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The Cow, Westbourne Park, W2
W2
W2 5QH
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Reviews of The Cow (Average Rating: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Cow
The Cow has the look and feel of a pub both inside and out. However, the focus is very much on seafood. In fact, it is owned by the Conran family.
Two handpulls on the bar had Landlord & Boltmaker clips turned round. We instead chose from the keg beer selection of Hoegaarden, Lost & Grounded Wanna Go To The Sun, Weston's Stowford Press, Beavertown Neck Oil, Guinness, Paulaner & their own Cow Lager. We were later assured that the Boltmaker would be ready soon and by the time that we left, both had been pulled through and the clips were showing.
We sat in the front section of the pub, which appears to be mainly for drinkers. There is a large and colourful mural on the wall next to where we were sat. To the rear is the dining area. However, there is also a more formal restaurant upstairs.
A strange one to be listed in the Good Beer Guide, especially when you walk in to find no cask beer at all.
On 24th June 2023
- rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Cow
Partly opened-out, two-room pub that looks quite traditional, with the smaller rear part being set aside for those dining. However, the bar at the front (and the numerous customers out on the pavement) give the impression of this being a local boozer for an almost exclusively male clientele despite its upmarket pretentions. Landlord and Tribute (£5.50, ouch!) available from two of the four handpumps. The keg taps include a 'house' pale ale and lager of unknown provenance.
On 20th November 2021
- rating: 5
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Cow
There's little to add to the previous reviewer's comprehensive description, and I share his analysis. When I was in they had on the same two ales - London Pride ond Timothy Taylor Landlord. The Landlord weighed in at a hefty £2.45 a half, which in its defence is exactly half the (punishing) price of a pint. I did experience an exemplary piece of service though - having sat down with my (hazy but drinkable) half of Landlord the barman - or guv'nor possibly - noticed the less than perfect condition of my half and brought a replacement over to my table. That's the second time in my life that that's happened. There was a Gwatkin cider box on the bar counter. The food is still seafood heavy.
Although it's apparently been tarted up recently - other customers commented on the new red lino on the floor - it still has the look of an old pub. The bar counter looks to be an original piece as well. But I did think that it was a little pretentious in here. The absence of £s on the menu (an increasingly common omission); the sign "ask the waiter for a menu"; the extraordinarily high beer prices (obviously); and the fact that some chaps eating at a nearby table "tasted" their wine after it was brought over to their table, by the waiter presumably. They seem to be proud of the fact that they have air-conditioning as it was advertised on the exterior, but my personal opinion is that it is only required very occasionally (perhaps a handful of days a year when temperatures are over 30c), and that we could have done without it on a cold day in October.
This place looks like a pub but seems to behave like a restaurant. The high prices certainly put me off, and I don't expect to return.
On 16th October 2015
- rating: 5
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Queens Park (London), 1.3 miles, 25 min walk (show)
Kilburn High Road, 1.63 miles, 31 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No - Small covered front patio. - last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 03 May 2019 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 03 May 2019 by Tris C
- Function Room : No last updated 03 May 2019 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Jukebox : No - Decorative only. - last updated 11 October 2016 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 11 October 2016 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 14 July 2015 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 03 May 2019 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 14 March 2007 by hondo .
- Real Cider : No last updated 24 June 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
- Wheelchair Access : No - Steps up into the pub, WCs down steep stairs. - last updated 11 October 2016 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 03 May 2019 by Tris C
