The Red Cow, Folkestone

Community local, opened out at some stage to leave a 'L'-shaped bar with a pool table at the back. Extended at one side with a conservatory, and it also has a reasonable patio / grassed beer garden beyond. Just Doom Bar (£3.50) from a pair of handpumps.

I thought that the Red Cow was closed early on Monday afternoon last week as the front door wouldn’t open, but I could hear some voices inside so I walked around to the side of the pub and found the entrance. There were a couple of locals sitting at the L shaped bar that serves the front of the pub and the rear which is found down a couple of steps. A dartboard is found on the left hand wall of the top front bar and a pool table is located at the rear of the pub. There was some background music playing off the jukebox and the plasma screen was switched off with no visible sign of Sky Sports advertised. There is a conservatory to the right rear of the pub where there is extra seating and another dartboard. Out the back is a large patio that leads to a much larger grass covered beer garden complete with children’s climbing apparatus. For the smokers there is a small decked and covered seating area and for the summer is a brick house that holds a BBQ. The bar is stocked with standard draught and one of the two hand pumps was unused leaving Doom Bar as the ale option. The only sign of food I saw were some advertisements for the Sunday roasts which are cheap with two courses coming in at £9. I found the service to be very polite and I would have no problem returning here.