The Cowdray Arms, Balcombe - pub details
Address: London Rd, Balcombe, Crawley, West Sussex, RH17 6QD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5483)
Balcombe (2.3 miles), Three Bridges (2.7 miles), Crawley (3.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Outside seating, Smoking area
Pub suggested by John Bowers on 21 Nov 2003
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> Current user rating: 4.8/10 (rated by 20 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Frogshole Farm, Maidenbower (1.7 miles), Half Moon Inn, Balcombe (1.8 miles)
user reviews of the Cowdray Arms, Balcombe
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| Usual poor ale offering from GK...why, oh why do they not use a specialist local brewer? Afraid of a bit of competition, I guess. A pity really as they are trying very hard with a food menu that looks excellent BUT is it like their beer offering, flattering to deceive? As no decent brew I wended my way to Ardingly in search of both good food and good beer. Insearchofthebestpint - 11 Jul 2012 11:54 |
| no local beer here....shame fullbelly - 6 Dec 2011 16:50 |
| Only pub I've ever been banned from. I wonder if the embargo imposed by that nasty little landlord back in 1983 still applies ? tommo5 - 5 Aug 2011 21:18 |
| This was a recommendation pub from friends - oh dear! The ambience was okay in the bar but was lost in the restaurant side - lights on full created no sense of privacy or intimacy and left me feeling as if I was eating in a village hall. I ordered the Rump steak @ 16.95 thinking that as finalists as steak pub of the year it would be good - it was less than 1 cm thick and much less than the 8oz it promised. I asked for med rare it can med well the thick cut chips had run out - this is Sat night with Sunday lunch approaching but they had no potatoes - just goes to showbtgatvthey are really frozen chips - so we got thin fries. My wife's was no better! The burger was so over garlicked it swamped the table overpowering everything and the bun was burnt! The desserts were a let down and the service very poor yet they still carved £11 for the lack of it. This place is all talk and no substance over priced and simply does not deliver the goods ---- avoid !!!!! COCO75 - 20 Mar 2011 08:55 |
| Oh dear! The Cowdray has become a bit foodie & pretentious. Says everything sourced locally, but no local ales to be found. A real shame! creepycrawley - 20 Feb 2011 19:58 |
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