The Plough, South Ealing - pub details
Address: 297, Northfield Avenue, Northfields, London, W5 4XB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 2035)
Northfields (0.2 miles), South Ealing (0.4 miles), Boston Manor (0.6 miles)
Brentford (0.8 miles), West Ealing (1.2 miles), Ealing Broadway (1.4 miles)
Brewery: Fullers
Pub facilities/features:
- Big screen
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Children allowed
Pub suggested by arturo_morales on 19 Mar 2003
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> Current user rating: 6.2/10 (rated by 39 users)
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other pubs nearby:
T J Duffys, Northfields (0.1 miles), Spinning Wheel, Northfields (0.2 miles), Roddy's Bar, South Ealing (0.3 miles), Ealing Park Tavern, South Ealing (0.3 miles), Lord Nelson, Brentford (0.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Plough, South Ealing
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| This is my local (used to live literally next door and now round the corner) and its a great pub overall. The re-fit a few years back did the place the world of good and the latest extension and sort out of the beer garden ahve improved it no end. Plenty of comfy seating inside (though the nights when big tables get reserved is a pain) and lots of room outside. Food is very good, though a bit pricey. Sure every pub will have some problems but mostly this place is excellent overall. And the late opening hours are very very useful! housetunes - 6 May 2009 08:42 |
| Very nice decor and welcoming without overdoing it staff. Beers as well kept as you'd expect from Fullers and the midnight opening a real bonus for a fellow who works late. realalesnob - 28 Apr 2009 19:52 |
| Don't bother going there while that twat Mcquater is around colon.d.awesome - 22 Apr 2009 14:50 |
| I had mixed feelings about this place after the refurb. Long gone is the grubby public bar with the TV screen, and the partitions in the lounge bar which created lots of cosy drinking areas. Now its all open plan, clean and shiny, with a matching clientele. I'ts kind of grown on me, though. Although (In my humble opinion), The Plough has lost it's old character, it's new, more civilised one, isn't too bad either. It's still one of the best pubs in Ealing. ealingblue - 10 Dec 2008 11:41 |
| I live in Northfields and while this is probably the furthest local pub from me it is my favourite. It’s not all sunshine and kittens (what is he talking about) butI like the Plough for a lot of different reasons. The front of the pub is very much like a front room, lots of lamps, bookshelves and soft furnishings make it a very comfortable place for a drink. At the back there is a large dining area and is much more of a standard gastro pub affair. Past the dining area is a large beer garden with outdoor heaters and penned in climbing frame for the kids. The garden is great during the summer and in the winter due to the heaters and it’s so large that it’s unlikely that you’ll have to wait too long for a seat. The Plough is the sort of place to come if you want a quiet drink or a chat with your mates. The pub is open until 12 most days and until 1 on Friday and Saturday making it a great place to wind down the night (unless you’re on a mad one). The patrons are pleasant and there’s normally a nice, low-key buzz about the place. The staff are all very friendly and are, on the whole, not bad at what they do. I’ve only had to have a go at a member of staff for shoddy service twice in the 4 years I’ve been drinking there (I’m an intolerant sod). The quiz night always pulls a crowd although it’s hard as pub quizzes go. There are a couple of regular quiz teams who ALWAYS win so if you want to take part please have the phrase “It’s not the winning but the taking part that counts” firmly in mind. Despite all that good stuff The Plough is a little impersonal, it’s unlikely that you’ll get chatting to anyone you didn’t walk in with and the staff, although professionally friendly, aren’t particularly chatty. I expect that sort of anonymity in an All Bar One but it is a little surprising in a Fuller’s pub like the Plough. The bar has a good permanent selection of lager and a few that are rotated reasonably regularly although these tend to be continental lagers and weiss beers. Being a Fuller’s pub it has a respectable collection of beers (ales/bitters). The collection firmly enters ‘expansive’ territory when you include the multitude of obscure bottled beers ranging from South African ciders to European fruit beers and on to beers you don’t find in every pub like Newcastle brown ale. The beers are very nice and the lagers are great, cold, clean and with plenty of life. I can’t comment on the quality of the wine list as I’ve never bought a bottle from the Plough but what I can tell you is that it’s reasonably long and the prices vary from cheap to quite expensive. Despite the slightly gastro pub feel of the dining area I find the food to be surprisingly shoddy. I’ve eaten there on more occasions than I should have and, with the exception of the house burger (which isn’t the best to be had locally anyway), I’ve been unimpressed. My Jambalaya was insipid and watery, the haddock fishcakes were bland, under seasoned and had far to much potato in them, the vegetarian lasagna had no body, their wedges look like they’ve seen the fryer twice an night for the 3 nights they’ve been languishing in the kitchen and even their tuna mayo sandwich was poor as they clearly hadn’t drained the tuna properly leading to ‘slop in damp bead’. I’ve not tried the Sunday roast but I wouldn’t chance ruining an event like that by having it in the Plough. A previous reviewer labeled the place as ‘pretentious’ and I can only assume they’re one of those people with a class fixation. True there are a lot of middle class people around on the busier weeknights but they just keep to themselves like everyone else and the other drinkers are neither snooty nor socially intimidatory. Myself and my friends fall firmly into the ‘working class’ category and the old boys who drink there were all tradesmen (growing up around Northfields meant I know most of them) so don’t let that previous comment put you off. The place is, unfortunately, child friendly but either because the climbing frame if fenced off or because the area has many more established families (with no young children) than young ones the kids never become bothersome unlike a lot of other pubs/restaurants in Ealing. The music is a mixture of lounge and jazzy/deep house and suits the overall relaxed atmosphere of the place. As was mentioned before the first and third Thursdays of the month are jazz nights and guarantee that the place will be filled to the rafters. As a fan of dance music and after numerous disappointing Jazz festivals I was initially skeptical about the jazz nights but the music is fantastic and it’s made that much better by having the music performed live by a set of well seasoned and charismatic (they often pick up the mic between songs) musicians. All in all a great pub for people who've grown out of the whole 'going out and getting smashed' scene (although I do get plastered in there quite regularly). robandall - 7 Nov 2008 15:17 |
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