MY GOODNESS, place was incredible! I visited London with a group of friends, and we made a reservation well in advance, which I'm so glad we did. This restaurant was absolutely amazing from start to finish. I ordered the beef roast, and we also shared a side of the creamy cauliflower, which was to die for. I truly cannot sing the praises of this restaurant enough. The service was personable and welcoming, making it easy and comfortable to ask questions and try new things. One of the managers (apologies I don't know her name) checked in on us several times and even encouraged a few of us to try additional menu items. The food came out quickly, and once it arrived, the table went completely silent because we were all too busy enjoying every bite. I highly, highly recommend this spot to anyone visiting London and even the locals. A solid 10/10 experience! read more

If I could rate this place a 10/5 I would. This was a death row meal for me. WOW. We came here for a sunday roast with 8 people, of those 2 got fish & chips- the rest the roast. I was a fish person, and I am SO HAPPY I did! The fish at this restuarant will live in my head forever. Im not joking. I live in the US and I almost want to fly back to London just to have it again. The roast looked great too, many of my friends saying the meat was great and the gravy was flavorful. The staff were ALL so friendly, even offering the charge a phone that was dying! The place itself feels like it's straight out of a movie, a true london pub. I cannot stop thinking about this fish. Mall Tavern, if youre ever in Minnesota, please send me the recipe. read more

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Well this place was pretty darn good. Let's start with the burger. It's a smashed burger with onions, pickles, bacon and a special sauce - it was delicious! The fish and chips- the fish had a crispy coating and it was seasoned perfectly. I wasn't a fan of the smashed peas, but then again I don't like peas. The regular fries were perfect. The meal hit the spot and the young lady who served us was extremely sweet and polite. read more

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The Sunday roast was my favorite meal I had in London over my 4 days! It was so flavorful and each element complimented the next. It is a really cute pub with lots of space and even a space down stairs where they have live music. Our server was so helpful and even helped us pick out the side of cauliflower cheese, which I would now recommend is a must try if you go here. read more

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Absolutely loved! One of my fav pubs we went to for traditional English food. Small location but soo worth it. Staff was amazing (our first waitress especially) as they were both quick and answered all questions. Split amongst a couple of friends with Welsh rarebit and meat pie as well as a side salad. The perfect amount of food. Defs a must- the flavors were absolutely incredible and the meat soo tender read more

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Delicious Sunday roast! We didn't have a reservation and were luckily able to be seated, this place was really busy and popular. We loved visiting at Christmas time - festive decorations abounded. But the best was the energy and vibe of our hosts and the owners. What a jewel! read more

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I liked this place. We made a quick reservation for dinner and headed on over. The place wasn't too busy, and we sat at a lovely little table next to the window/patio door. We were in the mood for British food, and the Mall Tavern did not disappoint. We shared some Scotch eggs and a steak pie. My wife had some wine, and I had an old-fashioned cocktail. The food service, speed, and quality were excellent. This is a nice neighborhood location and a pub + vibe. It is highly recommended that you stop in and have a pint/ bite. read more

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The Sunday Roast was terrific: slices of medium rare beef, Yorkshire pudding, crispy roasted potatoes, carrot, cabbage and scrumptious gravy. And, The Mall serves through late in the evening. The wine was excellent and very well priced. We received a warm, friendly welcome from Andy the owner. He was so cordial and welcoming. Please don't miss this charming, funky spot in Nottingham Hill. read more

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Great food, great drinks, great staff, great time! Perfect pub to relax and enjoy food and drinks with friends or family.

We came in today for the Sunday Roast, we have been waiting for weeks for our reservation and traveled 10+ hours to get here. We've heard incredible things so we were disappointed that when we arrived to our reservation, they had no more roast left. Unfortunately we will not be here next Sunday so we won't be able to try it. We ended up getting the fish and chips which were delicious. It comes with peas, tartar and a grilled lemon. It was very fresh, some of the best dish and chips I've ever had. I would definitely return but I wish they would've notified us about the roast ahead of time so we could've planned accordingly. We were so disappointed after traveling all this way for this specific location's Sunday Roast. read more

Phenomenal spot !!! Loved the food offerings, the ambiance, the service....EVERYTHING !!!! Brisket Croquettes, Shilston & Figs and the Shepherds Pie, all were delicious. I must say this find turned out to be perhaps my favorite place to dine in the Notting Hill area. read more

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One of our favorite spots to sit at for a beer, late night cap, and their food too was so yummy! We stopped here on our first stop after flying in and loved it! our bartender was super nice and was so helpful with the selection of beers they had. Their Daya beers on tap were soo good and this Sheppards pie was also delicious. We came back on another night and had their Yorkshire pudding and that was also fab!! read more

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Amazing Sunday vegan roast and beer selection. Courteous staff. We had a great visit and will be back. read more

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Great food that outdid my expectations. The waitress was very nice and was very attentive to my party's needs. read more

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Great spot. A little hidden away. Had me a vegan burger here which was a delicious fried patty and some fries. The Sunday roast looked incredible but was told the meat was too chewy. Music was classic rock... Zeppelin, The Who etc. Great vibe. Great spot to bring mates where you want some beer, munch and to hear yourselves speak. Close to Notting Hill tube. read more

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This was such a delightful find. We tried another nearby pub that lost our reservation, seated us, but had run out of many of their main dishes. It was near 7:00 pm on a Thursday night and we had a tired five year old in tow. We didn't have much hope for finding anything beyond tourist traps. But on a whim we walked down to The Mall Tavern, and not only did they accommodate us, the food and atmosphere was even better than we could have asked for. True neighborhood gem with locals enjoying pints, lovely architecture, good solid pub food that was not heavy and interesting enough to compete with some of the more talked about places. Perfect for couples and families. Lovely staff. read more

Great craft beer place just off Notting Hill Gate. Dark and moody interior a bit like Sun and 17 Cantons in Soho. Server was knowledgeable and helpful. Recommended. read more

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Came here after the pub we wanted to eat at didn't serve pub food! We were seated right away by Natty the proprietor, who along with her hubby run the place. The menu featured gammon steak with an egg on top-my fav. But they were out of that and fish and chips having experienced a run on food! So we had the burger and chips. Both were very good-the chips were so fresh and crispy that we almost ordered another serving! We chatted with Natty for a bit- she's very sweet and recommended we return for their Sunday Roast! So a few of us booked a table and returned for the Sunday roast-and loved it! The reason for the four stars is because they have a dog in the restaurant and I'm not real excited about a dog in the kitchen. But the food and service were great and portions were large. read more

Very attentive staff and prompt service. Nice menu with classic and varied options. A good alternative to the nearby Victoria when you get poor service there. Very accommodating even though they were busy. I was happy I stopped in here when I needed the alternative! Worth a return. read more

Mt first visit to the Mall Tavern and have to say was really pleased. Most of all the craft beer selection is very good, amongst the best I have found in my many visits to London. The building is very cool as well and the beer keepers knowledgeable and very friendly. Tried a couple of starters as snacks and was pleased as well. Will certainly be a place I go back to in future and is also near the Notting Hill Gate tube stop. read more

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Fantastic food and service! Our servers, Nancy and Lois, were wonderful on a busy and loud Friday night. Everything we ordered was delicious, especially the welsh rarebit, fish and chips, and shepherd's pie. And they have a great selection of beers. We liked it so much we returned for lunch the next day. Highly recommend the Mall Tavern for a wonderful neighborhood pub experience! read more

I keep forgetting it's here with the Mall Tavern just around the corner from the main drag that is Notting Hill Gate. Every time I take a bus to Kensington I am reminded and recently spotted a sign alerting me to the fact that there is a beer garden. I remembered when a friend and I were looking for a relaxed drink on a hot Saturday evening. While the more obvious pubs are overflowing with locals and tourists, the Mall Tavern remains a well kept secret. We ordered from the impressive selection of craft beers and found a corner in the cosy beer garden. Couldn't resist the snack menu and will definitely return just to have another taste of those mac balls - genius, mac'n'cheese arancinas! read more

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Terrible service and terrible food. We were a big fan, but this last experience made us vow to NEVER to go back. It took almost 2 hrs to get our food. We watched a table next to us that arrived 30 minutes later get their food before us. When we asked for an update, surprisingly it came out but every dish was ice cold. Who likes fish and chips completely cold? Yup, no one. read more

Outstanding. We arrived at an odd hour, jetlagged, and they could not have been more welcoming. The beer selection is fantastic, and the waiter was quick to point us in the right direction. The best fish and chips I've ever had, teenagers enjoyed their burgers. Also, the finest scotch egg I've had. Exceeded expectations. Thank you! read more

Visited Mall Tavern for dinner on 17 Aug, and had a wonderful dinner and beers. Shepherd's Pie, a chicken salad, and fish and chips were all very tasty, and the beer selection was comprehensive and well chosen. Staff is extremely friendly. Were I to be a London resident, I'd be a regular. read more

Service was a little slow. But, I don't think the they were prepared for a huge rush during lunch. I loved the fish and chips and the beer selections. Suggestions- After visiting Kensington if you want a quick pint take stroll over. Moose Out read more

Great little pub just outside Hyde Park. Staff was very friendly and the waiter really knew his U.K. beers, which I appreciated. On the subject of beer, their selection was relatively diverse, with mostly craft local ales on draught, along with some imports from the U.S. and Scandinavia. Food was quite good, with a fantastic wedge salad, a great beer pie, and solid kids meals finished with some amazing honey ice cream. Would come back in a heartbeat. read more

Popped in here for a pint and a scotch egg on a whim and wow did it deliver. Not only was the pint and scotch egg wonderful, but the service and full food menu was excellent too! The bartender (whose name we missed) was extremely helpful with her recommendations and suggestions for two tourists not familiar with the area. I would definitely go out of my way again to stop into this pub. Great food, service and drinks. Cheers! read more

Yeah, I think it has good to great food. On the most recent visit, they had a particularly interesting combination of pate. It was a feast fit for a king. Other favorites have included standards like pork belly and grilled fish, but theirs are a few steps above the norm. Gluten-free notes: They've always been happy to tell me what's in the food, and have even provided non-gluteny alternatives. read more

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we used the private room for my friends hen do and we could not have had a better night! the service was perfect! the food was great! the energy from the staff was gorgeous! especially KK!! Cocktails were so great! We had the best time! Would recommend to anyone!!!! read more

Great Sunday roast!!!!! I enjoyed roasted pork, that was a huge chunk and of course really yummy. read more

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Amazing pub! The staff was really really nice and helpful! The mac and cheese balls and the scotch egg are something from another world (i.e. AMAZING). The pie, the mac and cheese, the burger...everything we ordered on the menu was brilliant! No exceptions to this rule apparently! read more

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Stopped in for a pint. Was disorganized. Not busy and While waiting saw two customers complain that drink was wrong or never got a drink order at a table. Tap had kicked and bartender still poured and served totally flat beer to a patron. Seems newer. Maybe they'll get it together. read more

Probably the worst pub experience we had in London. We waited two hours for our food and they brought the wrong dish then told us they could make the correct dish in 20 minutes but we could take the incorrect fish and chips. The manager said she would comp one of the 3 appetizers we bought in apology because we didn't want to wait for the correct meal. Then when the bill came they "comp-ed" the fish and chips we never ordered in the first place. If 0 stars were an option I would have given it. read more

Tucked away just south of Notting Hill Gate station, Mall Tavern is a perfect example of a gastropub. Semi-comfortable seating arranged around heavy wooden tables encourages you to sit down and relax long enough for a meal and a few drinks, but not to linger and nurse a pint for a few hours on a lazy Sunday. It has its quirks, for sure, such as the two baskets of crisps, one labelled "serious crisps" and one "funny crisps". What exactly the difference is I have no idea, but I appreciate the sense of humour. Service was on the top of their game with our waitress asking if I would like a drink before my butt even had a chance to introduce itself to my seat. I admit, I panicked a little at being asked for a decision so soon and said "I'll have what she's having" which luckily turned out to be a decent cider not any number of horrors (aka ales) that could have been there. The "she" was my friend, not a random girl just fyi. The menu isn't massive but provides 5-7 options for starters, mains, and desserts so more than adequate. I opted for the mushroom and chestnut pate as a starter, cow pie for the main, and sadly had to avoid dessert due to my Lent sacrifice. The pate was excellent with rich mushroomy flavour and a soft crunch of chestnut chunks mixed in. I found the creaminess of the chestnut really helped smooth the pate without giving it an oily slick taste you often get. I piled it on top of the provided flatbread and dug in. Other starter options around the table were deep fried brie with cranberry sauce (simple and tasty in small doses but a bit too much as a whole dish on its own), pork pie terrine (nutty pork terrine surround by a cold pastry crust - good by nothing noteworthy about it), and a tasting of carrot (carrot cake, with carrot soup, and something else carroty - didn't get to taste it as it was all the way on the other side of the table but looked fantastic). A note about the mains. The portion size is bloody huge. My cow pie (steak and ale filling) was about the size of my head and only tempered by the fact about a third was taken up by the marrow bone. The pie filling was brilliant and possibly one of the best steak and ale pies I've had. I would have liked the pastry to be a bit more flaky and too much of it was crusted on the edges of the dish and inedible. The seared bone marrow piled in the centre was also probably unnecessary and far too much on top of an incredibly filling dish. Tasty yes, but I couldn't eat more than a spoonful of it (the marrow, I knocked out the pie). Luckily, no one opted for dessert so my suffering was avoided but the sound of the sticky toffee pudding with homemade vanilla ice cream makes me want to go back to try just that. Other thoughts...the décor is nice, and you are definitely not rushed through your meal. The wait staff are attentive but not annoying, and it has a very open airy feel great for sunny days. Given the area, a great choice for an affordable tasty meal but as noted above, not for lounging around. read more

Wandered in here looking for classic but delicious pub food. Was nervous as it was around 1pm on a Saturday and empty. But wow! Scotch egg was PERFECT, chicken pot pie best i've ever had, lovely salad and Bloody Mary. A++++! read more

Great pub,great sunday lunch, Menu is good,and worth giving a go... DM read more

Great food! We had the fried macaroni balls as a starter and I got the Pork Belly Sunday Roast. Loved the atmosphere. Very casual hip pub with good beer selection. read more

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A pub added the word gastro in front of it so now it can charge crazy prices for food. Sure its better quality than your average place but still. Friends and I were popping in for a pint and maybe wanted to just grab some chips or a few snacks and it was just too much. To be honest the specialty cocktail menu looked tasty and it was just the names! Someone in the group recommended it and it was off on a side road, would not have walked by this place accidentally. They have a little teeny garden that is mostly covered by a stairwell, which actually was nice when it was raining and smokers still needed shelter. I've been told the mens bathroom is "cool", has an old radio playing music in it... k bye. read more

I had to laugh at my Sunday lunch at Mall Taven; easily the worst roast I've had in the 8 years I've lived in London. It was a bitterly cold day, and despite only walking the 10 ft between where the taxi dropped us off and the front door, we were all freezing cold so as you can imagine were looking forward to a roaring fire, or at the very least, a warm room. Well, it was almost as cold inside as outside, and on asking our waitress to turn up the heat she replied that "once it fills up in here it'll get warmer." Donning my coat, I ordered a beef roast, a bloody mary, and some chips (as did most of the table). Beef roast was cold, meat was strangely square, unbelievably tough, and all sides were either awful (roast potatoes were bizarrely large and basically inedible), freezing, or both. We were having a good time so didn't exactly want to harsh our day by sending food back, but seriously anyone who ordered the roast left if largely untouched. The waitress asked if we enjoyed our food, and it was then I decided to pour out my heart, applauding the chips, but held nothing back about the roast. Anyhow, after talking to her the manager saunters over, and we have to retell our disappointment (couldn't have the waitress just told the manager -- he's working but I'm having fun and don't particularly want to chat about shitty food to some dick). He doesn't apologize, and just walks off. In recompense they take 1 beef off the bill and comp all drinks (i.e. 3 non-alcoholic juice drinks and 1 bloody mary) -- might I add the process of deliberating how to reduce our bill takes about 5 times too long. We inform the waitress that we will not be paying for any of the beef roasts, but are happy to pay for everything else, including the drinks we'd drunk and enjoyed. She disappears for another 10 minutes, a bill with no beef roasts, but now with drinks! If you are still reading this, you can imagine my indignation when it takes her another 5-8 minutes to bring the card machine to pay. Not a single apology from any member of staff. Incredible. As we left, we noticed the table behind us had sent back their roasts as well. We chatted with them, and found out they'd sent them back 3 times already. Twas not a good day for the Mall Tavern. read more