Red Cow, Richmond

This place has been quite smartly tarted up, with a fair amount of ceramic work and that designer touch of having different styles in each bit of the pub. Harveys Best is apparently their regular beer with the guest being Hogs Back Surrey Nirvana - very drinkable but premium-priced. Keg offerings were from the lies of Beavertown and Meantime. Thai and Cambodian food is available.

A corner pub on a junction with roads either side, there is an island bar, boarded floor, a fake cow's head and lots of photos and drawings of the pub over the years. Other framed stuff includes London Underground ads and deer in nearby Richmond Park. Pride of place however is the elaborate carved dark wood bar back complete with painted mirrors. Fireplaces also have mirrors over, there is red cow patterned wallpaper plus more contemporary decor consisting of the 24 flags of the nations about to compete for Euro 2016. Seating includes a fair few high butcher's block tables but also upholstered benches and armchairs. Four handpulled beers on, Young's Bitter, Tribute, Robinson's Beerdo and Holt's Hat Trick. They may well do meals, I didn't see a menu however but snacks were available in the form of scotch eggs, pork pies and sausage rolls. An ok spot if not spectacular, I'd drop in again if nearby though.