The Duchess of Kensington is a local pub with a warm, welcoming atmosphere, a solid neighbourhood following, and small plates menus alongside hearty pub fare. It’s also known for busy match-day gatherings, Sunday roasts (with proper roasties), well-priced classic breakfast items, and a broad range of drinks.
Inside, you’ll find tables cleverly screened for added privacy, exposed brick walls, plenty of prints and drawings, high top seating, banquettes and chandeliers. Warm orange-red walls mean it’s a cosy spot for winter meetups, while streetside al fresco seating fills up quickly in the summer months.
In terms of menus at The Duchess of Kensington, expect to see varied dishes all made with carefully sourced ingredients. Menus change with the seasons, but to start, you might look to bar snacks like nocellara olives, rosemary focaccia, padron peppers, or Cumberland sausage rolls. Then, you might move on to a selection of small plates to share, which, at the time of writing, stretch from orange and gin cured salmon with a shaved vegetable salad, alongside plates of monkfish ‘scampi’, to halloumi fries and a classic pressed ham hock terrine with piccalilli.
Main courses include the classics, spanning chicken and pancetta pie with creamed mash, cider-battered North Sea haddock with mushy peas and triple-cooked chips, and Himalayan salt-aged ribeye steak with bearnaise. There are international dishes too, from chicken schnitzel with a rocket and shaved fennel salad to wild mushroom risotto with tarragon and truffle.
Alternatively, if you’re visiting at lunch, you might find Cumberland sausage with buttered mash and beer and onion gravy, buttermilk chicken sandwiches, or conference pear salad with toasted pecans, chicory and a Roquefort dressing. Visiting The Duchess of Kensington on a Sunday? Expect a varied selection of roast meats, all served with traditional trimmings, a sharing lamb roast, and add-ons like extra rosties and cauliflower cheese.