). The roasted potatoes were chewy with no crunch or inner fluffiness. The gravy if that is what it was was violently salty. The mint sauce was like having pure vinegar — likely from an old bottle. The cabbage was candy sweet. THANKFULLY the broccoli was nearly raw as this cleansed he palate. I have travelled around word but this cause indigestion to my lead tummy. To add insult it was priced a third more than most pubs.

The place was so noisy the pleasant waitstaff could not...