King William Iv - Brent

This still new-to-me pub drew us in for Thursday dinner. We were greeted very well at the bar, drinks bought and taken to the garden with menu in hand then, as promised, Jensen came to take our order and inspired confidence we 'd made a good choice. After the correct wait out came our meals. Gorgeous, that 's how I 'd describe my Seabass Fillet meal, other half 's Haddock chips looked (as confirmed) superb too. Though I was only on lemonade, driving later, it was served with ice and lemon... this is a pub where service clearly matters. Thanks to Jensen, Chef and the team, I/we will defo go across London to visit again.

The staff at this pub are rude, the temperature inside is freezing, it is geared towards people that go there often, not made to feel welcome, you'd think with trade falling off in the pub business the staff behind the bar would be less rude, twice we said we were paying by cash and twice we had the machine pushed towards us. Dark and dingy if you want a good pub try the Flask, good staff, roaring fire, clean glasses, clean tables and no attitude .. oh and no annoying door that squeaked and groaned every time it was opened plus The Flask has lights and is inviting.

Probably the worst roast I’ve ever had, made even worse by the terrible and unaccomodating service me and my friends experienced today. We all ordered at the same time yet half had finished theirs before the rest came out which was only prompted by us asking where the rest of our group’s food was multiple times. No apology offered at any point for what should be a basic expectation of going out for a meal together. We were made to feel like we were trying to con them simply by asking for the meals we were yet to receive. It took 2 hours in total for us to receive our food. Incompetent and rude staff, poor quality meat and overall quality of food. Avoid !!!

Decided to travel into Hampstead and look for a Sunday roast drink. I hadn’t been to this pub since I moved out of the area in 1977. It was fabulous. We each had a different roast Steak/Lamb/Pork with all the trimmings and it was tasty and plentiful. We were looked after by a lovely lady with gorgeous curly hair, who is a credit to the place. Will start going regularly.

Nice choice of three beers which is certainly a plus these days. The first member of staff who served me was very nice indeed, especially as in London few people like any sort of conversation!! The second lady snapped after misunderstanding her answer as to which door is to the garden (its main sign says 'Ladies ', hence my confusion! Good garden at the back of the pub which is a bit of a sun trap. I did get the impression that it is a locals know best type of place and why they allow dogs in to bother customers is a great pity. Will hopefully try an evening ther on a future visit.