The Queens Arms has reopened for business. It’s the third venue for Bohem Brewery, who specialise in traditional Bohemian-style lagers. Bohem are a proper brewery – putting considerable effort in to making the best beers, brewed by Czechs and Slovaks, in London. Their brewery is hidden away in an industrial area close to Spurs’ stadium in Tottenham, and uses bespoke equipment imported from the brewers’ homeland; it also sells to a range of other pubs round the country.

Back in April we met General Manager Jakub, who already runs the Nicholas Nickleby pub in Finsbury Park – he has a friendly and industrious team working with him, and his enthusiasm and dedication to making a really decent pub was very clear! We also explored the works in progress to update the pub and prepare for opening – there are various photos in our previous post here.

His vision for The Queens Arms is similar to Bohem’s two existing pubs in north London: they’re not making a beer hall, but instead want to create a proper welcoming pub with a Czech twist – that combines the best of London & Czech beer & pub culture.

It’s good to see this classic Battersea pub back in business, and with an approach that makes it a bit special, and which is clearly drawing in a good crowd from both nearby and further afield – do visit if you are in the area!

The Queens Arms, 139 St. Philip Street, Battersea, London, SW8 3SS – open daily (except Monday) from mid-afternoon til late.  Bohem Brewery‘s Instagram is here. We post from time to time on developments in the Lavender Hill area of Battersea, London – if you found this of interest you may want to see our other recent posts on food and drink and retail in the area, or to sign up to receive new posts by email.