A Grade II-listed Fuller’s pub built in 1910 on King Street, an elegant Edwardian building with a classic pub interior, a Thai kitchen, and a hidden rear garden
The Salutation holds seven hundred and fifty-three reviews and a 4.2 – a solid score on a good sample – and it is a genuinely handsome historic pub: a Grade II-listed Fuller’s house built in 1910 on King Street, an elegant Edwardian building with a classic pub interior, a well-liked Thai kitchen, and a lovely hidden rear garden.
The 1910 listed building
The Salutation is a genuine architectural treasure of King Street. It is a Grade II-listed building – the official recognition of its special architectural and historic interest – built in 1910 by the architect A. P. Killick, an elegant Edwardian pub with real character and heritage. The “Salutation” name is an old and traditional English pub name (historically referring to the Angel’s salutation of the Virgin Mary, or simply to a friendly greeting), giving it a genuine sense of old-pub tradition. It stands on King Street, the main thoroughfare of Hammersmith, a handsome and characterful landmark. There is genuine history and character to it – the Grade II-listed Edwardian building, the elegant 1910 architecture, the traditional old pub name, the handsome King Street landmark. It is exactly the kind of historic, handsome, characterful pub that this survey most admires.
The classic interior and Thai kitchen
Inside, the Salutation is a genuinely characterful old Fuller’s pub – a classic, handsome pub interior with real Edwardian character, retaining its original features, offering a warm and traditional atmosphere. As a Fuller’s house, it keeps the brewery’s quality ales, and it has a genuinely well-liked kitchen: like a number of good Hammersmith pubs, it marries its classic English character with an authentic Thai kitchen – and the combination is a happy one, drawing praise for delicious and unique Thai dishes (deep-fried pork neck in zingy tamarind sauce among them) alongside classic Thai curries and noodles, and the beloved English-pub-plus-Thai-food formula that works so well. There is genuine appeal to it – the classic characterful interior, the quality Fuller’s ales, the well-liked authentic Thai kitchen, the warm and traditional welcome.
The hidden garden
The Salutation has a genuine and lovely secret: a hidden rear garden, a spacious and secluded beer garden tucked away behind the pub – a real oasis and a lovely surprise, perfect for a drink or a meal in the sunshine, a peaceful retreat from the King Street bustle. There is real appeal to it – the elegant historic building giving way to the lovely secluded garden behind, the warm and traditional welcome, the friendly service, the well-kept beer and the good Thai food. It is a genuinely characterful and welcoming pub – the handsome Grade II-listed Edwardian building, the classic interior, the well-liked Thai kitchen, the lovely hidden garden. Its solid score across a good sample reflects this genuine appeal – the historic listed building, the classic pub character, the good Thai food, the secret garden. It is a genuine King Street gem.
Between its Grade II-listed 1910 Edwardian architecture, its classic pub interior, its well-liked Thai kitchen, and its lovely hidden rear garden, the Salutation is a genuinely handsome and characterful Hammersmith pub. Its solid score across a good sample marks it as a genuinely good and much-loved pub. The Prat’s desk admires the elegant Edwardian building, enjoys a pint and a plate of Thai food in the hidden garden, and raises an appreciative glass to the Salutation.
The pub
A solid, much-loved pub doing a good 4.2 across a good sample – the Salutation, a Grade II-listed 1910 Fuller’s pub on King Street with a classic interior, a Thai kitchen, and a hidden rear garden.
Verdict
Solid, much-loved, and genuinely handsome – the Salutation, a Grade II-listed Edwardian Fuller’s pub with a Thai kitchen and a hidden garden.
Have a pint and a plate of Thai food at the Salutation on King Street, and find the hidden garden – a Grade II-listed 1910 Edwardian Fuller’s pub with a classic interior and a lovely secluded garden behind.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
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