Princess Victoria

An 1829 gin palace on Uxbridge Road, Princess Victoria has outlasted most of its West London contemporaries by committing to a clear identity: it remains, first and foremost, a pub, with a horseshoe bar at its centre and a dining room that takes the kitchen seriously without pretending to be anything grander. The restored interior — high ceilings, period detailing, a heated front terrace and a rear courtyard garden — gives the space a scale that most gastropubs in the neighbourhood cannot match. The menu draws on free-range meat, responsibly sourced fish, and seasonal produce from small producers across the British Isles. Sunday roasts have become a particular draw, though the kitchen runs a full seasonal British menu through the week. Proprietor Matt Wilkin, formerly head sommelier at The Capital, has shaped a wine list that reviewers have consistently singled out as one of the more considered in this part of London — a signal that the room takes what's in the glass as seriously as what's on the plate. The Good Pub Guide named Princess Victoria London County Dining Pub of the Year in 2016, a recognition that placed it alongside the more prominent pub dining addresses in the capital at the time. Time Out and The Guardian have both noted the venue's combination of a genuinely restored historic interior with food that goes beyond standard pub fare. For Shepherd's Bush, a neighbourhood not traditionally associated with destination dining, that critical attention has been consistent enough to matter.

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