The Cove, Covent Garden - pub details

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Address: 1 The Piazza, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8HB [map] [gmap]

Tel: 020 7836 8336

Nearest tube stations Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Leicester Square (0.2 miles), Charing Cross (0.3 miles)

Nearest train stations London Charing Cross (0.3 miles), London Waterloo (0.8 miles), London Waterloo East (0.8 miles)

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General information: Tucked in above West Cornwall Pasty Co. is this wood floored hideaway. Pastry goodness direct from the shop and eclectic music while you drink.

Pub added by Techno. Last visited on 19th Apr 2004. Suggested by arturo_morales on 20 Mar 2003.

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> Current user rating: 6.3/10 (rated by 48 users)
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I love The Cove; the pasties are delicious, and not heated to the nigh-on molten lava temperatures that the West Cornwall Pasty Company shops usually work to. The real ale is lovely, and a great complement to the pasties. The terrace is a great spot to people-watch, eat and drink, and be sociable, on a warm summers day. The downside is, as virtually every other poster has commented, the ridiculously loud music (totally unnecessary for such a small pub), and occasionally having to wait quite some time to be served. Please, owners - take note!
Welshbeard - 30 Apr 2008 10:14
I first came here in the summer of 2006. It was a nice pub, where you could have a good chat with friends and the service was perfectly fine. Since then, I presume the ownership has changed hands. It now plays crap music at the highest volume, which means you'll be lucky to have a conversation with yourself let alone anyone else. Above all, the service here is absoulutely ridiculous. You will no doubt find yourself standing at the bar for 4 or 5 minutes whilst the bar staff chat amongst themselves. A terrible waste of a fantastic location. There are several beter pubs in the area, go somewhere else.
lordbeardy - 13 Mar 2008 00:10
Oh dear, what has ahppened to this pub? :-( Went in a couple of weeks ago and just one of the real ales was on - how can they not be prepared on a Friday evening!?!?! And the staff were useless - whoever served me couldn't understand that I did NOT want a pint that was 30% head.

Went back in yesterday, and was pleased to see the beer was good again. BUT staff still useles.. When I arrived there were 4 peopel behind the var - 1 serving, 1 sorting out a barrel, and the other 2 just standing around gassing. And rather than serve the growing queue, they just wandered off.....

So have downgraded this former oasis from a magnificent 10 to an average 6. :-(

PS: The nearby "Essex Arms" has a sign saying that is Covent Garden's "best kept secret" (sic) - er, no that woudl be the Cove as it's a real bugger to find the first time ;-)

Darren_in_the_City - 23 Nov 2007 15:25
Busy spot. Staff a bit inattentive. Good selection of Cornish Ale. Met a really interesting academic from Cornwall and had a lovelly nice long chat. Its worth a visit.
jbarnes - 4 Nov 2007 19:43
Gave this place a go yesterday while killing time in London. Was happy enough to find it as the address didn't make sense, just look out for the West Country pasty shop.

4 ales on while I was thee, 2 Skinners and 2 St Austell. Had he Proper Job and an Ice Blonde whih were both ok. Wasn't too packed as it was Saturday afternoon and the service was fine.

Good if you want to watch some entertainment in Covent Garden but you will still be asked for cash!


GuideDogSaint - 28 Oct 2007 11:39

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