The Cowley Retreat

Good Place to hangout with friends.

This guy Nick is absolutely standing on business. Utterly delightful chap. Definitely give him a raise or two.

As a Brookes student, Cowley Retreat has always been the go to spot for social drinking, but after my most recent experience, it’s safe to say that I will not be returning. On Sunday evening, a ‘bartender’ by the name of Josh joined my friends and I in the outside seating area and joined in on our conversation. I was disgusted and shocked when he casually dropped a racial slur, one specifically targeted at south asian people, multiple times, to which he insufficiently justified as a white man having ‘grown up around them’. I am incredibly outraged and disgusted at the ignorance of the staff and will not be recommending to anyone.

Very much a student pub, not great food but nice drinks and staff are ok, sometimes a little cliquey bit that is expected with a student pub.