Queens Head

Unusual for the West End of London in that it is a free house, this compact but welcoming pub consists of a ground floor bar, with a few tables at the front and the rear and plenty of vertical drinking space with shelves for glasses and a few high stools in between, and a restaurant upstairs. The traditional feel of the place is enhanced by an attractive back bar and wall mirroring with a partly lino covered wooden floor downstairs and a most unusual old leather-fronted bar in the restaurant. This entry is being made in the post-pandemic recovery phase and the pub currently does not have a chef so no food is available. Normally, an enticing menu of good-value pub food, with pies as a speciality, is available upstairs; service in the bar being limited to those pies and snacks and cheeseboards only. Two real ales are reported to be available at date of entry. This is a popular pub at lunchtimes and pre- and post-theatre.