WHAT is it with Chislehurst and pubs with the word head in the title? The Bulls Head, The Tigers Head, The Queens Head. The place has more heads than your average NAHT conference. (That's the National Association of Headteachers for those of you not busy splitting your sides.) Having already been suitably impressed by the head of the bull variety, I decided it was time to hunt down the most regal sounding of the trio The Queens Head. Tying in with last week's theme, the first thing to say about this place is it has a beer garden. But more unusually, the garden is out front, offering a chance to enjoy your pint while listening to the roaring traffic and breathing in a vat of car fumes. Lovely. On a more positive note the front garden does at least give a rather continental edge to the place and fits in with the strangely sophisticated feel of Chislehurst High Street. Inside the decor is ultra-modern, with dimmed lighting and shades of pink and peach it couldn't be further removed from the traditional blue-collar boozer. My colleague remarked that the place "looked like a dolls house", a rather accurate description I thought. The menu displays a diverse selection of tempting but very expensive delights. Food at the Queen's Head won't so much burn a hole in your pocket but start a towering inferno in your trousers. I'm all for posh nosh but paying seven quid for fish and chips is surely stretching it? Even a simple pleasure like a bacon and cheddar sandwich costs £3.75. Admittedly it was tasty but so it should be at that price. A sign outside says they offer two meals for £6.95, between 3pm and 5.30pm. That'll be too late for lunch and too early for dinner then. Talk about selective timing. The real strength of this pub lies in its ale with everything from Young's and Bombardier for the more refined drinker, to Carling, Grolsch and Kronenbourg for lager lovers. As for everything else; the toilets are clean, the staff polite and the regulars friendly enough. It's a shame the exorbitant prices, not to mention the Barbie decor, prove a little difficult to swallow.
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