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The Kensington Wine Rooms
The Kensington Wine Rooms Reviews

The Kensington Wine Rooms

Drinks, British, European

Dishes priced around£16

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Reviews of The Kensington Wine Rooms (187)

Read what people think about The Kensington Wine Rooms. All restaurant reviews are written by verified Quandoo diners. Learn more about The Kensington Wine Rooms before you go by getting tips and ratings from other restaurant-goers. With real-life reviews, you can see what other diners loved about The Kensington Wine Rooms and book a table with confidence!

4.8/6

187 reviews

4.8/6

187 reviews

Food:Great
Atmosphere:Pleasant
Service:Great
Value for money:Good value
Waiting time:Exceptionally Good
Noise levels:Pleasant
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"Very good"
5/6
Antonia C.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Huge choice of wines and friendly staff. It was quiet on a Tuesday lunchtime but of course none the worse for that. Great pimientos de padron.

"Very good"
5/6
Grace E.7 years ago · 1 review

Very nice and easy going wine bar with good food and beverage variety. Good quality price ratio and ideal location between Notting Hill and Kensington.

"Excellent"
6/6
Eva S.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Very good tasting food and wine, nice staff and lovely atmosphere. Perfect location, a quick walk from home and if you live somewhere else just take the tube or bus, it's close to downtown.

"Excellent"
6/6
Jason S.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Good atmosphere, peaceful and servers aren't always at your table hounding you. I've been a couple times on Sunday when it tends to not be busy so this is a little hidden gem that hasn't become one of the typical overcrowded and extremely noisy London bars.

"Very good"
5/6
Quandoo Diner7 years ago · 0 reviews

Good wine with some interesting and tasty dishes Service was very efficient and nice. Overall a great place to stop for dinner. Preferred the bar area rather than the restaurant seating

"Excellent"
6/6
Helen D.7 years ago · 1 review

The food, wine, ambience was fantastic and the service was so friendly with such a warm welcome. Have already highly recommended to friends and clients!!

"Very good"
5/6
Matthew L.7 years ago · 1 review

Great food, expansive wine selection and attentive service. We particularly appreciated the waiter bringing both still and sparkling water to the table without being asked, and refilling during the course of the meal.

"Very good"
5/6
Jason S.7 years ago · 2 reviews

The bar/restaurant is in a nice location and has ample seating available in side. Wine was good and staff friendly and a bit of a rarity in London in that it was actually quiet so didn't have to shout to the person next to me. Huge positive! The only reason this isn't a 6 star rating is because the tables were quite cramped and the service was quite slow even though the bar/restaurant wasn't busy at all.

"Excellent"
6/6
SANDRO K.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Great wine selection, 40+ wines by the glass. very nice service; Starters were just wonderful-carpiacho and for grass. Mains also nice. Overall great place to visit.

"Very good"
5/6
Peter W.7 years ago · 1 review

Really good food. Excellent wine selection model to choose fine wines by the glass - if you like exploring wine it's a great placebo visit. Excellent service too

"Excellent"
6/6
Joanne E.7 years ago · 1 review

Absolutely loved The Kensington Wine Rooms. Perfect venue for a catch up with a friend over dinner, Excellent food/menu, I really liked the fact they can pick the wine to go with each of the dishes. Friendly atmosphere and nice staff. Would definitely recommend!

"Very good"
5/6
Paul H.7 years ago · 1 review

Reliable as ever with knowledgeable, friendly staff and pleasant surroundings. The selling point is of course the excellent array of wines by the glass which catered to all of our tastes around the table. Well done.

"Very good"
5/6
Tash D.7 years ago · 1 review

Really lovely atmosphere. Went for the wine pairing with each course and they were perfectly matched. Only minor complaint would be service was a hint slow, but really helpful when we got them

"Very good"
5/6
Meaghan K.7 years ago · 1 review

Good service and really nice wine choices. Would definitely come again, as well as purchasing from the take away bottle service. Overall good experience, good area.

"Good"
4/6
Rebecca J.7 years ago · 3 reviews

Atmosphere was great! Great place to meet for drinks and apps. Service was good. Wine list was decent, but nothing groundbreaking there. The red wine was served too warm and the rosé too cold. A wine bar should know.

"Excellent"
6/6
Alison S.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Once again, a fabulous supper at KWR. It's so refreshing to have such interesting wines by the glass to be able to pair with the beautifully cooked food. All the stuff are friendly and very knowledgable about their wines. We'll be coming back! Again and again!

"Excellent"
6/6
Eva S.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Delicious food, wine and very nice staff! We've been there a couple of times and it has become our favorite restaurant, so you will see us again very soon.

"Average"
3/6
Braham M.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Adequate food. Ineffeficient sevice but nice room and perfectly ok if your in the area. Warning:the wines are heavily marked up so the overall value for money is questionable.

"Excellent"
6/6
Ellen M.7 years ago · 1 review

Gorgeous little place. Attentive service without being too intrusive. A few of us I the group did the wine tasting. We did not eat her but from what we saw come out of the kitchen looked and smelt delicious. Highly recommend if you're in the area.

"Excellent"
6/6
Judy F.7 years ago · 1 review

Really enjoyed my meal - extensive and interesting wine selection with knowledgeable and helpful staff - great food and good ambience - what more can one ask for?

"Excellent"
6/6
John A.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Friendly genuine service, excellent wine selection, incredibly tasty "tapas" style plates and cosy evening atmosphere / lighting. Would definitely return. Many thanks for a lovely Thursday dinner / drinks....

"Very good"
5/6
Jose M.7 years ago · 1 review

The service was good and the place is pleasant, but we were not asked how we would like our meat and we found it overcooked.

"Excellent"
6/6
Anne-Marie H.7 years ago · 1 review

This wine bar has a brilliant set up with ability to taste lots of different wines for as little as a £1 or so and great food too.

"Excellent"
6/6
Elizabeth S.7 years ago · 1 review

Lovely staff, great wine, tasty food. Nice to have such an extensive range of wines by the glass. Ambiance was very nice and overall it was a wonderful Friday night!

"Excellent"
6/6
Andrew M.7 years ago · 1 review

Pleasant atmosphere, attentive service, good food and a really lovely New Zealand pinot noir: what more could you ask for? A wonderful place to meet friends.

"Very good"
5/6
Gary H.7 years ago · 3 reviews

Lovely atmosphere and brilliant selection of wines. Just be careful with the top-up card, the more you drink, the more you'll spend! Perfect place before dinner to make sure you don't go OTT.

"Excellent"
6/6
Alison S.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Excellent, cheerful service from a young energetic team. Fascinating wine list and very good value for central London. The food was interesting and the rack of lamb was beautifully cooked.

"Excellent"
6/6
Robert B.7 years ago · 1 review

Wonderful wines, perfect service & very very tasty food. A great place! We had the duck & Onglet steak, both cooked pink & both delightful.

"Excellent"
6/6
Breda K.7 years ago · 1 review

This is a gem of a find in a very lovely part of London. The staff are very informed and helpful. Food and wine of top quality.

"Good"
4/6
Lenka S.7 years ago · 1 review

Nice chill atmosphere later in the evening when they turned down the lights. Quite good selection of wines. Big drawback for me, though, was the service was giving us annoyed looks when we decided not to order any food and only kept drinking wine - somewhat uncalled for if you market yourselves as wine bar...

"Average"
3/6
Chris M.7 years ago · 1 review

The wines were mainly unheard of and so tasting was not really exposure to expensive classic wines that you could try. The lamb was fine but not pink so in my opinion over cooked. The spinach was not washed and that is not acceptable when you crunch dirt. I felt that it was over priced for the quality. Atmosphere was fine.

"Good"
4/6
Natalia K.7 years ago · 2 reviews

For a wine bar quite heavy beer and pub fumes :(:( Otherwise good place to try quite interesting wines - like Pinot from Wales? If you are into something like this...

"Very good"
5/6
David H.7 years ago · 1 review

Emphasis is on wine as much as the food, so a short menu with not overlarge portions but good quality food. Variety in having the wine pairing is a plus. Overall my first trip to one of the wine rooms and would go again.

"Average"
3/6
Jeff M.7 years ago · 4 reviews

Food decent. Wine choices ok. Not exactly what we expected in a 'wine room'. Not overly focused on wine selection, helping to explore wine. No flights offered. Really more of a pub with a decent selection of wine.

"Excellent"
6/6
Mathieu M.7 years ago · 4 reviews

This is a great wine bar, the wines are fantastic, the advice and service are great, the food is delicious and the atmosphere is really nice. A great evening!

"Very good"
5/6
Debbie G.7 years ago · 1 review

Third visit and it was a most enjoyable evening, the food was excellent, and of course the wine was exceptional. We ate early as were meeting with friends later and have to say we felt very pampered being one of just four tables eating.

"Very good"
5/6
Gary R.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Good service and good wine - I like the range of wines that I have never heard of and thus chance to experiment with something new is always there

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