The Star of Bethnal Green E2 6LG (Tube: Bethnal Green)
Sometimes you have to accept that some of the things that you love and hold dear will simply repulse other people. Perhaps your partner has a face like a poorly […]
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The Golden Heart E1 6LZ (Tube: Shoreditch High Street/Liverpool Street)
Visited Spitalfields Market? Bought yourself lots of overpriced handmade jewellery and second hand ‘vintage’ clothing? Sick of being walked into, trodden on or glared at? If you’re finding yourself veering […]
The Blind Beggar E1 1BU (Tube: Whitechapel)
Not without trepidation do I write an unflattering review about this particular drinking establishment and if I’m ever in there again when The Waverly Brothers start singing I’ll be leaving very […]
The Florists Arms E2 0JD (Tube: Bethnal Green)
Most of the time I wander through life showered with disappointments. From the moment I wake up with a head that feels like it’s being excavated by overenthusiastic borrowers to […]
The Market Porter SE1 9AA (Tube: London Bridge)
When there is a sign next to the bar which announces opening times from 6am – 8.30am then you know you’re onto a winner. The Market Porter is nestled right […]
Pub on The Park E8 3PE (Train: London Fields)
Parks are interesting places in London. They’re a refuge for dog walkers, disenfranchised youths, creepy loners and nature enthusiasts. In winter they’re hopelessly desolate. In summer they’re often teeming with […]
The Cat and Mutton E8 4QJ (Train: London Fields)
The Cat and Mutton proudly boasts that it has been present in some form in the east end since the late 1600’s albeit under a slightly different name as The […]
Nelsons Head E2 7EH (Tube: Hoxton/ Old Street)
Fittingly this pub is on Horatio Street forming a nice little tribute to everybody’s favourite one armed one eyed Napoleonic era Vice-Admiral. I find this particularly apt as the Nelsons […]
The Old Ship E14 7NW (Tube: Limehouse)
I’ve never really found it difficult to write a review before. It’s pretty straight forward to mercilessly lambast anywhere that’s truly dreadful (The Star of Kings, The Draft House) and […]
The Grapes E14 8BP (Tube: Westferry)
In a part of London called Limehouse there stood a pub. Not a nasty, overcrowded, touristy pub, filled with wheely suitcases and suspicious smells, nor yet a deserted, bare, lonely […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 