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The Nags Head (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Adnams - BroadsideExcellent2
Adnams - Southwold BitterGood2
Adnams - Old AleExcellent1
Adnams - LighthouseGood1
Adnams - Ghost ShipNot Tried0
Adnams - GunhillNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Nags Head, Belgravia, Central London
Stephen Harris

Visits Details

11 Sep 2018 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening visit after a Lord's county cricket match. Had been told this was a pub run by one of the few remaining characters but he was not in house tonight. Tried a seat by the extraordinarily low bar counter upstairs then into the darker lower bar.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Southwold Bitter3.70Good£5 a pint took the edge off this one
Adnams - Lighthouse3.40Not Tried
Adnams - Ghost Ship4.50Not Tried
16 Oct 2017 (Magnus Greel)
Lunchtime and fairly quiet, friendly welcome with an amusing response if my £20 note for 2 pints covered the cost. Not for the thrifty minded at £5 a pint.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Southwold Bitter3.70Good
Adnams - Lighthouse3.40Not Tried
Adnams - Ghost Ship4.50Not Tried
19 May 2017 (Magnus Greel)
Late afternoon and very busy outside as the sun had decided to shine. My first visit here inspired by a recent newspaper article then reading Mr Harris's review, I'm very impressed alas no F words or bossy barmaids today. I felt ever so tall ordering my pint at the bar.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Lighthouse3.40GoodErring on the sweeter side of bitter.
Adnams - Southwold Bitter3.70Not Tried
Adnams - Ghost Ship4.50Not Tried
05 Nov 2014 (Stephen Harris)
All London pub-goers should visit this pub every now and then, just to remind themselves of how pubs used to be. Tonight, the old-fashionedness extends to a rude and bossy barmaid: “Don’t stand there”, “Don’t go upstairs”, “Go and sit over there”, “Hang your coat up”. Every sentence punctuated by F-words. I haven’t been treated like this in a pub since I was a student. On another day I might just find it mildly amusing; but not tonight and I soon drink up and go.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Old Ale4.10ExcellentA tasty and satisfying pint.
Adnams - Southwold Bitter3.70Not Tried
Adnams - Lighthouse3.40Not Tried
23 Apr 2011 (Garry)
Not many folk in, but as it's a tiny pub was full.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Broadside4.70Excellent
Adnams - Southwold Bitter3.70Not Tried
Adnams - Gunhill4.00Not Tried
23 Jan 2011 (Garry)
Not many in
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Broadside4.70ExcellentNice pint of broadside
Adnams - Southwold Bitter3.70Not Tried
Adnams - Gunhill4.00Not Tried

About The Nags Head

The pub sign. The Nags Head, Belgravia, Central London

Summary of Beer Scores

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Excellent3
Good3
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Website.

The pub is found in Belgravia, Central London, SW1X 8ED.

Incredibly quirky pub in Kinnerton Street, like a rabbit burrow and hugely eclectic mix of bric-a-brac throughout the pub. Fair mix of locals and visitors, just Adnams beers on but pleasant enough. 5 attractive china handpumps upstairs but only 3 are piped for real ales. Upstairs bar height must be one of the lowest in the UK. Steep steps lead to the lower bar. Run nowadays by the characterful Kevin Moran.

We have visited this pub 6 times, seen 6 different beers and tried 4 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SW1X 8ED