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The Askew, Shepherds Bush, W12
W12
W12 9DS
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Askew
Visited 10/03/25
No cask in this Irish leaning and 100% sport orientated venue. Keg option is Guinness, Stone Wood Pacific Ale, Fosters, Cruz, K1664, SB original, Coors, Carling, Madri, Moretti, Hepcat.
This venue has a wraparound terrace with a shed load of warm white fairy lights with what looks like all warmer seating, indeed there were people outside on my late evening visit watching the Premiership footy on outside screens. Inside it is a bare boarded venue apart from a patterned tiled skirt along the length of the bar counter which is on the opposite wall to the corner entrance. The walls are plastered with individually small, framed photos or prints and there are quite a few TV screens showing the evenings sporting action. Seating is via regular tables and chairs, and I enjoyed sitting on a stool at the bar counter. There were a few tall bench-like tables at the back on the interior. The venue was massively advertising upcoming St Patrick's day entertainment. OK to catch some sports if in the area, but not one for beer choices, albeit the Guinness was v good.
On 8th March 2026
- rating: 4
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Tris C left this review about The Askew
This place dates from at least the 1860s but was rebuilt around 1900.
In the late ‘90s I used to go past this place quite often on the bus and always thought it looked a little rough. Until recently, it had been one of those awful Flynn’s chain pubs, but the original name has been reinstated, although disarmed.
The current colour scheme is one of those repetitive smoky blue jobs and the interior is modern contemporary, with boarded floor, bare wood panelling, some bare brick and some painted smoky blue with much eclectic prints and bored games. The main draw here is the seven TVs (plus at least one in the garden) showing the football, to an almost exclusively male audience (one woman spotted), whose vocabulary revolved around using industrial language at every opportunity.
There aren’t even pumps here anymore, so I opted for a very quick half of Kronenbourg (£2.20) and not great.
This is now seemingly a bit of a characterless sports bar and still a bit rough, so I wouldn’t come back; the Princess Victoria down the road is so much better.
Marked 2.5.
On 25th March 2022
- rating: 3
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john gray left this review about Tommy Flynn's
Nice conversion with a warm feel to this pub.Smart modern interior.3 handpumps with Doombar and Flynns house beer (brewed by Tetley).
On 16th July 2013
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Angel & Askew
Strange pub, with a fiercely fenced-off outside seating area at the front and almost nowhere to sit inside. Repainted in a rather gothic near-black during the last refurbishment, with the 'Hell' Pizza signage almost more prominent than the pub's name. Absolutely no ale at all, not even John Smiths Extra Dull or something bottled in the fridge. A very quick pint of 1664 (£3.40) and I was off.
On 12th August 2010
- rating: 4
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