Bona Ventura

Paddington / Maida Vale · London

The Prince Alfred

Pub

One of the best late-Victorian pub interiors in Britain: around 1898 the bar was split into five compartments by carved screens with tiny low doors, so you crouch to pass from one to the next, behind a curved etched-glass frontage.

Address
5A Formosa St, London W9 1EE
Hours
Mon-Thu 11:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-24:00; Sun 12:00-22:30 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-10)
Best time to go
Evening · About 1 h
Price
Price not verified
Price level
££

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Good to know

  • The low doors in the screens were for pot boys collecting glasses, not customers.
  • Walk on to Little Venice on the canal.

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