(5/10) 
The best scene in Amelie is of course the one in which Her Cuteness secretly tampers with the finer arrangements of her enemy's home. Slippers downsized, alarm-clock reset, all that stuff. Very funny in the film, but does Amelie work at The King's Arms on her nights off?
It was surely she who left the basin in the gents' with two hot taps (right), who switched my lamb burger with another one from the freezer when the chef wasn't looking, and who tried to charge me twice for a round of drinks. And if it wasn't Amelie herself then the number one suspect is the loopy girl who works behind the bar. Her speciality is to disappear at least four times in the course of serving you a drink, and generally knowing absolutely nothing about anything.
It's not all quite so bad. The interior is very cosy (or would be if they bothered to light up the wood stove), the landlady's brilliant, and there some interesting stuff on the menu. Venison sausages came with a rich, earthy sauce and the chips were the highlight of the burger option. But everything comes alarmingly quickly, especially the desserts, which doesn't suggest too much loving care behind the scenes. The near rawness of my burger either betrayed a chef in a hurry, or perhaps a sentimental desire not to singe the (ex) fluffy white beast too much.
Beer is disappointing too. Brains have done their worst yet again and left us with only Rev James and Pedigree apart from the own label. Come on people - we can still defeat the infidel.
Here's a nice touch though. Tucked away by the toilets is a deluxe lounge area, complete with big leather sofa. Just watch out for somebody replacing your shoes with a smaller size when you're not looking.
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Well, there wasn’t anything alarmingly quick about the service at lunch today, where it was glacially slow. I asked where the starters were after 45 minutes, and the hatchet-faced waitress snapped, ‘Why, are you in a hurry?’ Which was quite funny, I suppose, in a Basil Fawlty kind of way. Still, I wish the food had taken a bit longer - or rather, never turned up at all. It’s dreary, standard Brains freezer-to-fryer stuff, which included incinerated Thai fishcakes and truly horrible burgers. If you want a perfect example of everything that’s wrong about British pub food, step this way. Oh, and someone had dented my car in the car park, and driven off, so it’s clearly popular with scumbags.
I think you're talking rubbish. I have eaten at The King's Arms many times, and so have my friends and family and we have never had under cooked food, and it was never served 'too quickly', and I would say that the deserts are most definitely home made. I think you have given this pub a very unfair write up, maybe you should go again, you obviously went at a bad time. Next time try some of their wines and not just the Brains beer...
I don’t doubt that you had a bad experience from what you said – but I don’t think it is representative. I’ve eaten at the King’s Arms with friends and family on a number of occasions over the last 2 or 3 years, and have never experienced the problems you identified. We’ve been very pleased with the quality of the food & drink, and the friendliness of the staff. We’re booked to eat there again shortly, and will feedback if there is a problem!
charles clearly had a large group of people in the pub that day!!!
while the food is frechly cooked (and only the beer comes from Brains!) and a full restaurant there is surely going to be a wait for food!! As for things being frozen i have eaten here many times and can guarentee things are piping hot!
Definatly not a pub for scumbags, try the Lewis' next time if u feel u need that culture!