Maida Vale’s Warrington Hotel Pub Reopens Spring 2027 After Revival
A Victorian Corner Pub Gets a Second Life
If you have walked along Warrington Crescent, you will know the Warrington Hotel. It sits on the corner with Sutherland Avenue, a Grade II listed building that has been serving drinkers in Maida Vale since 1857. For many of us it is more than a pub. It is a fixed point on the street, the place where neighbours bump into each other on a Friday and where the building’s ceramic tiles, mosaic floor and marble fireplaces have quietly outlasted generations of landlords. That is why news of its revival matters locally. Jamie Allsopp, who also runs The Blue Stoops in Kensington and Allsopp’s Brewery, has taken on the project, and the whole building is currently being renovated. The good news for regulars is that the historic interiors are staying. Rather than gutting the place, the work is focused on restoring what makes it special. The pub is due to reopen in spring 2027, and the renovation brings with it a new first-floor restaurant, a pub garden and ten refurbished hotel rooms. For a neighbourhood that has seen plenty of its old drinking spots change hands, a careful restoration of a landmark like this is worth noticing. It also means the Warrington stays a place you can walk to after work, rather than a building that disappears behind hoardings for good.
Two Bars, One Restaurant and a Familiar Menu Reborn
The ground floor will remain a proper pub, split into two distinct rooms. The Public Bar is standing room only, with a piano playing live every night and singalongs on Sundays. Next door, the Saloon Bar is designed as a lager room, with a circular marble-topped bar, booths and a fireplace, so there is space to settle in with a pint and a long conversation. Food will be overseen by Max Taylor-Baggs, whose previous kitchens include Straker’s and Dorian, where he was part of the team that won a Michelin star in 2024. Expect modern British cooking with European influences, from a raw bar and beer snacks to seasonal mains. The pudding menu is set to change every day of the week, which will give regulars a reason to keep coming back. Upstairs, on the first floor, sits Minnie’s, a separate restaurant named after Jamie Allsopp’s great-great-grandmother, Minnie Allsopp, who wrote one of the best-selling recipe books of the Edwardian era. The restaurant is promising an Anglo-French menu and a glamorous neighbourhood brasserie feel. For local diners, this is a welcome addition. Maida Vale has plenty of good places to eat, but a pub with a serious kitchen, a piano and a dedicated restaurant upstairs would give residents a genuinely different night out close to home. Friends travelling in from further afield, even from as far as Richmond, will find it an easy destination to plan around.
What Locals Should Know and What Happens Next
For residents, the most important point is that the Warrington is not reopening until spring 2027, so there is a long wait ahead and no need to rush. Full details about the pub, Minnie’s and the hotel rooms are expected early next year, and those announcements will tell us pricing, opening hours and how the rooms will be booked. Those are the details worth watching. If you live nearby, the renovation period may bring some disruption, such as scaffolding, deliveries and noise, so it is sensible to keep an eye on any notices from the team and to report problems if works run outside agreed hours. There are practical ways to stay involved. Follow the pub’s social channels at @thewarringtonW9 for updates, and if you have memories of the building, whether a family wedding, a wake or a regular Sunday lunch, consider sharing them. Pubs like this survive because communities care about them, and the owners are likely to welcome local stories as the project takes shape. Keep an eye on the planning and licensing side too, since any changes to the building or its trading hours are public information. Finally, the address is 93 Warrington Crescent, London W9 1EH. Put the date in your diary, and we will bring you the full details as soon as they are confirmed.
Source: One Of Maida Vale’s Landmark Pubs, The Warrington Hotel, Is Getting Revived
