The Queens Head — Restaurant in London

It's a nice looking pub, not tarted up, nice beers. Just don't eat there. Their lunch menu is almost entirely based on bread - you know, ploughman's lunch, sandwiches etc. They didn't bother to tell us that in fact, they had no bread as it had not been delivered. There are a few supermarkets around where they could have just gone and bought some. We finally established that they had pitta bread. Everything they served was highly overpriced and underwhelming but the nadir was the anchovies and (pitta) bread (£9!). This was a tin of anchovy fillets with said bread. Oh well, at least they opened the tin. We should have sent it back. That would have been awkward as we were meeting up with relatives we don't know that well who had found the pub and booked our table of 8. So instead we just laughed stupidly. The ploughman's lunch (£10.50) was a disproportionately huge and tasteless pork pie and a sliver of equally tasteless fatty cheddar, no salad just a bit of pickle. The pub was quiet when we arrived and we could have a chat but unfortunately the talented but over enthusiastic pianist eventually made...

Depends what you're looking for in a pub. I'd just visited Calthorpe Community Gdns 2 mins away. Sitting on a Chesterfield by the window, I got a sweet waft from the spray of lilies on the sill, like I was still in the gardens.

And the Redemption Session Pale on cask had some floral, lavender twangs before delivering a hoppy hoof to the back of the palate.

Maybe only 2 of the 3 cask pumps were on but a really tempting and varied selection on keg. Including a saison which you don't see every day of the week.

The hanging sign outside is faded in the sun, meaning it is easily overlooked if walking down Gray's Inn Rd.

Some might say the pub looks dated. Or in need of a refurb.

I've been in pubs where original woodwork and tiles are over-painted in slate grey to bring them "up-to-date".

Personally, I'd say this pub is pretty damn sick just the way it is.

Truly feels more like a sanctuary than just a pub.

And not just saying that coz I got my...

I stopped by here on a Sunday night just wanted to get a drink. I waiting for about 10 minutes to be served at the bar and somehow (i'm still unsure how it happened) the bartender gave me two pints of their milk stout. I looked confused and asked if I ordered two, she simply said "yes", I said I would probably drink both, but not simultaneously, she seemed annoyed and charged me 6 pounds for the one beer. a little while later (maybe 20 minutes) I went back and asked for another pint of the milk stout, the bartender took the other beer she had poured when she thought I ordered 2, dumped the top half of the pint into another glass and put beer over that. I am pretty low maintenance so I just shrugged and jokingly told her that I definitely cannot drink three pints! that comment was met with stony silence, and I went back to my table. The beer however, was phenomenal, best milk...