The Duke Of Sussex

5 Reviews on “The Duke Of Sussex”

• Jeff.gosling

  Live local and have eaten here many times. Never had a bad meal and all our family love it there. Great to offer standard pub food menu with authentic Spanish, friendly staff and good service. Real ales and a decent pub not just a gastro pub. Big garden too.

  December 6, 2017, 11:10 pm

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• Anon And Mrs Anon

  The feel and general vibe was lovely. Food was great. Unfortunately, that was about the only thing nice in the whole place. After excusing myself from the table, I left my wife to go to the toilet. Upon walking past the kitchen service hatch/ area/ counter, I glanced through to the vacant kitchen to see what can only be described as a complete and utter hell-hole of a kitchen. Everything was covered in thick dust and grease. The food counters were plastered in raw meat, and there was blood on the oven handles. After leaning through the gap, I could smell an unworldly aroma that I can only imagine was mould, damp, dirt and excrement. Will not be returning ever and have highly considered calling the Environmental Health Agency. To anyone considering eating here… Don’t.

  April 4, 2017, 12:51 pm

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• Andy Hayler

  —-6th November 2014—-The Duke of Sussex is a Chiswick pub from the Victorian era, serving Spanish food as well as a few more conventional pub dishes. The main dining room is attractive, with a large skylight and a view over the garden. The little kitchen is open to the dining room in one corner. The sourdough bread here is made from scratch in the kitchen, and this particular loaf had just come out of the oven. It had a pleasing hint of acidity and good texture (15/20). If they can make their own bread in the tiny kitchen here, it is ludicrous for kitchens such as that at the flagship Gordon Ramsay restaurant to claim they have to buy their own bread because of space constraints. Salad of goat cheese, beetroot and hazelnut was attractively presented, the beetroot reasonable, though a little more dressing would have been useful (12/20). Pea and watercress was topped with a rather unnecessary blob of crme fraiche, but the soup itself had reasonably good flavour and the seasoning was fine (12/20).Guinea fowl was served on the bone, resting on a generous bed of puy lentils, served with crisp cavolo nero and gravy. This was a very enjoyable, hearty dish, the bird cooked properly, the lentils tender and having a little bite of vinegar (13/20). Vegetarian paella was nicely made, with assorted vegetables including peppers, tomatoes, courgettes and peas. The rice had good texture and the vegetables were cooked properly, though the stock used could have been more intense (12/20).Service was capable, and the bill including 10 corkage was just 28 per person, which was very fair indeed. Portions here are large, and so we never made it to dessert. The Duke of Sussex is a very enjoyable local pub, the food simple but well made and representing good value for money.—-8th May 2014—-The dining room has a very high ceiling, looking out on to a garden at the back. There is a wooden floor and a mix of conventional wooden chairs and leather banquettes. The menu is a mix of modern British and Spanish, getting more Spanish recently. The wine list is modestly priced, with the most expensive white wine being 30 (there is now a solitary wine above 60). A Rioja Bodegas Urbina was only around twice retail price at 27 (since replaced on the list by another Tempranillo). Corkage is modest. This is a place I come back to regularly, and one feature that endears me to them is that actually make their own sourdough bread.At a recent meal, seafood paella was nicely made, served in an iron skillet, the rice having good texture and served with mussels, prawns and clams (13/20). Fish and chips had good batter, the fish cooked properly, though chips could have been crisper (12/20). Tortilla was pleasant, served with salad and a garlic mayonaisse (12/20). Service was friendly if a little stretched at times. For 27 a head with modest wine this seemed a very reasonable price to me. Similarly a two course dinner in November 2013 cost jsut 23 a head. andyhayler.com

  October 3, 2014, 3:40 pm

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• Rowan

  Spanish inspired menu, yes. Step above normal pub food, yes. Good sized and healthy portions, yes. Great beers on tap, yes. Awesome summer beer garden, absolutely. Shh though, this is my local so don’t make it too popular.

  August 28, 2010, 7:09 pm

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• Mark Stephens

  Popular, big garden and an excellent, Spanish inspired menu. Plus good range of beers and wines. What’s not to like?

  February 1, 2010, 6:27 pm

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