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Sindercombe Social.

British pub food · Shepherd's Bush · $$ · Staple · verified

2 Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QD

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Sindercombe Social

Live music four nights a week, with open mics, karaoke and DJs filling the rest.2

Why go

The pub sits at the top of Goldhawk Road with wood floors, brickwork and screens through the room, and it pours a rotating craft list under a pub-food menu.1 The programme is what distinguishes it: something is booked most of the week.

Order this / avoid

  • Order: whatever craft keg is on, and check what is booked before you pick a night.
  • Avoid: it, if you want a quiet weeknight pint.

Good to know

  • Where: 2 Goldhawk Road W12 8QD, by Shepherd's Bush Market.
  • Booking: taken on the pub's own site, and worth it on a music night.
  • Hours: not published on the page read this pass.

Verdict

listed — A Goldhawk Road pub that programs live music four nights a week and runs open mics, karaoke and DJs around it, with screens through the room for sport. It pours a rotating craft list and cooks pub food underneath that. It sits on the bottom rung because nothing beyond the pub's own copy and a listing describes it, so there is no beer to point at and no dish to order.

Order

  • Whichever craft keg is on, since the list rotates rather than sitting still
  • A night with something booked in, because live music runs four nights a week

At a glance

  • Booking: book ahead
  • Timing: all day, open late
  • Best for: drinks, groups ok, big night
  • Verified 2026-08-16

Where

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2 Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QD

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Key: what the badges mean

★ Michelin star · Bib Bib Gourmand · Green ★ Michelin Green Star · Michelin in the Michelin guide, no distinction · J Jeff's own note · Jeff ★★★★☆ 2019 his own rating out of five, and the year he gave it · new the venue itself opened recently · just added recently added to Jeff's list, whatever its age · 2◆ independent chef/industry recommendations · ! hygiene caution in force · ? no current public hygiene record, not a caution · keep walking Jeff has been and would walk past it · the line under a name says when to go: Destination (plan around it) / Solid (the dependable send) / Listed (on the radar). Under it, where the entry states one: how the room takes bookings, and the date I last checked the entry.

Record

page id
sindercombe-social
city
London
group
Pubs & cask
category
Pub
cuisine
British pub food
area
Shepherd's Bush
price
$$
editorial class
Staple
verdict
Listed
how I know
verified
confidence
low
status
Open
address
2 Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QD
coordinates
51.5032465, -0.223936
last verified
2026-08-16