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One of those old pubs which has had a bit of flock wallpaper hung up and some Ikea sofas put in. Coupled with the obligatory gold baroque mirrors and candles, it has been magically transformed into a hip and funky bar!
I especially liked the way you could sit at a table eating your food and see into the gents - complete with urinals vacant and in use (isn't there meant to be some law about 2 doors separating a bog and food?)
But to be fair, on a VERY economical budget the place hasn't become too bad - the staff are friendly, the beer is fine, and the speakers -though tiny and tinny - were playing some decent tunes
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Dont understand what the negativity is about from the previous reviwer, the food is fantastic, yes of course it is not fine dinning but the menu prices do resemble a pub with good food, where else can you get a venison, rare breed beef or Wild Burger for under £9.00??? This pub cum restuarant come hotel is very good and well recieved in my local area, who thought two years ago Hackney would have such a wonderful choice of eateries? Looking forward to my Sunday Lunch with the Old Ship.
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A very disappointing pub, the staff are very friendly and frankly the only reason I go in there at all. The beer is nice enough if you like youngs or fullers but a bit boring. The food is probably the worst thing about the place, the menu looks like it should be really interesting and yet it seems a little inconsistent, for example, I ordered one of their burgers with supposedly melted blue cheese only to discover that the melted blue cheese wasn't melted at all and the burger was seriously underdone. It's a shame really because most of the other pubs in the area are either complete s@*tholes or too trendy to go into.
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Boring and no passing trade but the staff were friendly.
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Moved into the local area and what delight to find such a wonderful place to eat, the British Menu was refreshing,Wild Boar burger should be tried by everyone.
The down side to the property is that I understand they have boutique style hotel rooms which means the inlaws will be visiting more often!
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Well, its nice enough, I suppose, but hardly groundbreaking. BBC News 24 was the entertainment there on a Friday night and the eating only section was deserted. The homemade black pudding looked interesting though.
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I was a bit disappointed when I first went into this pub -- from Mare Street it looks like it's going to be rickerty and old, but then you go down the little passage and actually it's really modern and shiny and a bit boring. Good for football though.
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I like the new refurbished Old Ship - it looks cool, has good food, good place to hang out with mates.
Before it was a bit dodgy.
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Know the area and the pub previosuly, pretty poor before - noticed it was being refurbished and assumed it would be your typical Gastro Pub re work.
Suprisingly it is not. Went in the other day for a drink and was quite impressed good beer & wine list, food looked good as well. noticed they were to have hotel rooms as well, interesting idea...
Espected to be unimpressed but just the opposite - very impressed - great feel to the place and Hackeney needs more places like this.
I suggest everyone takes a look.
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The Old Ship has recently undergone a complete refurbishment which I have seen happen over the last couple of months as its my local. It USED to be a total dive with shabby sofas, disinterested staff and very limited wine/beers on offer. Now it is completely different - really vibrant decor - white leather sofas, roses on the wall, chandliers (totally works), great staff, excellent wine list etc and really good gastro pub food. Can't recommend it highly enough - go and see for yourself. JT40
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this has been closed for 'refurbishment' for a while. before it closed, admittedly they didn't know how to keep ale, but there was something about it that appealed to me - grotty sofas, dodgy loos, and all. it still had *some* of the vestiges of actually being a pub.
however as the bus passed it this morning i looked out the window to see those dreaded words "BAR and KITCHEN" emblazoned above the mare street entrance.
ladies and gentleman, i fear it's about to get a whole lot worse... :(
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Some appealling Tiling in the entrance to the alley leading to this pub is the last vestige of what once might have been a good pub. Now its a dull, charmless room with ropey beer and a few sofas. Miserable.
PS. Mr Widescreen - I think I am fairly safe in saying no-one wants to know anymore about your campaign.
anonymous - 11 Oct 2006 11:37 |
Tried to speak to the manager about the possible widescreen issue, but he didn't want to talk about it, saying that he'd read the manual for the plasma screens and they're set up how he likes them. But did he read the manual for the Sky Digibox? :)
Can anyone confirm if it's been set to 16:9?
Find out more about my pub widescreen campaign at www.radiofeeds.co.uk/wide
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One of Hackney's better pubs, with a great range of people and a relaxed vibe.
anonymous - 26 Sep 2005 12:29 |
The comfiest pub sofa's in the world can be found here! Sitting in the Old Ship and chatting to mates over a pint is like being at home. The floorspace is huge with tables and chairs at one end and huge comfy sofas at the other.
A mixture of people drink in here from Twentysomethings to Seventyodds and a Media-Types to Builder-Types. This place just cant be pidgeon holed.
Football is shown on the huge plasma screens and the bar staff are always courteous.
The music is varied, depending on who is behind the bar. All in all a nice little booxer that you wouldn't be ashamed to take your mates from outside the area to.
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Great place to watch the football if you want to have a seat and no difficulty getting to the bar! Nice and handy for the tube station as well.
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One of the best places to watch football round this way as it has a big screen, isn't as packed as the Pub on the Park, and also usually does a free buffet! London Pride on tap but supply is a bit erratic. Full of liquid lunchers from Hackney town hall during the week.
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