Stonemasons Arms, W6 0LA

Drinks

Strongbow cider. St Peter's beers in bottles -- I saw five on the blackboard, priced at either �2.90 or �3.20. They have the very yummy cinnamon and apple (�3.20). A range of cocktails, too. Absinthe done reasonably properly (according to Alan). [Prices at 2002-03-19.]

Food

The food menu is odd. It's presented as a couple of sheets of paper on a clipboard. Steph passed it over to me and said "I can't concentrate on it", and she was right; it's in ALL CAPITALS and widely spaced out. I had to stare at it for ages in order to take notes on it, and this was after only a few sips of beer. It had the current date printed on it, but whether this means that the menu changes every day, I don't know.

There were six main courses, one vegetarian, ranging in price from �7.50 for the vegetarian choice of roast beetroot, artichoke, butternut squash and potato rosti with shiitake mushrooms, up to �10.75 for sirloin steak with salad and chips.

Big bowl of chips �2, home-made hummous & Lebanese bread �3.75 (I think), soup of the day �3.75.

All that was just read off the menu; we didn't try any of it. [Prices at 2002-03-19.]

Service and Ambience

All the seats were taken at 7pm on a Tuesday, and the clumps of people hovering for somewhere to sit got worse over the next hour before we got fed up of the noise and left. There's not actually a drastic shortage of table space, but there aren't enough chairs! It's very noisy due to the many shiny surfaces and the low ceilings.

Music was playing but we couldn't hear it over the reflected conversations.

Remember to book for Friday lunchtimes as they get very busy. The service can be a little slow, so take your boss with you!

Layout

As far as I could see, one big split-level room with large wooden tables.

Other Reviews

  • Hammersmith Pub Guide user comments
  • Chris Amies' Hammersmith Pub Guide (note their disparaging comments about the beer are either mistaken or no longer relevant -- see "Drinks" section above)
  • sorted.com review (sounds very partisan and judging by the rest of sorted.com almost like a press release rather than an independent review. The food and drink comments seem reasonably accurate, though I'm not at all sure about the rest of the review)

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