Old Red Cow

This is definitely not one of the best places in London for Sunday lunch.

I went last Sunday (1st April) for a friend's birthday lunch and the food was awful. We were a party of 10 and all ordered the roast. 2 of us had chicken (bland) and the rest beef. This all arrived together in one masive serving dish for the table swimming in jus (guess this is what you meant by ''large groups can dig into ‘family-style’ roasts''??!?) . The beef slices were tough, overcooked and grey. The vegetable sides were tasteless.

The beers were great, particularly Diamond Geezer (Red Ale).

Won't be going back for food. Maybe for a beer.

Had a fantastic night. You could do some serious dammage with the huge range of bottle conditioned and cask beers on offer. Our party ate and had the simple option of the Fat Cow burgers. They were, to say the very least dammed fine burgers.Pink ,juicy and smothered in cheese.You should also try their Aioli with goose fat chips !

Excellent Sunday Roast It was the perfect end to a fantastic 3 days in London

We went for dinner and a drink before a visit to The Barbican and felt ripped off and hungry afterwards. I ordered the beef burger (£14) and my boyfriend ordered Chicken Basques (£12.95). We thought the prices were steep but decided to treat ourselves and thought a £14 burger was bound to be incredibly delicious and tasty!

Both meals were very underseasoned and the meat wasn't particularly good quality. The chicken basques was a very small portion and the burger was particularly disappointing as the burger itself was really small and was swamped by an oversized dry, sweet bun. The tomato slice in the bun was mushy too.

So, if you do end up visiting this pub, definitely opt out of eating.

This place has gone seriously down hill of late. Plates turn up looking like Jackson Pollock went loose with a squeezy bottle of ketchup and I don't know where the Chef procures his meat from, but it must be somewhere cheap as it's tough as ol' boots. The pork belly me and my brother shared was dry as a bone, served with lumpy, grey mash and greasy, flacid black pudding. Chef should concentrate on trying to cook properly rather than make the plates look like 1980s pop art.

We held our engagement party upstairs and had a perfect time, the venue is fantastic, the food was delicious and the staff were helpful, friendly and could not have done more. Oh and dont get me started on the beer.....

I would highly reccommed the old red cow, especially the roast quail or crayfish scotch eggs! AMAZING!

I went here recently (Sept 2011). Decor wise the place seems to have lost a bit of charm since the revamp. On the plus side the staff are very friendly and theres a good selection of ales.

The food however, was very poor. We ordered a selection of small dishes fropm the Bar Snacks menu. (£13 for a large meat platter which consisted of 4 slices of prosciutto and 3 decorative cherry tomatoes and sprigs of lettuce!?)

For the money the portions were tiny - very little food, and done in a ridiculously over elaborate poncy gourmet style. This is a traditional kind of pub, the chef would do better to serve more simple, hearty fayre.

Fantastic homely venue. Went on the review from here with an open mind as am usually let down by most reviews. Excellent suprise, proper rustic feel with an excellent choice of cask ales. Decided to sample the menu which was difficult to choose from as all the choices sounded so mouthwatering. Went for the Rib eye steak which is sourced from Smiths accross the road. Came served with a large flat mushroom, half a beef tomato, hand cut chips in a basket and green pepeercorn sauce in a small Kilner jar. Presentation wise was top drawer and the steak just melted in the mouth. Service was helpful and polite. On a whole, even though she is new on the market, if the food stays at the quality i sampled and the ale selection and quality monitered, it wont take long for it to fill up with it being slightly small venue.