Kingston Arms Freehouse

Welcome

In the 8 years since it was 'restored', The Kingston Arms has made quite a name in the neighbourhood - popular during the day with people who work nearby, and bustling at night with punters in for a few drinks or something to eat.

What's more, several publications have spotted us, including the Observer Food Monthly where we won 3 awards; ‘Best Cheap Eats’, ‘Best Sunday Lunch’ and ‘Best Place to Drink’ (with Cambridge Blue), in East Anglia, Feb 2004!

Customers and critics all point out how well the combination of traditional pub, award winning ales and first rate cooking works in this cosy venue where equal attention is paid to the range of beers, the wines and of course the daily changing menu.

In short, the Kingston is a great pub, with good food, fantastic ales and wines and a relaxed informal atmosphere, perfect for cosy first dates, business lunches or boozy get-togethers.

Our Ethos

We are committed to local sourcing, traceability, caring for the environment, ensuring the happiness of customers and staff and achieving the highest quality in everything we do.

To that end, all our food is either locally sourced, or we buy it from high end, reputable food specialists (Neal's Yard Diary, M & J Seafood, among others). We scour the country looking for quality ales, and we buy our whiskies, brandy's, etc from smaller, independent suppliers.

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Opening Times

Under 18's

Our Monthly Beer Festivals

Our Recession Options Menu

The Privilege Club

Awards & Notable quotes

Our Policy on Tips

Announcements

New - Kingston Vouchers!

Don't know what to get someone for Christmas? For an upcoming birthday? Is your father, brother, son (mother, sister, daughter!), a fan of real ale, good food, and/or The Kingston?

Buy them some Kingston Vouchers! They make the perfect present!

We are currently working on our Kingston Arms vouchers. They will be in £5 denominations, and can be exchanged for alcohol or food.

They will be released sometime over the next 2 weeks - in plenty of time for Christmas!

Check back for updates.

New - Thursday Evening Curry Club!

We are pleased to announce a new food attraction at The Kingston - Curry Club Night! Every Thursday evening we will offer a range of curries (meat, fish and veggie options), all homemade with the finest ingredients. This will be in addition to our normal menu!

Curry Club Nights start 29th October and will run every Thursday evening. Enjoy!

Monthly Beer Festival - Update

'Best of the Fest' Award

Following our ethos of promoting real ale, we give an award to a single beer at each beer festival - the beer which will receive the award is voted for by you!

We are pleased to announce the 'Best of the Fest' from our fourth festival, our customers voted for Leeds: Gathering Storm!

Next festival:

The Kingston's Mill Road Winter Fair Beer Festival; Thurs 3rd Dec to Monday 14th Dec.

We have joined the Mill Road Winter Fair, and will run our next beer festival as part of the Mill Road Winter Fair celebrations.

It will include Winter & Xmas themed beers, mulled wine, roast chestnuts and marshmallows!

In addition to the Winter/Xmas theme, we will have live music on Mondays, Curry Club Night on Thursdays, and Sunday Roasts on, erm, Sundays!

For more about our monthly beer festivals, Best of the Fest awards, etc, click here.

New - Beer Garden Blankets!

We have tried various methods of heating our garden during the colder months over the years. We have settled on an electric heater, and last year we introduced chimenea’s. You can’t beat a real fire!

This year, in addition to the above, we are introducing blankets!

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Already Here - Using the Kingston as a Venue!

We have held photographic and art exhibitions in the past. And we have recently held the 'Hanin Palestinian Cafe' event (Palestinian food, arts & crafts), which was very successful. This has led us to resurrecting the Kingston Arms Venue Service. If you want to use the Kingston as a venue for an exhibition, event, etc, don't hesitate to get in touch!

New - Christmas Menu

Our Christmas menu is available! Click here for more.

Already Here - The Kingston Arms Privilege Club!

Want to access our latest offers? Want to access offers ONLY available to members (and their friends) of The Privilege Club? Join The Kingston Arms Privilege Club! - for FREE!

Already Here - Sunday Roasts have Returned!

Even with a rubbish summer, the BBQs were popular with our customers. However, we're now in September and it's a good time to phase out the Thursday and Sunday BBQs and bring back our award winning Sunday roasts!

At some stage we will introduce a novel food experience for Thursday evenings at The Kingston - watch this space!

BBQ's will return in the Spring/Summer!

Already Here - Range of Bottled Beers!

We now offer a range of bottled beers! Including foreign beers, English ales, etc!

Already Here - Recession Ales, Wines and Menu!

We realise that the recession is well and truly here! As a result we have been feverishly working away on some recession proof options. These include a recession food menu, a range of recession beers, and recession wines.

We will always have our core Kingston options, but in addition we will offer a range of recession options!

Recession Ales

Our Recession Range of ales (including 'Recession be Damned', which has gained some attention), is £1.95-£2.30 a pint!

We also offer a range of other Recession Ales at similar prices!

Recession Wines

We offer a Recession Busting Red wine and a White wine, cheaper than our house wines!

Recession Menu

Starters - £2.99, Mains - £4.99!

Click here for menu.

And 2-4 'Recession Ales', all of which will be around £1.95-£1.30/pint!

To summarise: Our Recession Options will NOT replace our normal offerings, but our normal offerings will ALSO be reduced!

For a tenner, you can come to The Kingston, have a hearty meal, a few drinks, and still get change!

Note - Walled & Covered Garden

For those who don't know The Kingston, we have a walled garden, with canopies, soft seats, blankets and heaters. And it's open all year round.

Note - Good Beer Guide 2009 misprint

The Good Beer Guide 2009 states that we offer accommodation. We would like to make it clear that we do not.