Pub in London SW1
Wetherspoons
Unit 5, Upper Concourse, Victoria Station, Terminus Place, London, SW1V 1JTClosest station: Victoria, about 3 min walk3.8out of 5 on Google, from 5,222 ratings
Details last checked January 2025. Things may have changed since.
About Wetherspoons
No-frills, modern chain bar serving real ales, wine and coffee, plus English breakfast and pub grub.
Simply "Wetherspoons" and opened in December 1992, this site was named by Tim Martin, chairman of JDW, like his company, after his primary school teacher in New Zealand. The pub occupies most of the top level of "Victoria Island" overlooking the station concourse on both sides, the interior featuring blue and cream tiling and two curved bars with marble style tops, and banquette seating on the opposite wall. The large hexagonal lampshades and snugs introduce design characteristics reminiscent of the 1920s and 1930s. Twenty-first century screens show times of train departures. Access is via escalators on the west side or stairs on the south and east sides of the island.
The pub's twelve handpumps are divided between the two separate bar counters: both sections will need to be visited to see the full choice of cask ale available, though at slack times the range may well be reduced to maintain quality. Note that the alcohol licence allows retail sale from 8am and that British Transport police sometimes close the bar when football fans are due through the station.
Last refurbed in early 2024 at a reported cost of £1.3 million, when it expanded into neighbouring premises to provide more seating. It is reported that the food menu here may be more restricted than other JDW venues, due to kitchen constraints.
Description from WhatPub, CAMRA’s pub guide, with a summary from Google Maps.
Features
- Outdoor Seating
- Family Friendly: To 9pm
- Quiet
- Serves Food
- Serves Lunch
- Serves Dinner
- Real Ale
- Cask Marque
- Disabled Access: Lift to upper concourse is not well signed
- WiFi
- Good for Groups
- Accepts Credit Cards
Opening times
- Monday
- 6:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Tuesday
- 6:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Wednesday
- 6:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Thursday
- 6:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Friday
- 6:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Saturday
- 6:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Sunday
- 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
As listed in January 2025. Hours change, and bank holidays differ: check with the pub.
Good to know
- Operator
- Wetherspoon
- Price
- 1 out of 4 (Google’s price level)
- Phone
- 020 7931 0445
Google rating and reviews
3.8out of 5 on Google, from 5,222 ratings
1 out of 5Kibi Phamon Google, September 2024
As soon as we came in, we were waiting to be approached and to be seated by someone. 2 ladies were by the counter standing still, looked at us and carried on chatting and just ignoring us. We waited for a bit and moved to the other room to speak to someone, there was another guy staff member who was tidying the hot drinks area and again, looked at us and walked off. Again being ignored ! Inside this place there were 4 people in total as customers so is not like it was super busy to act like that ! We decided ok let's get a table and do all by ourselves, so scanned qr code and placed order…
3 out of 5Katieon Google, November 2024
I was actually pleasantly surprised at how quiet and clean this Wetherspoons was. We went early on the weekend and there was barely anyone, it was peaceful, it was tidy and the staff was very nice and friendly. I ordered my veggie breakfast, it came quickly and there's nothing much to say about the food, it was the usual Wetherspoon quality but it was what I needed that day.
4 out of 5Moon SINon Google, November 2024
As of 31/05/2024 (Lunch) Taste：5️⃣ Environment：6️⃣ Seating：6️⃣ Service：5️⃣ Portion size：4️⃣ Value for money：7️⃣ *on a scale of ten Overall Score：55 / 100 Average cost per person：£9.61 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛 Continuing to check in at different Wetherspoons. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 🤙🏻Ham and Mushroom Pizza 👌🏻Small Southern-fried Chicken Wrap
1 out of 5Marc Heatheron Google, December 2024
We had a decent evening until the "manager" got his teeth into making sure our party had physical ID after 9pm. He singled out one lady in particular, who unfortunately had no physical ID but did on her phone, which didn't count. She was pushing 30 but whatever. When i asked that the official under 21 policy didn't apply as the manager thought she was under 25 (Managers discretion, even though none of this was on display) reeked of bullying & clearly had a problem with the individual. Totally unprofessional & disrespectful. We we were just about to order £50+ of food for dinner but the…
4 out of 5Aristine Colemanon Google, September 2024
Plenty of seating Easy to order on the app. Perfect for a quick fix before a long journey. Tables were cleaned up quickly and staff were polite.
Rating and reviews are from Google Maps, as they stood in January 2025. See the latest on Google Maps.