Cock Tavern — Restaurant in London

I live around the corner from The Cock Tavern and visit a few times a month. I really love the feel of a refined and polished version of an old English pub. When you can feel a bit of history as you walk in but without the dim lighting, the stand off vibes from gathered locals or the token local mad man. Its always warm, its always clean and tidy, the staff are always really pleasant and forthcoming (Fran and Codie are always ready with a big smile and a warm welcome every time you walk through the door!) The Guinness is banging (if it wasn't I wouldn't go back) and the options for bar snacks more than whets your appetite (not too extravagent but not too everyday pub snack) Cracking beer garden space, super cute, heated, decorated. I haven't tried the food as a full sit down meal yet but I don't think it's brought to my attention quite enough. Regardless, it's a lovely boozer. One that so far, I have never found fault with. Would...

Came in as I saw a main dish on the menu outside that I liked. Ordered it at the bar but was told it was not available, that the wrong menu was in the window, & that somebody should have changed it. Was handed a new menu by the barman, When I ordered from that one I was told that the item I picked was not available! At this point, I was ready to leave but my friends now all had drinks so we stayed. My third choice was the steak bavette, it arrived cooked as ordered (med / rare) but there was no evidence of any grilling or high temperature searing, it could have almost (almost) been microwaved. The peppercorn sauce was anemic and insufficient so it couldn't save this lump of uninteresting meat. At least it wasn't chewy. Fries were nice, but that was it. Sadly a first and...

Very disappointed with this pub. We called in at 1pm for some lunch only for us to be discriminated against by our accents. There were 8 people in the bar 4 of which all had Christmas party outfits on. Myself and my husband went to Fulham to visit family for Christmas and for our wedding anniversary. We were refused service in this pub as the barman very rudely pointed out our Irish accents. He said there was a football match that night and he wouldn’t serve us as we have Irish accents and assumed we were connected to this event. I explained that I had no connection to a football team and we were not wearing any football clothes for him to assume this only for our accents. Highly racist in my opinion and the barman was very rude. Would not...