This place has it all:

Bar staff who have english as 4th possibly 5th Language: Check
Barman who are just kerazzzy guys who will take 15 mins talking to their mates before bothering to serve you: Check
Take your food order then work out 20 mins later they havent got it or your 2nd chocie: check

Its a pub for goodness sake, so up themselves they do not stock ketchup so you cant have it with your steak. You can have a fig roullade though. So thats nice.

My husband and I reside in NYC, yet visit London, my home away from home, regularly, and make it a point to stop in at the Scarsdale at every visit. To date, we have not been disappointed.

The Scarsdale Pub is smart-casual with a cozy atmosphere, that's alive and bustling with people, which means it does get a bit loud, but that's what makes it so much fun! We found the food and hospitality rather wonderful and comforting!

Yes, reservation is advised.

The Scarsdale is a nice old pub I have known for thirty years however, I was kept waiting at the bar whilst one of the bar staff spoke for a few moments with my drink in their hand. I asked could I have my drink, and could they take the inventory later (using the word inventory as a figure of speech). When I went to the bar to order my dessert I was refused service on the grounds that I had been rude to the staff, this was told to me by the duty manager. I left the Scarsdale later with an attempt to explain to the barman that I had intended no offence; his response was to walk around the bar as if to confront me. Is this great customer service?

If you want to meet a friend for a drink - and literally just that. This is the place to go. Not the place for people watching, music, ambience - this is just for good old drinking and talking. The staff are friendly, and the food is good. It is better in Summer when you can sit outside - but the open fire also makes it a good winter pub. Somehow the wine here makes for a more drunken evening than elsewhere (yet to figure how) but the real treat about this place are the large tables where couples and groups will ask to share. In a city that is now so frosty - this is a place where you will nearly always strike up a conversation with a stranger without the fear they are trying to pick you up. Old fashioned and my choice for a weekday drink. Or five.