Comments on: East London riverside pubs – Surrey side http://boakandbailey.com/2008/08/24/east-london-riverside-pubs-%e2%80%93-surrey-side/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:33:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kake http://boakandbailey.com/2008/08/24/east-london-riverside-pubs-%e2%80%93-surrey-side/#comment-1687 Kake Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:32:16 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=739#comment-1687 I suppose my problem with Sam Smith's is simply that you can never get anything other than their own stuff there. You rarely get anything on handpump (and the Angel is one that has nothing on handpump at all). Yes, they sometimes have interesting things in bottles, but the bottles seem to be an exception to the rule of "Sam Smith's = cheap prices". I like going to pubs where there's a chance of a surprise; some beer I've never heard of before, or some beer I've had and liked but not seen available for ages. No chance of that in a Sam Smith's pub! It's a shame, because I like the lack of music, and I love many of their interiors. The Fuller's pub is the Blacksmiths Arms - the beer's fine, and they do decent Thai food. And yes, it's the Hilton that it's near. There's actually a ferry that goes across to Canary Wharf from a pier just there. The Shepherd Neame one might be the Ship and Whale? http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Ship_And_Whale,_SE16_7LT I suppose my problem with Sam Smith’s is simply that you can never get anything other than their own stuff there. You rarely get anything on handpump (and the Angel is one that has nothing on handpump at all). Yes, they sometimes have interesting things in bottles, but the bottles seem to be an exception to the rule of “Sam Smith’s = cheap prices”. I like going to pubs where there’s a chance of a surprise; some beer I’ve never heard of before, or some beer I’ve had and liked but not seen available for ages. No chance of that in a Sam Smith’s pub! It’s a shame, because I like the lack of music, and I love many of their interiors.

The Fuller’s pub is the Blacksmiths Arms – the beer’s fine, and they do decent Thai food. And yes, it’s the Hilton that it’s near. There’s actually a ferry that goes across to Canary Wharf from a pier just there.

The Shepherd Neame one might be the Ship and Whale? http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Ship_And_Whale,_SE16_7LT

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2008/08/24/east-london-riverside-pubs-%e2%80%93-surrey-side/#comment-1686 Bailey Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:20:10 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=739#comment-1686 Oh -- and we didn't mean to cuss your manor! Oh — and we didn’t mean to cuss your manor!

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2008/08/24/east-london-riverside-pubs-%e2%80%93-surrey-side/#comment-1685 Bailey Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:16:56 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=739#comment-1685 Hello, Kake. How come no love for Sam Smith? We saw the Old Salt Quay, but strode purposefully past it. Didn't look too enticing for some reason (possibly because we were digesting pub grub and feeling a bit grumpy). There was a Shepherd Neame pub that looked interesting, but it was shut. Ditto a Fuller's pub near a big hotel (a Hilton?). My impression is that all of the pubs along that stretch are either rammed with tourists, or completely deserted, depending on when you visit. The Mayflower was rather peaceful on a Monday lunchtime -- we had the deck more-or-less to ourselves. Hello, Kake. How come no love for Sam Smith?

We saw the Old Salt Quay, but strode purposefully past it. Didn’t look too enticing for some reason (possibly because we were digesting pub grub and feeling a bit grumpy). There was a Shepherd Neame pub that looked interesting, but it was shut. Ditto a Fuller’s pub near a big hotel (a Hilton?).

My impression is that all of the pubs along that stretch are either rammed with tourists, or completely deserted, depending on when you visit. The Mayflower was rather peaceful on a Monday lunchtime — we had the deck more-or-less to ourselves.

]]> By: Kake http://boakandbailey.com/2008/08/24/east-london-riverside-pubs-%e2%80%93-surrey-side/#comment-1684 Kake Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:12:29 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=739#comment-1684 I like the Angel! It's the closest decent pub to my house (which is on one of those council estates). I do wish it wasn't Sam Smith's, though. The Mayflower always seems to be full of tourists. The Old Salt Quay (ex Spice Island) a bit further east along the river from the Mayflower has a large terrace looking onto the river, but I think it's Greene King too (it may as well be, from the beers on offer). It has the best accessibility of the pubs along this stretch of the river, though. http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Old_Salt_Quay,_SE16_5QU I like the Angel! It’s the closest decent pub to my house (which is on one of those council estates). I do wish it wasn’t Sam Smith’s, though.

The Mayflower always seems to be full of tourists.

The Old Salt Quay (ex Spice Island) a bit further east along the river from the Mayflower has a large terrace looking onto the river, but I think it’s Greene King too (it may as well be, from the beers on offer). It has the best accessibility of the pubs along this stretch of the river, though. http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Old_Salt_Quay,_SE16_5QU

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