Owl & Pussycat

Went for dinner last week and really enjoyed it. The food was amazing - cooked perfectly - and the wait staff were all really nice. It was a very busy Thursday so had a bit of a wait on food and would recomend booking ahead.

I went for my first roast since opening under different managment this past Sunday and I enjoyed it - like, licked the plate clean enjoyed it! Really good quality, cooked to perfection beef, perfect roast veg and gravy you just want to drink. It did get busy later in the afternoon so I think I might book next time.

contrary to what others had said and as a fan of the previous management, i was eager to get back to the newly refurbished owl & pussycat. first visit the un-mastered service and biting temperature went seemingly unnoticed. on round two however, i was confidently told that food wouldn't be served at all as the kitchen was simply too busy. bloody mary’s this time were appalling and the sheer rudeness at dismissing any chance to eat infuriating. In new york, we would have been offered at least a time. In Paris, food would never run dry and in other london gastro-haunts we would have simply been asked to wait. as a local i most definitely won't be venturing back for even a mere bloody mary

From what I understand its been bought and refurbished by the team from Camden's Lock Tavern. I frequented the place under its old management and it was a fairly nice old pub. I was keen to see if it has changed for better or for worse and dropped by last weekend. I paid a ridiculous £9 for 2 pints of lager and there was barely a bar snack under £10. I didnt even bother looking at the upstairs restaurant menu because of this. I wont be heading back in a hurry.

The prices of this place Shoreditch before the refit. And then you were paying top dollar for bad wine. Now at least you get a decent glass for your cash. Plus the old beer glasses are lovely (if they haven't all been stolen yet!) and the beer good. And with a friendly set of staff, it's not all bad.
Maybe this was once a nice old boozer, but it's been lost to Shoreditch a long time, so I welcome the improved booze on offer!

Great. This was a great old man pub. Of course the trendies came with their skinny jeans, but I still liked the atmosphere. The landlord and lady were great. I hope they still have the bar billiards. Otherwise, another nail in the coffin for decent boozers. You can't holt progress.

My memory may be failing but I’m 99% sure that the Owl and the Pussycat was a very relaxed and cool Lesbian pub back in the 80s/90s, men were only allowed in if they were accompanied. Will have to give Big Carol a call, we can go give it a look-see and get nostalgic about Michelle Shocked.

It's basically exactly the same but the drinks are twice the price. £5 for a single gin and tonic. Jesus.

Seems this pub has only been open for a few days, heard mixed reviews but went for pub lunch on friday, seemed liked a relaxed, unpretentious affair, with a real mixed crowd, lot's of food being dropped off at the bar by the chefs, got to say I ordered dessert - bakewell tart and sherry custard, my wife had whiskey baba - looked like a baba, tasted like a victorian dessert probably should, i.e this was nothing short of amazing. Each to their own, what.

I was dreading the re-opening of an old school boozer as some out of touch upmarket bar nonsense, but what's been done to this pub sits well with me. It's still the old pub it was, but cleaner. I went last sunday, and the roast was fantastic. And a nicer vibe too. Fair play