The Cumberland Arms - London

Lovely traditional looking pub. Really friendly staff and food was great. Will return if the area again and would recommend

Food was excellent and not to expensive staff was helpful and attentive place was clean and quite busy all In all I would go again nice pub food

Called in this evening at half seven, and there were a few empty tables. Four people looking dinner having read reviews and noting kitchen advertised as open to half eight. Asked the barmaid if still serving food and was told yes and take an empty table. Went up to barman and asked for menu to be told the kitchen is not really open! Explained we had just been told it was and he replied ‘well we don’t have a lot left’. Then we asked ‘well what do you have left?’ and the answer was not a list of dishes but the bluntly delivered ‘well it will be a long wait’. Rude and unwelcoming so we told him ‘tell you what, you clearly don’t want to serve us, thanks for the inhospitable welcome. We are going elsewhere’. Atrocious, rude, and clearly just could not be bothered!

Bar staff unreasonably refused to serve us this evening beyond 7 p.m. because we had a child, even though pub was empty. We actually went to order food at the bar at 7:30 p.m. and staff hadn’t previously raised any concern that a child was in the pub half an hour beyond their “curfew.” Again, the pub was pretty much dead, so no reason for a child ban. We’ve been coming here for 10 years and have been in as late as last orders with aforementioned child without any problems. We’ll be looking for a new local from now on.

We had dinner here on Thanksgiving (yes, we’re American) before going to see a show Nells Jazz Bar down the street. We weren’t sure what to expect, having picked this pub based on location. We were pleasantly surprised by the friendly and quick service and the delicious food. I had a roast chicken with cranberry compote (as close to Thanksgiving as I could get) and my husband had a seafood tangine. We shared a burrata, pomegranate seed, and fig salad. Everything was fresh and nicely presented. There was a friendly vibe and the World Cup game on the television was fun to watch during dinner. I highly recommend this neighborhood pub!