The Coborn Arms, Bow - pub details
Address: 8 Coborn Road, London, E3 2DA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 11665)
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: 7.1/10 (rated by 27 users)
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user reviews of the Coborn Arms, Bow
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| 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 |
| Very nice pub - staff are friendly, locals are always up for a laugh, and beer and food are excellent. I had a pint of Youngs that looked like it was a little bit near the end of the barrel, and the barman was more than happy to change it... a refreshing change from the Wetherspoons and Yates that seem to be popping up everywhere. If you're in the area I recommend you check it out - you won't be disappointed. (And the bangers and mash are seriously out of this world!) john9999 - 10 Sep 2009 13:13 |
| Decent traditional Youngs pub, good for watching football on Sunday afternoons. Beer of reasonably good quality, havent sampled the food but looks perfectly acceptable. However, my major irritation with this pub is the rather loud foul-mouthed locals standing at the bar seem to think that the Ladies/Disabled toilet is in fact their own private gents toilet- and is probably about same walking distance to the ACTUAL gents toilets!! Think the Landlord/staff should put a stop to it! stewie95 - 28 Jul 2009 18:55 |
| Bow Road is a pretty noisy and hectic road - step 200 yards from it and you enter this pleasant, homely pub. Sat out front with my friends and all was well. Royston15 - 24 Jun 2009 18:50 |
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