Cow & Oak in Worthing

Had a roast here, and it was really busy, so service was a little slow, but that's to be expected when somewhere is so busy 😊. Bar service was really slow though and there were only 2 of us at the bar. Roast was good, the gravy is delicious, but potatoes were really overcooked and hard to cut into. The pork belly was really good. They require a ten pound deposit per head before going so make sure you turn up! I saw lots of board games on the side which is cool and the place seemed child friendly.

Left without eating. Despite booking, the menu wasn't as shown online, they'd sold out of what we wanted so we went elsewhere. Very noisy, too.

Didn't have any food but enjoyed sitting outside, sipping prosecco and watching the world go by!

The cow and oak did really well to serve good food during a busy bank holiday. I’d had a bad experience here a couple of years ago but the standard seems to be much improved!

We went for the pub quiz on Tuesday at 8pm. The staff were very friendly and the quiz was fantastic. Everyone was there playing the quiz and it had a real variety of rounds and questions. Highly recommended!

We went twice over a weekend. In the back patio we had decent wine and food too. We had a dog with us. They are super supportive around doggie visitors

Only had a drunk but the roast dinners smelt amazing on the Sunday returned Saturday night and there was a really good live band on

Listed as wheelchair accessible, with wheelchair accessible toilets (*as recorded on the overview on Google Maps) - but I found there was a small step up at the pub doorways. (*Apparently they do have a ramp) I asked a lady serving if the toilets were wheelchair accessible, but she had no idea. I tried to get into the Gents, but there was a second door inside not wide enough for my wheelchair. The pub also had only one ale, the rest of the beers were lagers. Not impressed.

Absolute vibe…………Love this joint, good music, Live band,beer garden front and back…. and good tasty menu perfect for a first date.💕 loaded dog and sweet potato bits 🌭 🍟

Lovely little place, this. Great human running the bar. Nice pint of Neck Oil. Cute little beer garden with covered booths.

Great little pub in a nice location with good food and a lovely outside area & lovely staff

Nice atmosphere, good pizzas, and friendly staff.

Love this place. Staff are polite. Clean Food is nice Defo b goin again

Lovely place for a catch up with friends. Nice garden with heaters if needed. Friendly staff.

Lovely place to eat and sit outside in the back garden 😀

Hmm, well, £16 for a distinctly average burger, with a handful of chips. Way too expensive for what you get. Again with the garlic ciabatta, £6.50, way to pricy.

nice drink hole hospitality ok vegan food ok

Excellent quality/price. Lots of vegan options and lovely service.

Amazing live music fantastic attentive bar staff that remember your order great and I mean great live music well worth a visit ! 👌😍

Popped in for some loaded fries with my son & they were as good a remember last time. Portion size had slimmed down & the toppings were needed for an extra £5 for chilli beef so make it a sharing portion for Dad & child, but the end product was tasty. Note of caution though - Chilli beef is green chillies type of chilli & has a kick too much for a mini me. Although the glass of free milk didn't go unnoticed.

Thank you Cow & Oak for your fabulous roast dinner on mother's day. Truly wonderful food & service, I'd like to thank the chefs especially as they done such a fab job serving many delicious roasts today without compromising on quality. Exceptional! I'm sure I'll be back! 😁🍖🍗🥩😋

Nice spot to get a bit of sunshine with your beer.

I was mostly disappointed by the food. Got the Nacho's, basically a side plate of cheap tortilla chips with minimal cheese, industrial bought salsa and dry stringy chilli beef brisket for £12. Really overpriced and just not very nice. Same with the rest of the food that came to the table. Service was ok.

Love this place, especially as you can sit outside but it feels like inside! Food is really nice, especially the small plates, you can try a bit of everything! Love the music too 😊

Great Sunday roast! Had the vegan nut roast with vegan cauliflower cheese side. Plus they do vegan Yorkshire puddings!! Very impressed. Reasonably priced. Would happily return

Amazing food and service for our staff Christmas do. Thank you!

We spent New Years Eve here and I have to say they couldn't have done any better. The food and service was generous and courteous making sure we were all catered for. The atmosphere and the music was so enjoyable it was a lovely way to see in the new year. This pub is really good and you won't be disappointed!

This was my first visit and was a group Christmas dinner. My main course was 'salmon poached in a dill and caper broth served with parsnip rosti, whipped feta and a salsa verde'. The salmon was dry as though baked without any hint of dill or caper. The whipped feta was a few feta crumbs. The parsnip rosti was greasy and overcooked (I was concerned that I would break my teeth). There was about half a teaspoon of salsa but an unexpected pile of red cabbage. The whole meal was tepid and bland. The Christmas crumble was sharp (I frequently cook fruit without using sugar but I found this difficult to eat). I couldn't taste any Baileys in the Bailey's custard. The service was dreadful (not enough staff). We could not eat at the same time as some dishes were brought out a long time before others. The general ambience was not pleasant. People could not converse due to the noise levels.

A really good Sunday lunch.. accommodated one of our party with gluten allergy perfectly. Would highly recommend.

Great customer service. The food was delicious and aesthetically pleasing 😍

Lovely food but needed a bigger portion for the price

Brilliant night, fantastic band

Just a beer but really good atmosphere. Low lighting. Cosy

Just had superb Sunday lunch here. Very busy and service and food were fab. Highly recommended!

Gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because my partner had the same as me but didn't enjoy it as much. We had the Vegan 'Lamb' roast. One of the nicest roasts I have had in a pub. Beer was great and although expensive, a little cheaper than Brighton. We would 100% come back. I'm not complaining about the service giving 3 stars, the staff were all just busy. Luckily my legs work and I can walk to get bar still 🤪

Really nice place. Went for a roast, gotta be honest, pork could have been better and no crackling, as in chewy skin, not crackling, the rest was very nice. I'd still go back. Drinks great staff lovely, will try another dinner and get back to u!

Staff are a credit to the establishment, very friendly and helpful. Food and atmosphere lovely, will definitely be back.

Excellent food. Nice bar. Attentive staff

Lovely staff. , Excellent service

Expensive and no real ale. Otherwise a nice pub.

The only place I know of in Sussex serving a classic german beer. Any ex serviceman will know!

Bank holiday Monday and 2 people on the bar! Queues out the door, we waited over an hour for food. £30 for a bottle of Savvy B which my friend is very particular about. If you're charging Brighton prices, make sure you have Brighton service.

I have been few times there and it has been a good experience dinning and chilling out for a drink. However, today we had to wait 1 hour for our food to be served! Seriously understaffed, although the management should have been expecting that today would be busy(due to bank holiday) and make sure there is enough staff to serve people. There were two people behind the bar trying the best but this didn't help the queues of people waiting...

Seriously understaffed, we had to wait so long to order. The people owning this place obviously enjoy losing money cause I am not going to visit again.

Unfortunately the bread was not fresh /dry so sandwich disappointing. I know I should have said something but sooo hungry.

The pub is a great place on a sunny day to sit outside watching the world go by.

Stopped in here for a glass of wine. Recommended booking if you want to come here for lunch as it gets busy. The beer garden out the back was better than the front area as there was no noise from the traffic from the main road.

We went here on a Sunday for a vegan roast and I have to say the food was excellent. However we arrived slightly early for our reservation and then had to wait for around 20 mins from the time our reservation started to be asked if we wanted a drink or to be shown the menu. Maybe this is not normally how things are run but it was not particularly busy. Great food but service needs improvement!

Lovely pub, great location, and most importantly, lots of vegan choice!

This is are usual go to place for a Sunday roast! Have been many many times! But today was awful. The server unfortunately was rude! Had to ask for menu’s (they forgot to give) waited around 20+ mins to take our order! Wasn’t very busy I appreciate if they’re busy doing multiple tasks but an acknowledgement to say I’ll be with you soon never hurt nobody. the food wasn’t like usual, the cauliflower cheese was more like water cheese didn’t bother cook it in the oven like usual. We were swamped with flies everywhere which put us off even more having to fight flies off our plate. The lady did make a remark about the flies but the minute I tried to say something she walked off. We promptly gave up eating and went to the bar to pay for our food as we wasn’t enjoying the standards you usually have. Think your servers need some training on politeness I don’t have high standards and would have loved to have mentioned issues but that would have been waste my time with someone that clearly isn’t interested in customers. Don’t think I would return again which is a shame as used to be 10/10 but wouldn’t even give it a 1/10.

Decent that has outside seating front and back

Really friendly staff great food and had a wonderful evening on Tuesday quiz night, great evening had by all. Nice seating area out back and outdoor seating out front.

Went out with my motorcycle club in cars I may add in this weather but what a nice pub I recommend the loaded nachos so nice

Went on a Sunday about 1 clock and told its bookings only and you have to book by Friday.. crazy..and young girl who told me was not pleasant at all Didn't like the atmosphere anyway..very clicks and place was so dark.. I've only ever been in the pub once ..and didn't like the place then ..suffice to say I won't be ever returning.. state it on the website if someone has to book by Friday..and also for £17 for a roast that just looked a mess on the plates I saw

Had our team lunch here. We all work in the hospital. They gave us free cake and sides. Fantastic place to eat.

Food was excellent. Staff really friendly. We will definitely be going back. Thank you.

Pub quiz on a Tuesday is great. Fraser is a fun and energetic host. Must attend!

Lovely pub with good outdoor seating at the front and rear. Rather expensive for a bottle of wine compared to other nearby pubs, a Sauvignon being £30.00 a bottle but the mrs has a beer instead 😁

Went there for the vegan Sunday roast. Nothing special from a gastronomic point of view but it was out of normal hours.

Great food, reasonable prices, not too busy for a Sunday lunch

Lovely evening Cow & Oak We all had a Mixture of mains, Sausage & Mash, Firebird ale battered cos or halloumi, skin-on fries and pea puree - from the pub classics menu only £10 I went for the burger which was Marinated grilled chicken breast topped with bacon, roasted red pepper, avocado and thyme mayo finished with a chilli jam We shared desserts of chocolate brownies, food was lovely & the service was great as well as such good value Get out & support your local eateries! #supportlocal #worthingfoodanddrink

Lovely pub,great food, barman was friendly and attentive, definitely go back

Didn’t get any food ‘cause waitress wasn’t friendly or helpful, didn’t feel welcome there. Decided to leave this place. Do not recommend

Nice bar staff, good beer, but outside floor looked liked it hadn't been swept/cleaned for ages. Litter and fag buts all over the place

Foods good, staff seem nice, bit pricey tho for the food, £14 for a burger and chips stings a little

i had chicken kiev, it was very nice.

Poor food. Even worse service. Left feeling disappointed , annoyed and out of pocket. Won't go again.

Lovely pub with an amazing roast dinner. Big portions and the roast beef was cooked beautifully. Great service. Definitely need to book on a sunday

One of our favourite pubs to visit

Fantastic food, service was good

Great pub, great food. Lovely atmosphere and the staff clearly have a passion for customer service.

This pub provided just the right environment for a couple of beers and a chat. A fair rew others thought the same as the Cow & Oak was well frequented.

Lovely food, fish and chips, good music.

Good vegan roast, with vegan Yorkshire pudding. March 2023 - We attended again for lunch yesterday & didn't know it was a compulsory two courses, which was the only disappointment

Good food and pleasant atmosphere..would recommend..

Came with our friends for Sunday lunch and it was superb! The food was excellent, and the staff were really helpful and attentive, which given we had 2 toddlers we really appreciated! Heartily recommend the beef roast!

We’ve just had the most delicious roast dinners. Chicken and roast beef plus cauliflower cheese followed by Eton Mess. Loads of food, beautifully cooked and presented. Enthusiastic snd friendly staff. I can definitely highly recommend a visit here but do book as they turned a load of people away while I was there.

Booked a table for 1pm. Turned up and it’s closed! Some staff round the back but no help, closed today apparently. Would have been nice if they could let us know. Was here with girlfriend’s mum who has low mobility, she’d really been looking forward to this. Luckily we managed to get in somewhere else nearby. Definitely wouldn’t come back here though!

Very nice food and wine was great too 👌🏻

Took advantage of roast dinner served here. Lots of spicy flavours to a standard roast. Reasonably priced. Followed by a tangy apple and blackberry crumble with vegan custard ( which was really quite nice seeing as I am not a vegan) Toilet facilities could do with updating. Nice little pub. Loved the decor.

Very friendly staff, service on point! Here for a Sunday roast i had the nutroast and partner had the beef. Both lovely (he didn't stop raving about how good it was)

A lovely pub. Dog friendly, a good range of beers and the place looks pretty cool too.

Mediocre food. Burger buns and patties burnt and hence bitter. Very noisy place so not good for people with hearing issues made worse with load music at lunch time service. Won't bother eating there again as much better food elsewhere in Worthing

Nice Christmas lunch but few options and service slower than expected as we had preordered. Also very cold for first half hour

Warm cosy atmophere. In the summer is also very popular. Plenty of outside seating great selection of music playing in background creating a nice ambience reminiscent of late 1980's 1990's wine bars and pubs. They do food also which we haven't yet tried but from what other diners had ordered, looked appetizing and tasty. They were fully booked when we went but allowed us to drink at the bar as all tables were taken. Very mixed age group, polite staff, try it for youself. 👍

I visited tonight with my partner and her children. As has happened more than once before, a member of staff approached us at the bar without a greeting, let alone a smile. I said hi and "how are you" to which I received a "fine" accompanied by a blank absent glaze. I ordered drinks. On returning to our table I mentioned this to my partner who confirmed we had always struggled with service in this pub. Anyway, we tried to make the most of the evening, spending around £75 through our 2 hour visit. We ordered the bar food deal, 4 small plates for £25. We just wanted snacks so decided to go for 2x mulled wine pigs in blankets and 2 x mini camembert all at £8 each. £32 of food for £25 seemed a bargain. It was not. What turned up was 8 chipolates in total, and two small camembert that had been melted but little more plus 8 small slices of cut dry ciabatta. I thought is was a joke but as it was Christmas decided to let it pass. We did however ask for more bread whilst ordering another round of drinks. When I realised another four tiny pieces of ciabatta had been put on the bill at £3.50 I lost my willing to play nice. This is no longer a workable pub. It's a money grab, end of career, part time hobby, at best, or a badly run shameful scam of a place at worst. The staff clearly dont want to be here and don't like the customers, and definitely don't have any training or service ability. On complaining, the assistant manager was lost in void of skillset, unable to appease a disappointed customer, and had no idea how to address our concerns. I'm happy to say she agreed we had been treated unfairly and that we had a right to feel somewhat robbed, which we almost had been. She refunded the cost of the bread, later returning to offer the kids ice cream, which they declined, having picked up on our discontented mood. I like to support local businesses, but not when they don't care and seek to manipulate and cash cow the general public. If you want to know why so many pubs are closing in the UK this is a great example of apathy and lack of passion, care or repect for the customer. Pubs like this should fail. Especially when they do not even demand their staff warmly greet and engage with customers. Shame on you Cow and Oak and whomever is responsible for the broken culture in your place of business. Obviously we won't be returning again. Off to the Egremont over the road from here on.

Wouldn't let me book for New Year's Eve because I'm on my own! Wow, just unbelievable. How do they think this made me feel? There are loads of people on their own at this time of year, who just want a bit of company. Shame on you.

Friendly staff good public house

Had a Christmas meal for 16 there today. Wonderful setting and amazing food. Accommodated all 16 including several diet restrictions, and were excellent with toddlers in the party Staff were friendly and helpful throughout, and resolved the one very small snag quickly. Can’t recommend enough

Absolutely delicious Sunday roast. They also do vegan yorkshire puddings which is perfect. There was a slight mix up on the leftover food it was thrown away even though we had requested to take it with us but overall would definitely recommend coming here for Sunday roast.

Our band played there and the hosts and bar staff were incredibly supportive and accommodating. We all had the best night! All 40 of us 🤩

Sadly I didn't go inside, due to the nice weather we sat outside. So I can't leave too much of a review as I have no idea what the inside looks like or how the atmosphere was. But we all enjoyed the outside seating out front.

I feel sad putting a 3/5 because the Oak and Oak is fab - it's a beautiful, well looked after pub but the overall experience of eating there when seated out back was massively lacking. Sitting in one of the heated booths outside is a perfectly wonderful space. I've enjoyed a couple of evenings out back with drinks and nibbles but today, the back felt negligected by staff as they only operate table service inside. This led to a lengthy time at the bar placing an order for a seemingly simple order - a roast and something from the kids menu. The food came very quickly and was utterly divine upon arrival. However, again, this almost neglected sense for those sitting outside kicked - cutlery arriving after the meal, a long time getting condiments all leave a bit of a meh feeling given you can't dig in and end up feeling like you are watching food grow cold. When you are paying up to £17.00 for a plate, it's not a happy feeling. I would suggest at least taking food orders from the tables outside to ensure cutlery and the basics are covered, and I think it would have improved the overall experience massively. But other than that, great food and great pub.

I had my birthday celebrations here a week ago and the team were fab from start to finish, especially Jodie. The food was great and they made every effort to make things run smoothly and well; can’t recommend them enough. Thank you!

Always friendly and helpful staff.

Dog friendly, and great food. Book to avoid disappointment

Used to serve amazing food a few months ago but now the menu has completely changed and it's not as good unfortunately.

Defiantely the best roast dinner around 10/10

Five of us just had lunch and drinks here, and it was a very good experience. Cam the chef juggled five very different meals, while Barney juggled drinks, orders, and chat with us in a competent and charming fashion. (Note to Supplies: cocktail sticks for the tasty olives, please!) Our meals were pulled pork burrito, battered cod and chips, Caesar salad with chicken, kid-size pasta, and tuna steak with sweet potato. Every dish was fully eaten, fully enjoyed, and my tuna was accompanied by possibly the tastiest tapenade ever - without damaging the light taste of the tuna. Very, very reasonable prices, delicious food, good service. We've been many times in the past, but a menu revamp has introduced a lot more lightness, but with super tastiness. We'll be back!

Top Sunday lunch, again. Wifes birthday made special with a massive roast