Pubs and Restaurants
	Pubs The following pubs can be found in the South Kensington region. For those not familiar with British pubs, see the rules of etiquette at the end. British pubs generally serve reasonable food both at lunch time and in the evening. A map of the local area can be found here. Anglesea Arms 15, Sellwood Terrace South Kensington London SW7 3QG Tel: 0171 373 7960 Ennismore Arms 2, Ennismore Mews London SW7 1AN Tel: 0171 584 0440 Finnegans Wake 34 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4RB Tel: 0171 584 0020 Hereford Arms 127 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4TE Tel: 0171 370 4988 Queens Arms 30 Queen'S Gate Mews London SW 7 5QL Tel: 0171 584 6900 Stanhope Tavern The 97 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4SS Tel: 0171 373 4192 Tea-Clipper 19, Montpelier St Knightsbridge London SW7 1HF Tel: 0171 589 5251 The Hoop & Toy 34, Thurloe Place South Kensington London SW7 2HQ Tel: 0171 589 8360 Zetland Arms The 2 Bute St London SW 7 3EX Tel: 0171 589 3813 In addition to these pubs, you may like to try some pubs in other areas. Good places to try are Covent Garden & Leicester Square, Fulham Road or Westbourne Grove.   Restaurants London has literally thousands of restaurants with food of every style from every country. If you are looking for something in particular, try one of the many guides available in the book shops. In addition, the Time Out Eating Out guide is kept at the reception. The restaurants in the local area (map here) are listed below (price and quality are varied), although it is well worth travelling farther afield too. Certain areas are popular for certain types of food e.g. Chinatown (just north of Leicester Square) for Chinese food, Bayswater (the other side of Hyde Park) for Indian Food. Angus Steak Houses Ltd. The 105 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4SS Tel: 0171 244 8916 Ask Pizza & Pasta Unit 1, Gloucester Arcade London SW7 4SF Tel: 0171 835 0840 Bangkok Restaurant 9, Bute St London SW7 3EY Tel: 0171 584 8529 Bella Pasta 60 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3DY Tel: 0171 584 4028 Bellavista 132 Cromwell Rd London SW 7 4HA Tel: 0171 373 0200 Bistro Vino 5 Clareville St London SW 7 5AJ Tel: 0171 373 3903 Bombay Brasserie Courtfield Close Courtfield Rd London SW 7 4BY Tel: 0171 370 4040 Burger King 82 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3LQ Tel: 0171 581 7672 Burger King 85 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4SS Tel: 0171 370 2447 Cafe Lazeez 93-95 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3LD Tel: 0171 581 9993 Cafe Rouge 102 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3RD Tel: 0171 373 2403 Da Mario 15, Gloucester Rd London SW7 4PP Tel: 0171 584 9078 Daquise Restaurant 20 Thurloe St London SW 7 2LT Tel: 0171 589 6117 Delhi Brasserie The 134 Cromwell Rd London SW 7 4HA Tel: 0171 370 7617 Digby Trout Restaurants Science Museum, Exhibition Rd London SW7 2DD Tel: 0171 938 8149 Dino's Restaurant Ltd 1 Pelham St London SW 7 2ND Tel: 0171 589 3511 Dino's Restaurant Ltd 117 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4ST Tel: 0171 373 3678 Diva 43, Thurloe St London SW7 2LQ Tel: 0171 584 2000 Flori's Cafe 5, Harrington Rd South Kensington London SW7 3ES Tel: 0171 589 3276 Francofill Fast French Food 1 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3HZ Tel: 0171 584 0087 Garfunkel's Restaurant plc Units 25-26,Gloucester Arcade,128 Gloucester Rd London SW7 4SF Tel: 0171 835 1064 Gilberts 2 Exhibition Rd London SW 7 2HF Tel: 0171 589 8947 Golden Chopsticks 1, Harrington Rd London SW7 3ES Tel: 0171 584 0855 Hilaire Restaurant 68, Old Brompton Rd London SW7 3LQ Tel: 0171 584 8993 Il Falconiere Restaurant 84 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3LQ Tel: 0171 589 2401 KFC 81 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4SS Tel: 0171 244 9642 KFC 65, Old Brompton Rd London SW7 3JS Tel: 0171 589 0744 Khan's of Kensington 3, Harrington Rd London SW7 3ES Tel: 0171 584 4114 Khob Khun Restaurant 9a, Gloucester Rd London SW7 4PP Tel: 0171 584 9514 Khyber Pass Restaurant 21 Bute St London SW 7 3EY Tel: 0171 589 7311 Kwality Tandoori 38 Thurloe Place London SW 7 2HP Tel: 0171 589 3663 La Bouchee 56, Old Brompton Rd London SW7 3DY Tel: 0171 589 1929 La Pergola Restaurant 138 Cromwell Rd London SW 7 4HA Tel: 0171 370 1363 Lorenzo's 138a Cromwell Rd London SW 7 4HA Tel: 0171 373 2883 Luigi Malones 73, Old Brompton Rd London SW7 3JS Tel: 0171 584 4323 Majlis 32 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4RB Tel: 0171 584 3476 Memories of India 18 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4RB Tel: 0171 581 3734 Milburns Restaurants Ltd Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Rd London SW7 2RL Tel: 0171 581 2159 Mongolian Barbeque 61 Gloucester Rd Kensington London SW 7 4PE Tel: 0171 581 8747 Montpeliano 13, Montpelier St London SW7 1HQ Tel: 0171 589 0032 Moti Mahal Restaurant 3 Glendower Place London SW 7 3DU Tel: 0171 584 8428 Number 13 Restaurant 13-16, Queens Gate London SW7 5EN Tel: 0171 581 4478 One Ninety Queens Gate plc 190 Queens Gate London SW 7 5EU Tel: 0171 581 5666 Paper Tiger Restaurant The 10 Exhibition Rd London SW 7 2HF Tel: 0171 225 0776 Piccola Venezia 39, Thurloe Place London SW7 2HP Tel: 0171 589 3883 Pizza Chelsea 93, Pelham St South Kensington London SW7 2NJ Tel: 0171 584 4788 Pizza Piazza 20 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3DL Tel: 0171 589 9613 Pizza Piazza 75 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4SS Tel: 0171 370 6575 Polish Club 55 Princes Gate London SW 7 2PG Tel: 0171 589 4635 Pun Chinese Cuisine 53 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3JS Tel: 0171 225 1609 Rondini 17a Harrington Rd London SW 7 3ES Tel: 0171 823 7157 Saaghi 36a, Gloucester Rd London SW7 4QT Tel: 0171 589 5745 Shaw's Restaurant 119 Old Brompton Rd London SW 7 3RN Tel: 0171 373 7774 Shezan Restaurant 16-22, Cheval Place Knightsbridge London SW7 1ES Tel: 0171 584 9316 Spago 6 Glendower Place London SW 7 3DP Tel: 0171 225 2407 Sugo 28 Thurloe St London SW 7 2LT Tel: 0171 589 9035 Texas Lone Star Saloon 154 Gloucester Rd London SW 7 4TD Tel: 0171 370 5625 Thai Taste 130, Cromwell Rd London SW7 4ET Tel: 0171 373 1647 The Chicago Rib Shack 1, Raphael St London SW7 1DL Tel: 0171 581 5595 The Establishment 1-3, Gloucester Rd London SW7 4PP Tel: 0171 589 7969 The Hudson Club Restaurant 3, Cromwell Rd London SW7 2HR Tel: 0171 225 1805 Tootsies Restaurant 107, Old Brompton Rd London SW7 3LE Tel: 0171 581 8942 Tui Restaurant 19, Exhibition Rd London SW7 2HE Tel: 0171 584 8359 Vecchiomondo Restaurant 118 Cromwell Rd London SW 7 4EG Tel: 0171 373 7756
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	Pub Etiquette Rules There is no waiter service in a British pub. You have to go to the bar to buy your drinks and carry them back to your table. It is customary for one or two people, not the whole group, to go up to the bar to buy drinks. To get served, you must attract the attention of the bar staff without making any noise or resorting to the vulgarity of too-obvious gesticulation. This is much easier than it sounds. If you wish to pay for your drinks individually, then order individually. If you order as a group, the bar staff will total the cost and expect a single payment. In most British pubs, you pay for your drinks in cash, immediately when you order them. Pubs often have a range of about 20 different beers behind the bar, many of them on draught (on tap), some in bottles and a few in cans. They range from dark stouts, through mild ales and bitter to lager. A pint of beer is 0.568 litres (ie quite a big drink). A 'half' means a half-pint. When ordering you just say "Half a bitter, please" or "Half a lager, please." It is not customary to tip the publican or bar staff. Instead, if you really want to, the common practice is to buy them a drink. This is a genuinely personal and friendly gesture. The term "bar" can mean either the actual counter at which drinks are served, or any room in the pub which contains one of these counters. You may come across pubs with rooms marked Public Bar, Lounge Bar or Saloon Bar. There is no such thing as a typical British pub. There are 61,000 pubs in the UK all of them different and all of them typical. If you know where to look, and what to look for, you can find your ideal pub. There is no single, correct way to order a pub meal or snack. Some pubs take meal orders at the bar, others have separate food counters. However, drinks must almost always be purchased at the bar. Round-buying is the reciprocal exchange of drinks. To the natives, round-buying is sacred. Not "buying your round" is more than just a breach of pub etiquette - it's heresy. Don't ask for an expensive drink like champagne if the person buying it is drinking cost-conscious halves of beer. Unless there are signs specifically stating that children are welcome, always ask at the bar if children (under 14) are allowed in the pub. Pubs change according to the time of day. The quiet, pretty town-centre 'tourist' pub you discovered at lunchtime may become a vibrant, crowded young people's pub at night. Generally, pubs are not allowed to open until 11am (noon on Sundays). They cannot serve drinks after 11pm (10.30pm on Sundays) in England and Wales although you are allowed 20 minutes to finish any drinks already purchased. Toilets in pubs are for the use of customers, not the general public. The pub, to many natives, is a second home - and some probably spend more time there than they do in their own homes. Pub talk is the most popular activity in all pubs. There are few restrictions on what you can talk about - pub etiquette is concerned with the form of your conversation, not the content. Pub regulars will often start an argument about anything, just for the fun of it. Arguments follow a strict code of etiquette based on the First Commandment of pub law - Thou shalt not take things too seriously. Taken from the Brewers and Licensed Retailers home page Return to home page