Wentworth Arms, Mile Endback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Very much an old style boozer round the corner from Mile End station. Has got a real East End local feel to it, nice old girl behind the bar and chatty locals propping it up. Which after spending most of the last two weeks working in the wilds of the North, was very welcome to this London lad.
As previously stated there is only Bombardier on keg, (I can only imagine how awful that is.) But, being a Wells pub I managed to get Red Stripe on tap which always goes down well.
Interior is small, but cosy and has been given a good clean and a lick of paint recently, which makes for pleasant surroundings. Small but functional beer garden/smokers area to the side.
Would get a higher mark had there been some real beer on offer, but a decent pub all in all.
mrse1 - 30 May 2008 09:59 |
Dropped in here accidentally at the start of a crawl round these parts ( while we waited for one of our crowd to turn up eventually dragging him off the virtual roulette in Hills up the road ). Wasn't disappointed. We ended up staying for three and there were even free sandwiches. Guinness was excellent. Banter was friendly and hearty. The random music selection on the jukie ranged from classical to hard rock, which provided great entertainment. I think orientbear's review below got it spot on. A good find.
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A little gem of a boozer. I first stumbled accross "The Wentworth" after being forced to disembark my central line train by a rather over-zealous "passenger assistant" at Mile End station, apparantly a mans false arm had fallen onto the track (im pleased to report that he wasn't attached to it at the time).
On entering, the pub (situated only a minutes walk from the station) the first thing you notice is how small it is, but dont let this put you off as if anything it adds to the character of the pub.
Served a lovely pint of Guinness by friendly and knowledgeable staff going out there way to enquire after the day you have had without being intrusive.
A handfull of regulars perched up at the bar all with stories to tell only adds to the ambience of the pub. You feel as though you have stepped back into a bygone age when pubs were seen as the centre of the community, such establishments are becoming increasinglky hard to find, especially in London.
If Hogsheads or All Bar One's are places you enjoy frequenting, this is NOT the pub for you.
However, if you enjoy good banter, friendly regulars and staff and a good pint, I would recommend a visit without hesitation before the developers move in and build luxury flats on top of it all in the name of "progress"!
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Tucked just round the corner from the tube station, the Wentworth is a smallish, no nonsense, local’s corner pub with no glamour or pretensions. As previously mentioned, this is a Wells pub but despite 2 hand pumps, they have no cask ales and keg Bombardier is the only option for bitter drinkers. There is a dart board at one end of the bar (mind the bookshelf below) and a couple of TVs and jukebox. The décor is plain and simple with polished wooden floor, padded pew seats and plain ceilings / walls. The windows are partly frosted with the pub name picked out and a staircase cuts across the bar that would have originally been divided into a typical public / saloon set up but is now knocked through into one. The beer garden has an interesting bus stop style shelter so smokers should remain dry. The pub may not be anything particularly special but there are far worse places in the area.
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Now reopened with beer garden.
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Closed at the moment for a refurb I think, but used to go in after football during the week for a few beers. Have to say I found both the bar staff and the regulars very friendly. Hope it reopens soon because this along with the Archers on Osborne Street and the Royal Oak in Borough, is one of the few proper pubs left.
anonymous - 30 Nov 2006 08:50 |
This pub is not for tourists, women, students, ethnic minorities or anyone that is friendly or open minded.
Went in on a sunday, enquired as to whether lunch was being served. After the barmaid stopped laughing (incidentally she was only woman there) she said no. by this time my friend was being racially abused by one of the ageing locals.
Suffice to say we departed, never to return. My friends and I have redubbed this place 'The Dead Jew'
Turn left out of Mile end station and this is the first pub you will see. keep walking, cross the road and enter mile end park, walk down the toe path and you will come across the palm tree, a much nicer place.
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Went there on a Wednesday afternoon and was disappointed to find no beers on cask -although this is one of the few Charles Wells pubs in London.
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