A two-floor Fuller’s gastropub on the corner of Cambridge Grove, with over 60 wines, a wood burner, exposed brick and a well-loved Thursday steak night
The Stonemasons Arms holds six hundred and eighty-five reviews and a 4.4 – a strong score on a good sample – and it is a genuinely lovely back-street find: a two-floor Fuller’s gastropub on the corner of Cambridge Grove, with a huge wine list, a cosy wood burner, exposed-brick charm, and a well-loved programme of steak nights, quizzes and Sunday roasts.
The back-street gastropub
The Stonemasons Arms sits a little away from the main Hammersmith bustle, on the corner where Cambridge Grove meets Glenthorne Road – a genuine back-street gastropub, the kind of characterful neighbourhood find that rewards those who seek it out. It is a two-floor Fuller’s house, and it has a lovely, warm, characterful style – bright and airy, with a modern-vintage, chic-farmhouse feel: exposed brick, warm decor, plenty of comfortable seating, and a cosy wood burner to settle beside. There is genuine charm to it – the characterful back-street gastropub, the warm and stylish surroundings, the exposed brick and the wood burner, the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. It is exactly the kind of characterful, well-run, slightly-hidden neighbourhood gastropub that this survey delights in finding.
The drinks and the wine list
The Stonemasons Arms takes its drinks seriously – and its wine list is a particular strength. It offers over sixty different wines from around the world – a genuinely impressive range for a neighbourhood pub – alongside a good beer selection that mixes craft and international brews (Yeastie Boys, Sierra Nevada, Peroni) with Fuller’s real ales, plus cocktails and Cornish Orchards cider. There is genuine quality and range to it – the huge and wide-ranging wine list, the good mix of craft and cask beer, the cocktails and cider, the whole well-stocked and thoughtful drinks offering. It is a genuine drinker’s gastropub – taking real care over its wines and beers, offering something for every taste, in warm and stylish surroundings. There is real quality and appeal in it.
The food and the steak night
As a Fuller’s gastropub, the Stonemasons Arms takes its food seriously too – offering reliable, well-executed British cooking (courtesy of its head chef) in its warm and stylish surroundings. The menu runs to good burgers, rack of lamb, pan-fried trout, roasted duck breast, salads and puddings – proper gastropub fare, well done. And it has a genuinely well-loved programme of regular events that give it real neighbourhood appeal: a popular Thursday steak night (an eight-ounce steak from a very reasonable starting price), a Wednesday quiz, and Sunday roasts. There is real warmth and appeal to it – the reliable good cooking, the well-loved steak night, the quiz, the Sunday roasts, the whole warm and characterful neighbourhood-gastropub package. Its strong score across a good sample reflects this genuine appeal – the characterful back-street gastropub, the great wines, the good food, the well-loved events. It is a genuine local gem.
Between its characterful back-street setting, its warm modern-vintage style, its huge wine list, its reliable gastropub cooking, and its well-loved steak nights and quizzes, the Stonemasons Arms is a genuinely lovely Hammersmith gastropub. Its strong score across a good sample marks it as a genuinely good and much-loved pub. The Prat’s desk settles by the wood burner with a glass from the sixty-strong wine list, enjoys the Thursday steak, and raises a warm glass to the Stonemasons Arms.
The pub
A strong, much-loved gastropub doing a good 4.4 across a good sample – the Stonemasons Arms, a two-floor Fuller’s gastropub on Cambridge Grove with 60+ wines, a wood burner and a well-loved steak night.
Verdict
Strong, much-loved, and genuinely charming – the Stonemasons Arms, a characterful back-street Fuller’s gastropub with a huge wine list and warm modern-vintage style.
Seek out the Stonemasons Arms on Cambridge Grove, and settle by the wood burner – a characterful two-floor Fuller’s gastropub with over sixty wines, reliable cooking, and a well-loved Thursday steak night.
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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