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10A Strathern Place, W2 2NH Full details & map

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By Time Out Editors Posted: Jul 1 2010

Queen Vic looks down disdainfully from her sign on to a mini roundabout beside this stately pub, a favourite with Churchill, Dickens, the Dracula Society and sundry debating and speaking clubs.

In a corner of London without too many outstanding pubs, the Victoria is a reliable option, no more and no less than a well-run corner boozer. It's perhaps best described as 'accommodating', and the trad-pub decor and unpretentious ambience will be comfortingly familiar to fans of other pubs in the Fuller's group.

The beer is good (Chiswick, Discovery, London Pride, Honey Dew); wines begin around £3.50 a glass and edge up towards £30 a bottle. The food is as old-school as the venue in which it's served: cheddar and chutney sandwiches, pies, pork belly. Watch yourself descending the steep staircase to the toil… sorry, 'lavatories'.

Tags: Local flavour, Speciality beers, West, Bayswater, Pub

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Victoria details

Address

Victoria

10A Strathern Place W2 2NH

Transport Lancaster Gate tube or Paddington tube/rail

Telephone

020 7724 1191

Victoria website

Open 11am-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-10.30pm Sun. Food served noon-9.30pm Mon-Sat; noon-9pm Sun

Credit cards AmEx, MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 7, terrace ), Babies and children admitted ( until 6pm ), Function rooms ( 15, 35 capacity ), Entertainment ( quiz 9pm Tue ), Wireless internet

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Comments & ratings 5/5 (Average of 1 rating)

By Cryptic Pencil - Dec 8 2011

5/5

By far the best pub within a walk of Paddington - and better than most you'll find anywhere. If you like beer. Or a quiz (Tuesdays). Or a chat. Or pub grub. And a nice trad setting.
If you're idea of a pub does not include the above, give it a miss.
Please.