Cock 'n Bull

Trivia night on Thursdays. Yay!

i didn't quite notice until the trivia host pointed out - the whole bar was being waited on by one guy!  the place was packed... but we got our drinks quickly - the food was typical pub food (i only tried the fries)...

It's a fun trivia night... though it's the only trivia night i've ever been to.  If i'm in the area again, and we have a team, i'm game.

This joint is a utility.  Plain and simple.  Real pub with real people from the UK running it, it's really more like a working class kind of place.  "No frills" is an understatement.  Not what you'd expect in Venice or Santa Monica.  More like what you'd find in a blue collar neighborhood in, well, the UK.  Lights may be a bit too bright at times...

Quiz night is fun.

I admit it, I  originally went to the Cock N Bull just because I liked the name. The kitsch factor did it for me.

Once there, there was really nothing that stood out to me. It's a bar... it has karaoke, trivia nights, and the occasional band playing. It does serve Kronenbourg 1664 and Carlsberg, but I was surprised, and well, I'm surprised in general that "British pubs" in LA don't serve Abbot's!  The beers are $5 during happy hour. They do broadcast soccer games, but it's pretty much just English soccer, not even UEFA leagues in general and the sliding cover charge is $10+.

The food is also really greasy. English food is one of those cuisines that gets a bad rap because it's seldom prepared right. If it's done right, it's great, if not, it's bland and greasy. Cock N Bull has the bland and greasy part down pretty well.

I have to say that it does have somewhat of a real English pub atmosphere, but not the good kind. If you've ever been to England and walked into a place full of territorial, brash, suspicious,  locals with a herd mentality, then this place will remind you of that.