Witches in the Dungeon of Westminster Arms Pub

• September 18, 2009
• Rated 1 of 5 by PokerFaceBabe from Chicago, Illinois

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As for my trip to London, I wanted to take my parents to the grandest place in London which is West Minster Abbey however they were closed on the day I arrived! It was Saturday 4/25/09 for future referencers. After realizing it was closed, I opted for the closest good looking eatery around. I saw Westminster Abbey Arm. I went there thirsty, hungry, and tired from an 18 hour transatlantic flight. While Westminster Abbey was near but closed for some reason I heard it would open later on for Mass after 3pm, so I decided to eat something in the meantime before visiting the beautiful place once again on my 3rd trip to England.

I entered a grand place, with dark wooden and classic looking pub. For food at the time I went, you had to go to the basement or in my case in the "Dungeon" where I was greeted by a lady with white hair blue eyes at the counter. She looks like Baby Spice had been dragged through the wash and dry cleaners with tons of eye make up. Or for fellow Americans, "Chucky's Wife" from Childs Play. She felt the dire supreme urge to have rage in her heart and humiliate further berating me infront of other customers.

This all happened within seconds of ordering my very first "fish and chips", she told me the price however, after she saw where I was sitting and that there were others at the booth with me, she upped the price by 5 pounds!

She went on to tell me she was going to charge me further while I ordered one dish and had 2 other guests. She said because the guests are with you (assumming I was going to share my meal maybe.) she was going to charge. I further explained that they were not going to eat. They could have very well been outside but were just there with me physically and that I'd buy the water for them to drink because they were thirsty.

Just after attempting to explain they were only there physically but was not at all hungry because they had already eaten on the plane, and I was the only hungry one. They don't even like fish and chips! I wanted to see how it was going to be made so I stood there admiring.

She verbally attacked me with "you got an attitude!?!" and continued to point me out to her friend saying, "look at this one here, she's got a problem" while being loud, hissy and insisting the other younger looking one went on and attacked me too without prior knowledge of the conversation. They didn't have to look like a hag and a witch but their attitude soon transformed them into the various characters.

To top it off, I had went there on a day which was my birthday with my dearest parents who have worked so long and hard and have never experienced Europe or London to be specifica.

It was already a long transatlantic flight, so I already had no energy to even start an attitude but wanted to show my dear parents whom I love and care about (I brought them on a tour of Europe to show the great people, landmarks, and sights) and was greeted by witches in the dungeon at Westminster Arm.

GOD IS GREAT ! ! ! The great thing about this experience is that it was interesting and a culture shock because with this being my 4th time there I had never had a bad experience with a British woman. Good thing I stayed calm, like God was testing me. Westminster Abbey opened up for mass, my parents were able to admire the Beautiful Grand Architecture of the ABBEY. I met my longtime British friend by chance (because he remembered we were scheduled to go there) infront of Her Majesty's Theater in time for my parents to enjoy the beautiful TOP PHANTOM OF THE OPERA PERFORMANCE. Then to top it off, at night we danced with Ciara in the VIP section at Bungalow (a great club) on my BIRTHDAY. FROM dealing with HAGs (at Westminster Arm) in the basement, to Partying with Celebrity and RICHES and had the time of my life! THANK YOU! Leave if you do not want to be tested by the Witches in the Dungeon! Stay for the Fish in Chips which were TASTY!

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Westminster Arms Pub

• February 13, 2003
• Rated 4 of 5 by Kathy from Northern Va Suburbs of DC, Virginia

This is one of our favorite pubs in London. It is around the corner from Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. In the nicer weather they have 4-5 tables outside and this is a great spot for just watching people. The food is also very good pub food--they have the best Ploughman's lunch I have found at a pub in London. Ploughman's lunch is: French bread with cheese and a salad.

From journal Street Markets and Pubs of London

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Westminster Arms

• July 27, 2002
• Rated 2 of 5 by luuckythree from Arlington, Texas

From journal Getting to Know England

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Westminster Arms Pub

• March 28, 2001
• Rated 4 of 5 by Kathy from Northern Va Suburbs of DC, Virginia

There are not all that many good pubs in the Westminster area, but this is a good one. It''s right around the corner from the new Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre and 1/2 block from Westminster Abbey.

The bar is crowded for most of the day, and looks a lot like it did when it was built back in 1913. There is a restaurant upstairs and a wine bar downstairs. I have had lunch two times here, and both times had the Ploughman''s Lunch. Beers include Stella, Young''s, and Westminster Bitter.

Nearest tubes are St. James and Westminster.

From journal Street Markets and Pubs of London

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Wesminster Arms

• November 3, 2000
• Rated 4 of 5 by Kathy from Northern Va Suburbs of DC, Virginia

I always like to go to Westminster Arms as they have the best Ploughmans Lunch (Cheese/bread/tomato/mincemeat). The one problem is that they close early on Sundays.

From journal London, my favorite destination in the world

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