The Coborn Arms, Bow - pub details
Address: 8 Coborn Road, London, E3 2DA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 11665) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Mile End (0.2 miles), Bow Road (0.3 miles), Stepney Green (0.8 miles)
Bow Church (0.5 miles), Devons Road (0.7 miles), Pudding Mill Lane (0.9 miles)
Limehouse (1.2 miles), Hackney Wick (1.3 miles), Cambridge Heath (1.3 miles)
Brewery: Young's
Pub facilities/features:
- Dartboard
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 31 users)
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user reviews of the Coborn Arms, Bow
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| Not a bad pub but the new landlord (not sure how new he is) is a massive misery-guts. Rest of the staff are very friendly though. jodyjo - 3 Feb 2011 10:45 |
| I'm still undecided about this pub, Sometimes it's good, sometimes bad. The food is hit and miss aswell, I had an INCREDIBLE bangers and mash in there and one of the most average sunday lunches at 9 quid! The staff arn't local; I think that takes a bit of the charecter away from the pub. Also there seems to be a fair few yuppies in there, got nothing against them but where a pub was laught's and jokes, they make it feel more like a library, I've even see one of them trying to pay for a bag of penuts on credit card! bowhammer - 6 Jun 2010 12:13 |
| Pleasant, large Youngs pub situated in a Georgian side street off the Bow Road at the Mile End end. It's a comfortable carpeted affair, with an L shaped bar serving three distinct areas - a public bar style area up some steps with a fine collection of darts trophies, a main central bar area and a food orientated area at the far end. There's a pleasant canopied seating area outside at the front. By Youngs standards, it's relatively unspoilt and traditional - "An Oasis in a Changing World" - as it advertises itself. On my recent early evening visit, there was a good customer mix of all age groups. It's a bit offputting when you find 3 bar stools nailed to the floor, but this struck me as a friendly welcoming pub. It's a Youngs pub which, when I visited, was serving Hook Norton Hooky as a guest. The Youngs Special - £ 3.05p - was in good form. The pub has had listings in recent CAMRA Good Beer Guides, but it seems to have missed out in 2010. I'd be happy to call in again if the opportunity arises JohnBonser - 7 May 2010 08:50 |
| I should like to echo the sentiments expressed by Matty below. This is a Young’s house, so nothing very exciting in the way of ales. But I don’t mind Young’s. They did have Winter Warmer on today, although I didn’t see any Bombardier. The Bitter was good, and at a pretty decent price of £2.75 a pint. It’s nice to report some particularly good service in a pub. I ordered a pint, sat down, had a gulp of beer, looked at the menu then went up to the bar to order a sarny. The barman was pulling through one of the handpumps, and when he finished he pulled a pint and plonked it in front of me. As I hadn’t ordered a pint I said it must be for someone else. “No”, he said, “I could see that your pint was a bit cloudy, and this is the replacement. Now, that’s what I call service. The pub consists of one large room with a large bar on the left. Furnishings are all normal tables and chairs with some banquette seating – the pub ideal in my view. It’s carpeted throughout, and has a warm and comfortable atmosphere. There were a number of obvious local regulars in there, and a few others in there for a bite to eat. A decent enough mix then. On the down side I did see a sparkler in use, and there were a couple of one armed bandits, a games machine, and a ciggy machine around the room. But they did have a Spiderman pinball machine, and the TV was muted. I would be very happy to drop in here for another pint when I am next in the Mile End area. RexRattus - 6 Dec 2009 16:00 |
| Bow Road isn't the most exciting place to find real ale pubs. However, step but a a hundred metres (or maybe even less - my ability to judge distance is shaky at best) down Coborn Road, and you'll find this gem of a Youngs pub. I should note that I've only been in lunchtime and mid afternoon - I've not visited this pub in the evening. However, I cannot fault the Coborn Arms as a lunchtime pub. Both the front outside patio and the interior are spotlessly clean. There is a vegetable garden out the side (which punters sadly cannot trespass on, though I was allowed to nick a wonderfully sweet and ripe cherry tomato after its harvest), and the interior of the pub is large and airy. There is a mixture of seating, from a few comfy sofas, to 'normal' pub chairs and tables. The patio has large, clean benches with enormous canopies over the top. I have been once in the early evening (getting to darkness) and the outside is well lit and welcoming. I drink, in a Youngs pub, Youngs Special, and have never had a duff pint. The beer is kept beautifully and served well. The beer is a tad dear, (around £3.00 a pint), but this is to be expected for a London pub (even East London). The staff are friendly (very much so) and efficient. The bar has reminders for staff and customers alike to smile, and signs containing pithy or poignant quotes and sayings. There is a large(ish - not as enormous as a Wetherspoons, but that to my mind is a bonus) menu. I've eaten here at lunchtime a couple of times, and the food is very good, if brown (I had a burger one time and shared a Sausage Feast the second). I'm surprised not to see more vegetable offerings, given the existence of the vegetable garden at the side. The loos are clean and well stocked (I like the individual hand towels piled next to the sink in the ladies', and a wicker basket to place them in once you're done). Needless to say, I cannot speak for the men's rooms! I have tried a couple of the pubs along Bow Road - I needn't do so again - this is by far the best. Well done. mattygroves - 25 Oct 2009 15:09 |
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