The Express Tavern in Hounslow

Good old style boozer, interesting main bar area and new Restaurant and sports room

Terrific range of ales - I particularly like the Bass and the Sussex Best.

We loved this place. It looks and feels like an old fashioned traditional pub but the service is brilliant. The staff are Professional, knowledgeable and very pleasant. Natasha especially was excellent. The range of wines by the glass are good -including champagne and there is a great selection of keg and cask beers, least half a dozen of each. The bar nibbles are great and the food is good and very good value. At night with all the candles lit the atmosphere is lovely.

Had the sandwich lunch deal. Toilets need checking more regularly

Appalling service and staff. Decided to try their steak night, my rare steak turned up as a well done piece of leather, they forgot the mushroom and tomato and the chips were undercooked. Decided to give them a second try and do rib night. This time they decided to up the ante by replacing bad food with no food. They somehow managed to lose the meal in the kitchen. To be fair the staff did spend twenty minutes blaming each other, going through receipts etc instead of getting the meal so they did manage to keep themselves busy. In their defense the people who actually received their meals did seem to enjoy it, I wouldn't know. I suppose that they had to do something rather than clear tables. In both nights there I don't think I saw staff do one table check or clear a glass or a plate from a table. Both occasions the staff could not give any more of an impression about not caring or offering anything. Normally I would expect.. well maybe the meal after you point it it, but that never appeared to be an option. Used to be a good bar, I don't know how it has got so poor.

Nice pub and a decent pint of guinness but the staff are not very friendly. I've been a few times now so it's not a one off or limited to one person, they're all miserable!

Nice pub full of character. One of the best selections of cask ales.

A brilliant boozer. Classic decor, great beer selection, wood panelling, vinyl.

Nice pub staff are nice and helpful worth a visit

Watched the football match in there and the environment was fantastic

Excellent pub selling a huge range of regional beers not normally available in London. Food is good and reasonably priced. Good place for large groups.

Fantastic little Tavern with great food and service. Highly recommend

Recently, I went there for a birthday meal with my friend, not knowing what to expect from the Steak Night. We were so surprised! It was one of the loveliest meals we had in a long time. The steak was cooked to perfection, and the portion was just right, one drink included as well. Not to mention that the service was just the best and made our midweek evening really special. Thank you!

My recent Christmas Day booking at Express Tavern was nothing short of a disaster. It was hands down the worst service I have ever encountered while eating out. From the moment we walked in, it was evident that the staff lacked professionalism. Their rudeness was palpable, and it set the tone for what should have been a joyous occasion. It's astonishing how such behavior is tolerated in the hospitality industry, especially on a day as special as Christmas. The nightmare continued as we endured an excruciatingly long wait for each course of our 3-course meal. It took a staggering 3.5 hours to complete what should have been a straightforward dining experience. I could have prepared a better meal with my eyes closed in less time, and it's heartbreaking that this is how we spent our Christmas. This level of unprofessional service is simply unacceptable, especially on a day meant for celebration. Express Tavern has left a lasting impression as an establishment that not only failed to meet our expectations but also tarnished what should have been a memorable Christmas celebration. I strongly advise against dining here, as you're likely to have an experience that falls far short of your expectations, especially during special occasions like Christmas.

Old pub with good vibes. Popped in before the football, the place was packed with both sets of fans with no trouble.

Fantastic pub with a great selection of beers.

I love the front bar where they have the beer engines. Great place to stop for a beer or two

Very slow service, although our dinner was pre-booked (Dec 24th, 17.00h). 45 minutes until our starters arrived. The wine list indicated 175ml as the smallest glass, but my friend got 125ml only. No serving spoons for the vegetable sides. The pub inside was busy, but outside within the extension area and the garden were more or less empty. Lights went on and off ... Although I had informed the pub 3x about my 2 dogs when I booked, chose the menu and confirmed on the day, I wasn't informed about a 'pub cat' on the premises. Although I asked twice for a bowl of water for my dogs, they didn't get a bowl of water. And finally two utmost rude female staff members harassed my friend and me after I asked why I wasn't informed about a cat on the premises. My dogs had been sleeping nicely underneath the table until the cat came up. Then they barked briefly until I calmed them down. A simple apology would have been enough, but no, one female staff member started to argue and shout at me. Another female staff member harassed my friend while I was inside the pub to ask for the bill and our deserts being packed for take-away since we definitely didn't feel comfortable anymore. No hospitality but negligence and hostility. --- Looking at the Google reviews, 53 of 5-star reviews were written by 'local guides' within the last 6 months and especially after 1-star reviews. 53 'local guides' visiting the pub in Brentford??? How real is this? I give this pub 0-star and Never Again.

My recent visit to Express Tavern was nothing short of a disaster. The staff's attitude and negligence were utterly appalling. Despite having communicated dietary restrictions in advance, it was clear that the staff was unprepared and confused. This resulted in a severe health issue for a member of our party who needed a gluten-free meal. What's more concerning is the dismissive attitude we encountered when we tried to address the issue with the staff. It was as if they couldn't care less about the problems they had caused. This level of apathy and unprofessionalism left a lasting impression. To make matters worse, we had to endure an excruciating wait of nearly an hour just to get a drink. We shouldn't have had to beg for basic service. It's disappointing to see such a lack of hospitality from a place that should know better. Our experience at Express Tavern was far from pleasant. We had expected a joyful Christmas celebration, but instead, we were met with indifference and incompetence. This is not an establishment that values its customers or their well-being. I strongly advise others to think twice before dining here, as our experience left us utterly dismayed.

My recent visit to Express Tavern on Christmas Day was nothing short of a nightmare. The service we encountered was at its absolute worst. Despite having a reservation, we were left waiting for an excruciatingly long time just to be acknowledged by the staff. It took ages to get our drinks, and we had to repeatedly ask for even the basics. What struck me the most was the overall lack of attentiveness and professionalism from the staff. It seemed as though they were overwhelmed or disinterested in providing even the most basic level of service. Our dining experience should have been a special one, but instead, it turned into a frustrating ordeal. The staff's indifference and incompetence overshadowed the occasion, leaving a lasting impression for all the wrong reasons.

Our recent Christmas Day experience at Express Tavern was deeply disappointing. Despite prior communication about dietary restrictions, the staff appeared unprepared and confused. This led to my husband consuming gluten, resulting in severe illness. What was even more concerning was the shocking customer service. The staff displayed a lack of professionalism and a complete disregard for our concerns. It seemed as if they had never worked a day in hospitality. To make matters worse, attempts to address the issue with the manager were met with indifference. We were overcharged by £90, and the manager's response only added to our frustration. Adding to our ordeal, we were forced to stay at the restaurant for three hours when it should have been a 90-minute dining experience. This experience not only marred our Christmas celebration but also raised serious doubts about the competence and commitment of Express Tavern to customer satisfaction. We strongly advise caution when considering this establishment, as our experience left much to be desired.

Racist bartenders. Went on Friday night and the bartenders refused to acknowledge me or speak to me for 20 minutes in an all white pub. At first I thought it was because I was a women, but they served 8 other people through the course of the 20 minutes I was waiting, including a woman. I was the only person of colour in the pub and it slowly started to click that they were prioritising other white people who had just walked into the pub or who had come up to the bar over me. I said something and got completely ignored, and then the bartender tried to serve the man standing next to me. Very grateful that he spoke on my behalf and said that it was my turn to be served. Do not go to this pub if you are not white.

Enjoyable mulled wine, friendly staff, good atmosphere.

Lots of food , poor quality, deep fried “roast “ potatoes. But all of our food was cold.never again near Xmas

A brilliant pre-match pub...many many draft lagers, stout, bitter and cider. Great atmosphere

Good spot average food. Chunky chips are definitely a must

Good football pub with great burgers

Here I feel at home, I don't know about the food and the drinks, the toilets are so amazing I can even sleep there. I strongly recommend people to sleep there

Great atmosphere for both Brentford and visiting fans

Great ale pub with ever-changing range; can be very crowded on football days but the garden is big and has a large heated enclosure too. Well worth your time.

Excellent Establishment, Great Real Ales & Superb Food.

Great selection of well kept beers, served promptly by friendly staff. Nice buzz makes it easy to look beyond the rather eclectic collection of knickknacks that decorate the walls and shelves. They were showing football in the public bar when I went. Surprisingly large and well presented garden out the back.

Crispy Cauliflower Bites and Haggis Scotch Egg highly recommended. Excellent selection of real ales

Good for meet ups and fine for sports

Very good place, amazing atmosphere, will recommend

English pub with cask ale with a covered terrace and a beer garden behind it. Good pub food and very good cask ale.

Busy match day pub. Lots of home and away fans. Busy area to order drinks but good atmosphere!

Lovely building; had perfect steak and ale pie,

This is a pub in Brandport. There are food specials offered every day. On Monday, pizza was all-you-can-eat. The taste is... um... British after all? Haha enjoy. There are many types of beer. Tasting is also available, so request a sample and decide.

Always very friendly and welcoming, with a nice atmosphere and lots of tables - the terrace out the back is really lovely. Perfect for post-work drinks. Loads of craft beer on offer!

Excellent place for match days.

A nice quaint and pleasant little pub, Visited midday during the week so it was nice and quiet.. Some nice beers and ales on tap, Highly recommend the pizzas.. two for one and of very good quality.

Great service and great atmosphere!

Great service, nice atmosphere. But the Trio of Meat Sunday roost was terrible. No one of the meats was good. Hard, impossible to eat. Only the gravy was good.

Good to see one of the few original pubs in the area still going. They always have plenty of ales and lagers on along with the usual customs. They do a great barbecue on a match day too with burgers et al. Based upon the latest visit the chaps behind the bar were friendly and playing some vinyl. Outdoors was nice too with sport on and the outdoor bar open. The folks was decent and portions big (chicken schnitzel, chips and salad was just over £15). Well situated and one of the better pubs in the area. One of the last ones standing nearby by all accounts.

The food here was so amazing! Craft ciders also on tap were so good! And prices were good too, was cheaper than expecting for London!

This is a genuinely great pub particularly for beer.

Excellent pub with very helpful and polite staff I've been working in the area for q few months and been made very welcome

Nice chilled atmosphere for late sat night just popped in for a quick one was a nice pub

For Korean: Enjoyed the 23/24 Brentford opener here in the pub. As it is a ‘bees’ pub, a lot of fans stop by here before the game. There is plenty of space, including the inner yard. Even if you can't watch the game, there are four TVs inside so you can watch it comfortably. Rather than lager, we recommend trying over 10 types of British cask ale or apple cider. It is a great honor to visit a heritage pub that has been in operation for two centuries, starting in the 1800s🍻 For UK: Enjoyed the 23/24 Brentford opener in this pub, there's a huge amount of ‘bees’ popping in here before the game. (Is this Beehive?🤣) There's plenty of room to spread out to the rear garden, and if you can't but tickets, there are 4 televisions in the room for you to watch comfortably. Please try one of their 10+ English cask ales or apple cider. It's a great honor to be in a heritage pub that's been around for two centuries, since the 1800s🍻 🏷️ I'm a South Korean who has fallen in love with AMAZING British heritage pubs. I visit heritage pubs with culture and heritage and record them on YouTube to introduce them to my country🍻 (@ykbubu)

Nice little pub near Kew bridge station with a decent selection of ales and spirits. Not too pricey either for a drink which is welcome in London. Outdoor patio is lovely to sit during summer. Very disappointed with the food however as the pie was soggy and felt like it came out of a freezer.

Can not say enough good things about this place ...warm welcome many many ales and beers to choose from lovely atmosphere and the best CHIPS

Excellent function room and lovely Cumberland sausage for lunch

Had a lovely midweek meal in there Steak night a nice place and good food an service to break up the working week. Will do it again.

Wow, not been here for a while but having the GTECH stadium next door has transformed The Express Tavern. Great crowd, fab garden, easy ordering on their app that you can run a tab on AND share it with mates. Very good Guinness and great food. Love it, well worth a visit 😎

The food was just simply tasty as can be , i had the pie of the day and it did not disappoint me. I have been waiting months to get a homemade pie and it was 5/5 the mash and PROPER gravy paired nicely, nice selection of drinks And had a good London pub vibe, the gent who served me was a nice gent full of chat and flair sadly i did not get his name but he was bald flamboyant gent very friendly .

My favourite neighbourhood pub. Great selection of beer (many cask beers) and tasty food. Check their special mon-thu food options.

The service is very slow in the bar

Lovely food and quality drinks.

Without a doubt, it was a lovely place, Awesome outdoors, but one difficultness, the walk out on the green, was lumpy and uneven, as I've got bad legs, it was difficult to walk on, and I became scared in case my legs went under.. But again, lovely pub, and outside, Food looks good and it's got potential

Lovely boozer with good quality beer and a record player behind the bar

Food was tirable. Service is really bad. The drinks we good 👍🏻

There is always a good selection of beers and ciders here, plus they give CAMRA discount. Often there is room to sit and enjoy the surroundings, although you need to steer clear on Brentford match days when it is packed

As a drinker of real ale, what a fantastic find! Very good staff and an excellent selection Well worth a visit. They have maintained this place very well. It"s good to see the place so busy on match days.Visited again july 2023 just as good. The best pub for real ale in this area. Next good one is the Black dog in Brentford.

Big, with a Winter Garden and an open space where you can smoke. Order possible via QR Code, then a servant comes to your table with your ordered items. Cozy, clean, nice atmosphere. Big selection of beer. Haven't tried the food.

I stopped for a quick beer before heading to the river. The service at the bar was slow, and the overall pace was sluggish. There was nothing that caught my attention or stood out.

Top notch grub, devine selection on tap, what more could you ask for from a pub!

Slow service at the bar. We didn't eat today.

Great Location and beer garden before a game

I love this place, I have been going there on and off for 20 years and it has got better and better. Other establishments have struggled, the Express has done well.

Took advantage of the rib Thursday deal which included a drink. Great value for money. Food was lovely and plenty of it. Staff were helpful and polite. Great atmosphere. Definitely recommend and would return. Thankyou

Straight off the bat, this bar has some of the slowest staff I've ever seen. All bar one Lady who was running the food and taking orders in the Garden. Two bartenders on a Sunday were moving at a snails pace. Couldn't keep track of who was waiting and who was next to be served. Waited 15 minutes for a drink and they were only serving 3 people in front of me. Not blaming them for it completely this is obviously down to a lack of knowledge or training given. A start would be teaching them how to pour a Guinness properly. Watching them walk around so slowly was quite amusing after a while though. We asked for the bill (table of 4) and one of the guys came back with a card reader and told us the total amount. Not sure that's how it works when asking for a bill. I asked him if he could bring us a physical bill as we all had different things and he returned with his phone and asked us what we wanted to pay for separately. When I paid I noticed that I'd been charged extra as had my friends, to which we were told "That's for the service charge". We weren't made aware of this prior and to me it seemed a bit sketchy. If we'd have been given a bill like we asked we might have seen it before. Seemed very sneaky. Overall I'd recommend giving it a miss, unless you enjoy waiting ages for drinks and being charged extra for things you're not made aware of

Agreeing with the other reviews mentioning poor/rude service. Went in and asked if pub dog could go on lead because he was following our dog around which they didn't do but did close the door to the garden to separate us (which sadly had no handle garden side 🙄). Went up to order and stood there while bar staff was cleaning a mirror. He asked if I needed anything which I obviously did and when I said I wanted to order he just carried on cleaning the mirror. Told him to forget it and he suddenly became attentive. Too little too late though. Left.

Horrible horrible experience! Hugely disappointed with the service and the food. We ordered chicken wings for £7 and the bone was black, the meat old and stale. It instantly made me feel sick in the stomach! When we asked for it to be swapped, they gave us a small bowl of fries worth £4. We asked the staff for a refund for the rest of the money but staffs were not dealing with the problem and left us unattended throughout. It's a shame we had to leave right away. Very rude staff and the owner seemed really rude as well. If the bbq wings were in that condition, I wonder what the kitchen would be like! Definitely reporting this place for food safety and hygiene issue!

Great bar, food and drink great

Great variety of drinks on tap and a good vibe on march days. Book a table if going on a match day!

Diamond of a pub with great ales on tap. Wished I'd found it at the start rather than the end of the evening.

Wide selection of quality ales , wines and spirits. I particularly enjoy the weekly rotating great food menu!!

Superb effort to turn this into a place that is an excellent environment

Good pre match pub with craft beer and good pub grub

Busy post match pub, but a bit over priced to be honest.

Lovely food and nice local pub feel. Kids ate free which was a bonus. They did their best to accommodate by seating us with another table who had booked separately, but were friends. Only criticism was that they brought out our mains, while we were still eating starters!

What an absolutely fabulous establishment. The food was so fresh, great selection of hearty pub foods. Amazing selection of beer and cider 🍺 such friendly pub staff, they’re so great and clearly have a great time working there. Will be a regular I can see it now!

Hugely disappointed, recommended venue for party of 10 and looked forward to night out and meet new friends. No heating, slow service. String of comedy errors with ordering. Staff not interested to be told we are hired for the day. Sadly a poor experience. 2 stars given the Sussex pint 4% which was decent otherwise in all honesty 1 star.

Good pub and beer. But I had my phone stolen there last Saturday and the staff could not care less. So unhelpful when I was trying to trace what had happened or if it had been found. Peter

Our go-to pub in the area. You might be put off by the location on the main junction - don't be, it's lovely inside and the beer garden is fab. Extensive beer selection including rotating guest beers. Vinyl on the record player is fun, proper candles everywhere, loads of character and history all up on the walls to see, friendly pub dog and friendly regulars. Food is reasonably good, not gastro pub sorta stuff but keeps you happily fed while you drink. Pizzas have improved in the last couple of years, nachos are generously cheesy, weekday lunch deal is a bargain. Hope the pub stays this way for a very long time.

Excellent choice of real ale and a good menu. The service was very quick and the food was excellent and there was plenty of it.

Grand boozer. Great staff and most accommodating. Well worth a visit :).Next door to Brentford Community Stadium & Kew bridge rail station.. Large garden with screens showing sports.

Lovely traditional pub with an extensive choice of ales at a reasonable price.

Great selection of ales here! There's also always a lively atmosphere here and the pub is cosy, though it can be hard to find an indoor table sometimes. The garden is lovely on a sunny day ☺️

Excellent serves quality food and has a good range of ales and lagers to choose from

My partner and I stopped off here on our way home to get food and it was the best burgers we ever had! The staff are lovely and the food came out so quick.

A good pub but recent price increases make it less attractive with Guinness and Camden Hells now £6.80 per pint!. The top price in Chiswick area pubs. It might be the case that prices change on match days when sports are shown on large screens, but this is not obvious and little information is displayed.

Fantastic selection of hand pulled real ales and ciders. All excellent quality and most are changed fairly often due to quick turnaround. Food can be light snacks or full blown meals. I had haggis scotch egg with homemade piccalilli and nothing like the commercial rubbish that's all vinegar. This was sumptuous and egg was also just cooked perfectly and not quite hard. Place is deceptively big as well as large area in the back. Prices very good for London especially as I am from Barnsley. Had a great chat with owner and landlord and very knowledgeable on beer. All staff very friendly.

Delicious food and a great selection of beer. Lovely Brentford pub. Service was a little on the slow side

Not bad pub, changed a lot over years. Outside back of pub is really nice…

lovely pub, cozy and warm inside with sizable beer garden on the back.

Great range of beers and good food, plenty of space at the rear on a match day.

Service is good but £6.80 for a pint of Guinness is taking the piss

My god their are expensive even with our 10% off camra discount £11.07 for 2 pints of ale. The barman was not friendly too. They have over 11 real ales on tap but at the price I wount be back