I never expected to be blown away by a pub on Acton High Street. ACTON!! Still, I followed a…read morefriend's recommendation to come down for a jazz open mic on a Friday night and I almost missed it. Once inside you are in pub heaven with a traditional looking lounge at the front, you almost walk into the bands as you enter the pub but there's plenty of seating to enjoy the music from a safe distance too. You pass through another section before the place opens up to the main bar at the back. It has quite a continental feel to it, and I can't believe I didn't immediately spot the massive vats at the back - I was too busy admiring the statues on the bar. And it's difficult not to be tempted by the selection of beers when in a brewery and I didn't regret my choice of Achtung. They also serve food and while the main menu is limited to sausage rolls and pies you can also order pizza or sushi which is delivered directly to your table by local takeaways. I'll definitely be back, a real gem.

This is an awesome olde pub (there is even a list of landlords on the wall going back a couple of…read morehundred years) but with a modern microbrewery at the back. A winning combination! Their Early Doors IPA was always likely to be my favourite, but I also enjoyed Dark Matter, 2 O'clock Ordinary and their Weissbier called Achtung! Good brewery. We stayed long enough to warrant some food. The burgers looked delicious, but we decided to go for 3 snacks for a tenner. This meant we could both have a snack of our choice and also share some chips. I enjoyed the luxury fish fingers! (No Captain Birdseye here!)

Nice enough beer. Craft ale, Cask ale, Ciders and Lagers on tap…read more Sport TV in background. Good food with specials. The prices are quite high. Nice character to the place. Only disappointment was having a drink on a table started at 5.30pm. 6pm, bar staff put a reserved sign for 7pm whilst we are sitting there. Then we get asked to leave the table at 6.30pm when the people arrived early. Not very respectful of ther customers.

For a pub this place got most of what you want: Nice staff, Good food, Great music, A lovely heated…read moregreen beer garden, A nice atmosphere, Sport, Poker nights etc. The only thing I think is missing is a pool table and live music/stand up evening. Well worth a visit!

This place has an excellent seating area inside and out. Outside there is a large deck, a tented…read morecovered area, an open area, and some tables near the water. The food has a nice selection but is only middle of the road in quality and they have a good beers. So overall a nice place to go have a pint and some food. My only complaint is the service can be a bit slow. Which is odd because they switched to ordering by app since covid, so you would think that would speed thing up but it didn't.

We were there for drinks. There are plenty seating outdoor either upstairs or downstairs with a…read moreview of the river. There are stages setup but due to the pandemic the venue was closed.

Enjoy amazing cocktails, beers and ales with santa Maria's pizza, voted one of the best pizza in…read moreLondon.

My favourite pub in Ealing and the reason why I moved to a street just round the corner (from a…read moreplace near my second favourite pub, The Plough). Excellent well kept beers from Fuller's and their associated breweries, along with occasionally interesting guest ales. Food is good, with an ever-changing menu of top quality gastro-pubby food. It's not cheap, but it is very good. They also do roasts on Sunday, although they stop doing food at 5pm then, and 9pm the rest of the week. There's a nice beer garden out the back, a fairly darkened back area to the bar with tables and a front area near the bar with booths and tables. The walls are decorated with photos and posters of the various actors and films filmed over the road at Ealing Studios, including a Stage 6 plaque by the front door Best pub in Ealing.

Halloween night. The Aeronaut. A cabaret show from another dimension…read more Never would have found this place on my own, but holy hell am I glad we had friends in the know. After some time guzzling pitchers of Pimms Cup in the garden, we made our way inside for the show. Hats off to these performers. Maybe I was just wasted, but I felt like I was having a fever dream at the Moulin Rouge - in the best way possible. Get in here. This place rocks.

I had a really fun time at The Aeronaut. It was quite a good concept - a big top inside what used…read moreto be the famous Redback (now unrecognisable and the floors are no longer sticky from snakebite!). For the Friday evening Cabaret you have to book ahead which only cost £5 up to the last 2 weeks before which is when it goes up to £8 and you get to watch some weird and wonderful cabaret acts during the course of the evening. As far as the acts were concerned it was a bit hit and miss and I was expecting a few more. We had a hula hooper and a contortionist which was insane to watch!! An aerial hoop act which was impressive but quite short, a juggler who probably didn't need to be there and the finale .... Rayguns Look Real Enough who were a comedy music mashup duo who were fabulous!! Highlight of the evening! As a while though I think the acts were a but hit and miss and unfortunately the compere wasn't going down too well either!! Oh well!! But the evening was incredibly fun and once they cleared away the stage it turned into a dance floor and the DJ played an array of hits from 50's through to today with a lot of emphasis on 80's and 90's hits which were great to sing and dance along to. Before the show started we did have a table so we could eat food and there was your usual selection of burgers and salads etc. I went for the veggie falafel burger and to be honest it was extremely bland and needed a hell of a lot more tzatiki and condiments to improve it's flavour! It's great that I was subjected to the usual fried vegetable burger and there was a mushroom risotto on the menu but the burger definitely needed more flavour. It was a bit more like mushed falafel and falafel needs to be a little more grainy I think!! The chips were good though, hand cut, crispy edges and soft in the middle - mmm!! As for drinks they do have a selection of ales on tap, some local, a porter and a stout that were exciting some and all the other usual things a pub can offer. Price wise I think it was pretty reasonable. All in all we did have a great evening and I probably would go again. The place is new so it is probably still getting it's sea legs a little but do pop down for an alternative evening of circus acts and then fun music to dance the night away to - we stayed so late it was a night bus home!! Always a good sign!! Xyz

Food is awesome and so is the service. Very nice ambiance. It was for our anniversary dinner and…read morewe loved the ambiance and the crowd.

To start off, it's right off the Acton overground, literally. Cross the tracks and you're there…read more Secondly, the menu on the huge chalkboard outside the entrance lays out all the appetizing food options, so you get an idea before you enter. Third, the staff- from the time we entered to the time we left- were all friendly. We ate in the upstairs dining room, which has lovely high ceilings and a large room with dark wood tables and typical pub seating. The kitchen is upstairs and we got a table next to it but surprisingly and pleasantly discovered later we didn't smell like food. Now the drink. My husband and I split two bottles of a bottle cider, a peach flavour I think, and it was quite good. Lots of drinking options including cocktails. Now the food: As a veghead, I was happy at the variety of pizza, main and tapas options. The food prices are a bit high, especially for the tapas, so I ordered the least expensive veg main, the broad bean purée and broccoli rabe flatbread. My husband got a spicy pizza with nduja sausage. My dish arrived fairly quickly and I was confused at first; I thought it was the wrong order. It comes as a soup with stewed rabe and two pieces of crispy bread like pappadam. This is not how I envisioned flatbread: food atop a slice of dough like pizza. The waiter was so concerned and offered to take it back but I hate food waste so I plowed in. It was actually good- not fantastic- with a very thick purée and the sautéed rabe blending well. There is a lot of rabe and the constant chewing can get a bit tiresome but overall I liked the dish although I think it's better on a cold night as it's served piping hot. The flatbread pieces are bland. My husband said his pizza was good but much spicier than he expected. I nibbled on the pizza crusts and liked the chewy dough. One of the best experiences of the night was the waiter TBH. His attention to customer service- asking how our food was, if we wanted anything else, etc- was as if we were back in the US. I felt I had entered a country warp! SO rare in London to have that good service!

Upon entering I was struck by the cavernous nature of this pub - it's huge and has a central room…read morethat reminded me of a small train station. As it turns out, this pub was converted from a 1920s art deco cinema. While it doesn't scream art deco, it does make it a good venue for live music and other acts. In fact there were posters for an upcoming Tina Turner tribute band. I was there on a very chilly weeknight, so it wasn't really hopping. Towards the front were patrons simply enjoying beers, watching football and playing snooker. There were menus offering Indian food, but neither I nor anyone else was eating. The barkeep was nice and the prices were good. I've given an extra star because I like how they pay homage to the building's past (and the neighborhood) with loads of old photos and informational posters around the room. I wouldn't go out of my way to visit, but if in the neighborhood - check it out. Like Tina Turner said, "it's simply the best (on that particular block)."

Great place has cover bands every month ive seen quite a few now from madness to Elvis and its open…read moretill 2 : )

Best place I visited in England, food was phenomenal and service was great! Will be back!!!read more

Updated English pub with widely spaced tables and friendly young staff. Traditional fish and chips…read morewas delicious, albeit a bit skimpy on the mushy peas.

This is the closest pub to my front door. I could probably run there in 20 seconds, if I had to. It…read morewas the sort of smoke-filled regulars-only place that I never used to bother with, but since the smoking ban I think it's a lot more welcoming. It's a pretty standard pub, but not overly modernized. The iron-legged tables, bench seats, and chairs have been around for a while. The front room is quite spacious, and never crowded, since it's on a back street behind the mall that few people know about. The back room has some longer tables, a big screen TV for sport, and a fruit machine, if I recall correctly. There are a couple of outdoor seats for when the weather's warm. Standard beers on tap for this end of town, which means some Fuller's ales. They've got occasional quiz nights on Wednesday. I went once and found the quiz regulars formidable opponents, but very friendly and accomodating for newcomers. And my team didn't come last! EDIT: This pub has undergone a renovation: some new paint, some tidying up of the decor, a new kitchen in the back by the looks of things. There are a few fancier lagers on tap. On first glance it seems to have lost a bit of character, but it'll take some time to grow into itself I think.

Cute pub with a very cute pub cat! Decent beer too so it was a shame that Soccer Saturday was on…read morethe big screen and turned up loud. There was a horrible fruit machine too! Does accommodation from 55 quid a night!

I stumbled on this little gem... walking from the station to the high st. I wasn't looking for…read moreanything special but the friendly atmosphere and locals made me feel welcome. Has the appeal of a well run local but a passing trade of backpackers made the clientele in the bar well mixed... I always drop by and say hello now .. love it

The Talbot I am pleased to say is not the dingy sad little pub as earlier reviewed by a grumped up…read morestaff. It is now in the capable hands of a young couple called Derek and Lucy, in the last six months that they have been there, they have got Quiz Nights on Tuesdays and Killer Pool on Sundays and have the occassional Poker Nights. Derek is welcoming and Lucy although in the background is just as welcoming. After being a local there for a long time I was disgruntled when the big divorce was on and moved on to other places but I never say never to not give a place a second chance ......and boy am I glad. The crowd are a great mix and sometimes when you want to have a ball this is the place to go but also you can go in there and quietly mind your own and no-one will trouble you. If you think you are good at pool there are plenty of people to test you including Derek and at 50p a throw you can have a brain teaser of a game. There is a great Juke Box especially if you love the classics and again for a bargain 2.00 for 9 plays there is plenty to choose from. If darts is your game then again this is the place, there is a nice little side section for the dart board where if like me, no-one can see you hit everything but the board! Anybody walking in new will not feel out of the zone there is always someone to welcome you to the Talbot any time I have gone in there I always get into a conversation with someone else. There is a good crowd in there and no one gets slated for their opinions. If you need to stay a while in Acton The Talbot offers rooms and when it is so near over ground and under ground stations you can't go wrong. IT IS A FRONT ROOM WITH FRIENDS (old and new)!!!!!!