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Anglesea Arms

15 Selwood Terrace, SW7 3QG Full details & map

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By Time Out Editors Posted: Jul 14 2011

Favoured at various times by both Charles Dickens and DH Lawrence, this splendid pub is packed tight on summer evenings, the front terrace and wide main bar area filled with professional blokes chugging Adnams Broadside while their female equivalents put bottles of sancerre on expenses. Solicitors can - indeed, do - celebrate a successful case with a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

But despite the stereotypes, the Anglesea has always had more aura than the average South Kensington hostelry. Perhaps it's the erotic painting of Fifi, the ghost that roams its cellar; perhaps it's the link with the Great Train Robbery, allegedly planned here. On quieter winter lunchtimes, it's the ideal place for a quality foreign lager (Kirin, Bitburger) and a heart-to-heart over a plate of squid linguine at one of the bottle-green banquettes overlooked by random portraits.

Tags: Pub, Historic, Local flavour, Central, South Kensington

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Anglesea Arms details

Address

Anglesea Arms

15 Selwood Terrace SW7 3QG

Transport South Kensington tube

Telephone

020 7373 7960

Anglesea Arms website

Open 11am-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-10.30pm Sun. Food served noon-3pm, 6-10pm Mon-Fri; noon-5pm, 6-10pm Sat; noon-5pm, 6-9.30pm Sun

Credit cards AmEx, MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 12, pavement ), Babies and children admitted, Function room ( 36 capacity ), Wireless internet

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By 45 - Sep 23 2011

If you like the pile for the bar and being insulted by various members on the monied classes then this is the overpriced pub for you . Often nice beer but the company sucks. The bar staff match the clientele. Being told that you are lucky to get glasses for your bottle of wine is common. Fair enough, it excells at one thing; if you want your bag stolen this is the place to be (two occasions now; once for me and once for a friend). Sorry for being depressing but this place is starting to deserve its customers.

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By Patty - Mar 14 2011

I used to come to this pub quite often, then stopped after a friend of mine got her bag stolen.

I decided to give it a second chance and coincidence or not, someone else got her bag stolen that evening.

Apparently from some of the comments of people having a drink there, it seems that this pub has been targeted for quite some time as there have been numerous incidents like this one.

I googled the pub once I got home and sure enough found quite a number of comments about thefts of handbags going back to 2008.

I think this pub should put up clear notices stating that pickpockets are operating in the area. I guess they do not want to do that because it may put off customers, but honestly they should do something about it. The reputation of the pub is at stake.