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    Devonshire Arms

    4.0 (75 reviews)
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    Closed 12:00 pm - 10:30 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Loud
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Rando S.

    Great traditional English fish & chips . Delicious ! Server also recommended the Rabbit pie & pasta. One of a kind specialty!

    Beer battered Atlantic Haddock and triple cooked chips.
    Theresa O.

    Lovely pub in a great area. Outside seating is charming. There was a light drizzle so the overhang was extended. I like the QC code on the table edge so you can order/pay at your table.

    Super yummy vegan burger. I was so impressed;)
    Kathi S.

    Great food, great service, lots of beers on tap and other drinks available. I had the vegan burger like I had last time. Very yummy. The others had fish and chips and said it was the best in town.

    Yee Gan O.

    Friday night was fried chicken night. One of Katie B's friends had said the southern style fried chicken was great at this pub, so 11 of us turned up to test it out As it was a cold and rainy night in December, it was busy inside the pub with a strange mix of clientele ranging from the really rather posh to others who were already severely inebriated when we arrived for dinner at 7.30. There's no real segregation between the bar and restaurant areas Our table was reserved but there was a group sitting on it when we got there. However, Charlotte, our waitress was great at reclaiming our dining real estate for us when the allotted hour arrived. The atmosphere in the pub was quite chaotic but the staff did well to take our order The main negative for me was the loud music, which made it really hard to converse and I ended up with a croaky voice the next day due to excessive shouting As for the food, my first comment has to go to the buttermilk fried chicken. It was quite neat to see it served in a fryer basket. They were generous with each order consisting of half a chicken. Brining had left the chicken moist - even my breast wasn't too dried out. The batter was nicely flavoured though I thought that being buttermilk fried, the batter layer would be thicker but it was good, especially for London. I prefer it to the mainly rotisserie style chicken that we get in London My starter of deep fried squid was again nice as were bites of sticky toffee pudding and mac n cheese that I tried from fellow diners' plates The chicken was good but the pub was just a little too noisy and chaotic for me to put it high on my return list

    This looks good!
    Kirsty H.

    Having not been out in the Kensington area before I was intrigued to see what their local watering holes were like. Following a great recommendation from a friend, I thought I'd check it out. The pub had a decent sized beer garden and was quite large on the inside. Selling a range of craft bears and spirits, they also did food. Rarely have I ever looked at a menu and wanted every single thing on it! Handmade scotch egg, sweet chilli squid, salted peppers, brisket, chips and gravy - need I say more? Why not try their deal on starters? Three plates for £14 or five plates for £21.50. It's a great deal, ideal for sharing when you're a bit peckish. The staff were lovely and the atmosphere was great. If you're in the area do pop in with your family or friends!

    Watermelon salad and fried calamari
    Kameelah D.

    First meal in London: watermelon salad w/arugula (arugula is listed as "rocket"); fried calamari. The salad was tasty and the calamari was fried light. Clean, nice ambiance. With 3 others ladies and no one had complaints. The fish and ships were ordinary (not bad but didn't need to order it again).

    Sarah B.

    I love this place! Went there a bunch of times while I was studying in London - has a very local neighborhood feel. Awesome outdoor patio perfect for warmer nights. The decor is adorable and the food is delicious - typical pub fare with a gourmet flare, and pocketbook-friendly. The cheeseburger and fish and chips were some of the best I had in London. I only wish I'd been able to try more off the menu! I made it to quite a bit of pubs while I was in England, and this one remains my favorite. The collection of available board games is a big plus!

    Kristin G.

    Really enjoyed this pub that was just around the block from our hotel! We got there around 5 and it was quite busy, had to hunt for a table. But food came out quick once we ordered! There was a cute outdoor patio but it was full. Next time hopefully I'll nab a seat out there!

    £14 fried chicken (4-5 pieces), apple and celeriac slaw, fries and pickle dip. That's some damn good chicken!
    Becky M.

    Katie B gave us the scoop from her American friend that some best fried chicken was tucked away at Devonshire Arms, so to welcome back Jules H back for the holidays, we booked a table for 13 on busy Friday night for some good 'ol fried chicken! First, the pub is BUSY, and as several have mentioned in their reviews, it looks like a fun happenin place, and it is! The rest of the menu offerings look really good and very reasonably priced for what it is. I ended up ordering the salt and pepper calamari with lime mayo (£6), the mac n cheese (£3), and fried chicken (£14). I didn't care much for the calamari - fried nicely, but I didn't sense much salt or pepper, and the mayo was just mayo, no kick to it. The fried chicken actually came with a pickle dip, and it was really good - I think if they paired it with the calamari, it would have been so much better! But it was just a boring (but good value) dish. The mac n cheese is a good sized side dish, and I think its one of the best mac n cheese dishes I've had in this city, especially at £3! Onto the main course, the fried chicken! My chicken arrived in a little fryer basket, on a wooden serving board, with a little bucket of fries, pickled dip, and some apple cole slaw. Loved the presentation! There were 4-5 generous sized pieces of chicken, and it was crispy on the outside, but just warm on the inside. We did place 8-9 orders, so I'm sure that the kitchen was probably a bit weighed down, and took a while before everyone at the table could be served at once. The apple slaw was delicious! I love having a good side of slaw, and never been able to find anything remotely decent in this city (either too much mayo, or not salty enough, or not enough of a kick.. just boring and bland). I probably would have ordered it as a side if it didn't come with my chicken! The chicken itself was juicy. I started off with the thigh pieces, and I gobbled them all up pretty quickly. I couldn't finish off the breast (and its my least fav piece anyway). Andrew M said that it was alright, a bit dry - but I think thats usually the case with breast meat anyway. Katie asked me whats the best fried chicken I've ever had, and I couldn't give an answer because I don't normally eat fried chicken, and I haven't sampled much in this city. In short, yes, its definitely delicious, great value, loved the slaw and the pickle dip, great presentation in a good atmosphere. But I'm slightly biased b/c the bf did make me some awesome fried chicken a few weeks back and it was different from standard fried chicken.

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    Great place. The food and drinks were spot on. They worked us in last minute. Danny did a great job!!

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    Cute little place to have a drink! Loved the outside seating and the quaintness it offered. Will definitely be back.

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    Cromwell Tavern! I think I'll joke about this place for the rest of my life. My co-worker and I…read morewanted a place to go for a late night drink close to our hotel and this was the only place opened past midnight that we could find. It's at the bottom of a Holiday Inn, or at least, it appeared to be that way, and was a strange mish-mash of a pub. I think it was trying to feel like it was really old, yet it had the strangest collection of furniture and decor. We had a blast making fun of this tavern. Tables were laid out in sort of a weird fashion and at first we were really close to this group of 20 somethings that were fairly drunk and really obnoxious and a woman who was sitting by herself at a table for 6 who was reading a book while her food sat off to the side. The drunk group left and it got nice and quiet and so did the woman who had a better table than we did so we took her table. Nothing we drank was anything we'd ever come back for. There are way too many good pubs in London. Unless everything else is closed and this is the only option, go elsewhere!

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    Devonshire Arms - pubs - Updated May 2026

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