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Orchard Tavern, Shepherds Bush, W12
W12
W12 9BP
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David Walton left this review about Orchard Tavern
Visited 10/03/25
No cask. Again, bland keg offering of Madri, Guinness, Fosters, Moretti, Inch's cider, Pravha and Amstel.
Quite large corner pub with some outside seating at the front. Inside it is bare boarded at the front and carpeted at the rear. The bar counter is a C shaped affair off the right-hand wall towards the front of the venue with some tall, backed leather stools to sit at the bar counter. Seating at the front part is via tall tables and tall stools in the windows opposite the bar counter. A couple of tall tables provided seating by the TV to the side of the bar counter by the dart board before the rear area provided some regular tables and chairs plus a couple of facing sofas in front of the non-operational fire grate. Clear that the rear right-hand corner offers some live music from the permanent venue speakers. This is a nice venue that offers some potential if it had a much better beer range, but I suspect what is on offer is driven by the area demographic. It certainly had a nice ambiance even though it wasn't really doing much.
On 8th March 2026
- rating: 4
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Tris C left this review about Orchard Tavern
Dating from the 1880s, on approach this pub looks as though it’s going to be some sort of gastropub.
Once inside, the visitor is quickly disabused of this notion. There’s some vestigial etched and very attractive glass, but otherwise nothing of note remains. The brightly lit front room has a modern laminate floor, with tall furniture featuring stools with tubular steel legs. There were games machines and several TVs showing football with the sound off. Then there’s a rear room which is a complete contrast. It’s deathly gloomy but the obvious element of note is the pounding music emanating from it; I can’t be bothered to describe the ensemble in detail, as you can take a tour on Google or peruse their website’s gallery. Customers amounted to a gaggle of scantily clad young blonde women, who emerged from the room for a smoke outside. Thereafter, customers are all rather elderly locals; do the elderly think that they can somehow rekindle their youth by subjecting themselves to loud music?
There were three unused pumps, so I settled for a half of Neck Oil at an almost charitable £2.90, served by a perfunctory barman. If you’re interested, there’s ‘Pint of the Month – 2 Pints of Fosters for £7.95’.
This is a very poor place indeed. The Eagle next door is an oasis of calm and sophistication by comparison.
On 27th March 2022
- rating: 3
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Orchard Tavern
Unmodernised pub, with a glazed screen separating the two parts of the bar. Further seating and a pool table in a wood-panelled room to one side. Plenty of TVs for the sports fans, and a small patio facing the side road. An old sign in the larger room proclaims "Stout & Porter of all brands Drawn from the Cask" - if only! No handpumps, so it was just a quick pint of John Smiths Extra Smooth (£3.00, which has only gone up by 10p since my last visit over two years ago) with a packet of Tayto crisps and I was off...
On 28th November 2012
- rating: 5
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