The Queens Tavern — Restaurant in London

This tavern has now become a hostel. It is a fantastic value for any London visitor. The Rangers stadium is just up the street for any football fans. We travelled to London with our three teenaged children and this hostel made our trip fun and affordable. It is about a 5 minute walk to the White City subway stop. There is a cab stand right beside the subway if you need a lift to the hostel with your luggage. The hostel itself is clean and the beds are very comfortable. The family room we booked had 3 bunk beds and all were comfortable. No aching backs in the morning from thin mattresses; even my husband said the bed was comfortable. There is a well equipped, clean kitchen with a stove, 2 small refrigerators, a kettle and microwave. There are ample pots, delph and cutlery and tables and chairs. There was also a TV in the kitchen. Tea was also provided (with teapot) but you will need your own milk.

Towels were provided free of charge. On our floor there were 2 showers and the showers were always hot.

The owner and the manager of the hostel were both very friendly and accommodating. I did not eat or drink in the bar although I went in there once to ask for some directions. It is a lovely bar. There is free wifi in both the bar and hostel. There are two mini grocery stores within a five to ten minute walk from the hostel, a small Sainsburys and a Tesco Express. The Tesco is open much later and they also sold sim cards and phone top ups if you need those. The selection of groceries was about the same at each place. To get to the Sainsbury's, turn left as you come out of the hostel and walk down past the stadium to the next main road. If you turn right, the Sainsbury's is about 10 to 20 yards down on your left hand side. To get to the Tesco's, turn right as you come out of the hostel (the same way you turn to get to the subway station) and walk down for about 5 minutes. Tesco's is in the ground floor of a tall office building. You can almost not see it from the road due to the fence and shrubbery surrounding the office building but you can see the sign. It is on the left hand side of the road. There is a public park about 2 minutes walk from the hostel (enroute to the subway) which looked very nice. Unfortunately, we were so busy sightseeing we never did get to visit it but if you like to unwind in a natural setting, one is nearby. I would highly recommend this hostel for anyone looking for London accomodation...

This place is also a hostel, I was a volunteer and witnessed a lot of disturbing behaviour. The entire main floor hosts long-term residents who are all part of a cult. I’ve witnessed one of them offer a drink to a lady who ended up vomiting the rest of the night. They have people who have lived there for years and this is supposed to be a hostel?!

Sometimes the long-stay residents stay in the pub, on mattresses, on the floor and in the dark. They are NOT ALLOWED to turn on the light. Which is whatever, except when on one such occasions, a pregnant lady came, also well acquainted with management, and slept on the floor and had to maneuver in the dark.

One of the guests who started staying a while had a ceremonial stabbing knife in his backpack.

They kept trying to force me to eat there - I refused. On two occasions I opened the door for the owner and rather than say hello, he looked me in the eye and said, “Chains.” As if something was supposed to happen to me.

I overheard one lady talking to the manager about keeping a tighter leash on the guests with kids, because they didn’t want the police sniffing around, in the event that a kid crossed paths with a sketchy guest.

Also, room 4 upstairs has a persistent bed bug problem and before I left it was spreading to the rooms on the main floor.

I’m still in shock… dealing with denial and very, very heavily creeped out. I had my jewelry go missing then it returned after several weeks. I thought the managers were stealing from guests given the very lackadaisical security (and the fact that they lied, blatantly, on a security assessment they were given by the police). Only to slowly realize it’s deeper than petty theft.

I do not know what it is, and frankly I’m afraid to find out. The managers, and owners are dangerous people.

Stay far away, and if you have specific insight...

Strange, strange place.

Went in years ago before a QPR game and it was rammed, loads of bar staff on though that kept things moving.

Last night a different story pre match. Pretty quiet which was a bad sign. Your draft beer options - Carling or Madri, with some cans of Stella, San Mig in the fridge. 2 pints of Madri poured into a plastic glass - £16. 16 British Pounds. I almost felt like asking if they'd made a mistake but I knew deep down no mistake had been made. Carling at a comparatively generous £7. Just absurd. No wonder the locals now stay away.

Saw a couple of other reviews saying it was shut down, is now a hostel etc. One thing for certain is it...