The Boleyn Tavern, Upton Park - pub details
Address: 1, Barking Rd, London, E6 1PW [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 16942) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Upton Park (0.4 miles), East Ham (0.9 miles)
Woodgrange Park (1.3 miles), Forest Gate (1.5 miles), West Ham (1.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sky TV
- Pool table
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 14 users)
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user reviews of the Boleyn Tavern, Upton Park
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| The Boleyn ( the "Tavern" part of the name seems to have been dropped ) is an imposing street corner local in the shadow of West Ham's football ground. It's a well preserved multi-roomed Victorian pub which features in CAMRA's book of London Heritage Pubs where it is described as "one of the more spectacular late Victorian pubs in London". A central island bar serves a number of different interconnecting rooms. A longish narrow room with an entrance on Green Street appears to be the preserve of locals and contains a dartboard and some West Ham pictures behind the bar. At this entrance, we see old etched door glass being the names "private bar" and "saloon and billiards". The billiards room is the architectural highlight of the pub with a splendid large stained glass skylight and an unusual decorated moulded frieze. The main adjoining saloon bar also has a fine stained glass skylight and some wooden partitions. There's also an original bar counter and some fine cast iron columns. On my recent Sunday early afternoon visit, with the exception of half a dozen or so customers in the public bar, the pub was virtually deserted. I'm afraid that I formed the view that management is making little real effort - for instance a prominently positioned sandwich board on the pavement outside was advertising the "World Cup Final, Holland v Spain 11 July" even though this game had taken place a fortnight earlier. Similarly, a notice in the billiards room invited me to "join us for the World Cup". There's no real ale, so I went for the draught Guinness - £ 3 - served by a barmaid who, whilst being reasonably welcoming, seemed genuinely surprised to see someone she didn't recognise. This pub won't appeal to everybody, but if you're in to ornate Victorian pub interiors, you should seek it out. Finally, when you're here, don't forget to cross the road to admire the splendid statue of Bobby Moore with his team mates holding aloft the 1966 World Cup. JohnBonser - 30 Jul 2010 17:53 |
| Great pub on gameday. Ok, it takes a few minutes to get a drink, but thats normal cause the pub is filled to the roof with Hammers! I've already been there not on a game day and the service is much quicker then. For ever blowing bubbles!!!! Belgian Irons rulezzzzzzzz. Much L&R. Belgianiron1971 - 12 May 2010 22:16 |
| This is another late Victorian gem that has retained almost all of its original features. All the usual attractive features are present, including carved dark wood and etched and cut glass. I’m not going to describe it in detail – either visit yourself or look at CMRA’s “The inside Story”. It’s a very large pub, subdivided up into several big rooms, including a lounge at the back that features a pool table and a dartboard. Indeed when I was in at lunchtime during the week, a couple of the bars had not been opened, as they were clearly not needed to satisfy demand. I’m sure it would be different on a match day. They have not introduced any of those faddish high tables and stools that you see all over the place – only normal tables and chairs for this pub. Unfortunately they haven’t introduced any real ale either. I suppose that there’s little call for it in this part of the world. As a pub I really like it as it’s incredibly attractive from a historical point of view, but the absence of a decent ale is pretty much a fatal flaw in my book. RexRattus - 21 Nov 2009 18:26 |
| proper east end boozer. great on match days. away fans beware. good pint but it takes a while to get there. barkinghammer - 24 Mar 2009 11:11 |
| hard work to get served when the hammers are playing,and plastic glasses are horrible. londondrinker2008 - 4 Dec 2008 14:38 |
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