Harden's survey result
Summary
Named for Princess Margaret – who used to slip away from Kensington Palace and eat here under this pseudonym – this romantic, golden oldie bistro provides a dated but very cosy and comforting combination of solid Anglo/French cuisine, country kitchen decor and wine sold out of a magnum bottle with a measuring stick (although finer vintages are available). It’s not dis-similar from its much better known sibling, La Poule Au Pot.
Summary
“Cosy, fun, old place that has been around for years and years” – a favourite in its time of Princess Margaret, who used to slip away to here from nearby Kensington Palace, and whose alias when booking provides the current restaurant’s name. Its rustic, heavily-romantic style isn’t dissimilar to its stablemate, La Poule au Pot, and it likewise serves “basic, traditional English dishes” designed to satisfy your hunger at a “decent price” rather than to dazzle your tastebuds. “There’s a reasonable wine list too, unless you go for the magnum where they measure with a stick how much of it you’ve taken from the bottle: amusing to say the least but not their best vintage…”
Summary
“Cosy, fun, old place that has been around for years and years” – a favourite in its time of Princess Margaret, who used to slip away to here from nearby Kensington Palace, and whose alias when booking provides the current restaurant’s name. Its rustic, heavily-romantic style isn’t dissimilar to its stablemate, La Poule au Pot, and it likewise serves “basic, traditional English dishes” designed to satisfy your hunger at a “decent price” rather than to dazzle your tastebuds. “There’s a reasonable wine list too, unless you go for the magnum where they measure with a stick how much of it you’ve taken from the bottle: amusing to say the least but not their best vintage…”
Summary
Limited feedback this year on this “romantic” stalwart near Kensington Palace (named after the pseudonym Princess Margaret used to use when booking here). Such as there is supports the view that the main reason to visit is the date-potential of the charming, faux-rustic decor, rather than the indifferently rated Anglo-French bistro fare.
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Have you eaten at Maggie Jones’s?
Owner's description
Maggie Jones’s has been a favourite haunt among Kensington locals for over 40 years. Cosy, rustic, informal and incurably romantic, the restaurant is tucked away in a little cul-de-sac between Kensington High Street and Kensington Church Street.
Maggie’s is warm, friendly and traditional, with a generous menu full of classic dishes, beautifully cooked.
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £30.50 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
Restaurant details
6 Old Court Pl, London, W8 4PL
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5.00 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5.00 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5.00 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5.00 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5.00 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑9.15 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑9.15 pm |
