Best pubs for a pint in L.A.
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Even in a city crawling with U.K. expatriates, Santa Monica’s Ye Olde King’s Head is an impressive achievement — a bar, restaurant and gift shop that duplicates exactly the experience of drinking, dining and carousing in Merrie Olde England. Founded by English couple Phil and Ruth Elwell in 1974, and patronized by English emigrants and American Anglophiles alike ever since, Ye Olde King’s head serves English pub food, beer, cider and spirits in a cluttered but comfortable library-like space spread out across five rooms: The Crown Room, replete with portraits of Britain’s most famous kings; the Bulldog Bar, bedecked with pictures and effigies of English bulldogs; the Churchill Room, whose central subject will never surrender; the main dining hall (where fish and chips go for $12.95 to $15.95 and Cornish pasties can be had for $12.95); and the front bar, where darts enthusiasts drink $6 imperial pints of Guinness. It’s indubitably authentic.
Picks by charlie-amter
Picks by charlie-amter
My boyfriend and I visited Ye old kings head last weekend for the first time. We had a very BAD experience! We went there for the Fish and Chips which end up being more batter than fish, vinegar bottles are full of floating BUGS, and the place is just dirty....
BUYER BEWARE - I went to Ye Olde King's Head on a cold Friday afternoon to enjoy a hot Shepherd's Pie that is on their luncheon menu. Instead of getting a pie filled with meat, potatoes, peas and carrots, I got a CUP of meat topped with potatoes and a...
My husband (a Brit) and I were very disappointed in our food here. The fish and chips were terrible. The service needed improvement-our server was very inattentive. The ambiance was good and the pub was pretty authentic. The food is overpriced for the low quality. We will not be returning.
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I am a regular at this place and my husband and I love the vegetarian options- I know surprising at an English pub. We usually get the vegetarian shepherds...

Good for a brew but don't waste your calories on the food. If you like heavy British cooking maybe you can handle it.

Went the other night after work - wasn't too hungry - I had a bowl of the clam chowder (YUM) and it was just enough - of course I had to have a...
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