Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about:
Disappointment of the week with Real Ale Ray
on the Pub Forum
Image posted by john mcgraw
Submitted on Saturday, 13th December 2008
With picture contributions to 21062 other pubs
View all this pub's pictures (2 more images)
Detail Pages
The Plough Inn, W5
W5
W5 4XB
Plough Inn, Ealing
A week of live music is finishing off with Dick Esmond and friends, pop on down for one of Ealing's oldest jazz nig… https://t.co/uk2RR0pmXn
1:30 PM May 31st from Hootsuite Inc.
Reviews of The Plough Inn (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Pub SignMan left this review about The Plough Inn
This is a large roadside Fullers pub with a handy location just a short hop from Northfields station. The pub has a good-sized, L-shaped layout, with a traditional, bare boarded interior that has been nicely smartened up by the Fullers’ interior design team. High tables and stools occupy a wide area across the front part of the pub, with the servery running along the rear wall. The bar has one of those distressed-effect, wooden counters which stands in front of a large, mirrored bar back set into a decorative dark wood surround. There’s a two-tone wall colour scheme throughout, which works quite well, and plenty of old reproduction advertisements have been put on display to good effect. The left-hand side of the room has some dining room style tables, with a rug in the centre and a nice fireplace on the back wall, under a large blackboard detailing the menu. The pub runs quite a long way to the rear down the right-hand side, passing a long, comfy looking banquette as it goes, finally emerging into a rear space that also felt a bit like a dining room, although I didn’t see anyone eating here. There’s another space beyond this, which |I didn’t manage to explore and my Saturday evening visit was accompanied by some chilled out background music.
On the bar, Fullers London Pride and ESB were both double clipped, whilst Gales Seafarers was rather impressively quadruple clipped, giving the initial impression of a much wider range than the three standard beers actually available. The Pride came in at £5.50 for a pint and drank pretty well, and the pub has found its way into the Good Beer Guide on occasion in recent years.
It's easy to feel a little jaded when visiting Fullers pubs in this part of town, as there seems to be one on every street corner, but I thought this place did enough to stand out from the crowd. It seems like a well looked after pub with comfortable seating, a relaxed ambiance and some well-kept ale. The beer options could’ve perhaps been a touch more interesting given the breadth of Fullers’ portfolio, but I still found this a satisfying visit and it’s a good place to know about in the dead man’s land between Ealing and Brentford.
On 31st January 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3114 recommendations about 3114 pubs]
Tris C left this review about The Plough Inn
Dating from the mid-19th century and supposedly a haunt of Dick Turpin, this incarnation was rebuilt in 1905 in the brewers’ Tudor style.
With a plethora of photos viewable on their website, the floor is modern boarded, punctuated with some kilims, then a contemporary makeover with much smoky blue and white paint and trendy patterned wallpaper, predictable lighting coming from spun metal lampshades and by-the-numbers framed miscellaneous trendy prints, with contemporary furniture; there’s a substantial dining room to the rear. Children were in pretty late in the evening and customers in general were in all probability locals and a more genteel bunch at that.
A Fuller’s line-up elicited a half of Hophead at a pricey £2.85 though in great nick, served by a friendly barman.
This isn’t a bad place and worth including on a crawl, but perhaps the interior is just that little bit overcooked, too fashionable rather than traditional, but I’d still prefer a walk to the Red Lion.
On 15th May 2023
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1983 recommendations about 1949 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
john gray left this review about The Plough Inn
Nice Fullers pub that's always busy on my visits.Large front bar with dining to side and rear.Large conservatory and beer garden.Usual Fullers line up but well kept.
On 30th December 2016
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1023 recommendations about 1009 pubs]
View more reviews of The Plough Inn (5)
Pubs Galore is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
- Official site of The Plough Inn - www.ploughnorthfields.co.uk
- Randomness Guide to London - Plough entry
- Facebook - The Plough Inn
- Twitter - Plough Inn, Ealing
- CAMRA WhatPub :: The Plough Inn - whatpub.com
Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Car Park : Yes last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Function Room : Yes last updated 31 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes - Thursdays. - last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - Tuesdays 20.00. - last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes - Fuller's. - last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 15 May 2023 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 31 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- WiFi : Yes last updated 31 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
