Baxter's Court, Hackney - pub details
Address: Mare Street, London, E8 1HE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 8525 9010
Hackney Central (0.2 miles), Homerton (0.6 miles)
London Fields (0.3 miles), Hackney Downs (0.4 miles), Homerton (0.6 miles)
Chain: Wetherspoons
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Sunday roast, Real ale
Pub added by loz. Last visited on 7th Jun 2004. Suggested by Lee Newton on 6 Nov 2003.
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> Current user rating: 5.7/10 (rated by 16 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Cock Tavern, Hackney (0.1 miles), Old Ship, Hackney (0.1 miles), Duke of Wellington, Hackney (0.2 miles), Globe on Morning Lane, Hackney (0.2 miles), Pub on the Park, London Fields (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Baxter's Court, Hackney
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| one of the few weatherspoons pubs where the staff seem to enjoy there work,other than that an average weatherspoonsdoes have disabled toilet BUTCH0207 - 7 Jun 2008 12:25 |
| I have a complex relationship to this pub -- I absolutely love it but it depresses me massively. I usually go here on Sundays, after a big big Saturday night when my emotions are tender to say the least. When you're so sick you can't drink water somehow a few bottles of Koppenburg cider and mushroom doppiaza make you realise being alive isn't quite as lonely and rubbish as you though it was. Sky sports news on loop can be cathartic after a while. I once spent 11 hours in the upstairs, I had 2 meals and a snack and lots to drink, it was great in the end but depressing at points. It has a nice balcony. I take my parents here for dinner when they visit me in London, they claim to like it but refuse to complain when the food is served cold, or when one time the vegetables came in the sealed plastic bag they were microwaved in. I think Weatherspoons are the new old man pubs as old men can't afford to go to places like The George (Parkholme Road) anymore. Would it be so bad to be old and be able to get the community mobility bus to pick you up from home, drop you at Weatherspoons, drink a bottle of wine for £6 all day, then get the community bus home again? Sounds OK to me. isa953 - 1 Jun 2008 20:55 |
| Whilst it is undeniable that the Pembury Tavern is in a different league altogether, this really isn't too bad a Wetherspoons. Had a perfectly respectable pint of Wexford "Irish-style ale" (wherever that actually comes from). Only complaint is that you have to walk through the smoking area on the way in. rpadam - 15 Mar 2008 21:53 |
| I think this pub has a policy of employing local people. This is a terrible mistake. As a lifelong Hackney resident, educated in the borough, I can vouch for the fact that the alumni of Hackney schools are often not equipped for working in the service industry. The staff here are nice, often witty and quite sharp, however they have little or no knowledge of beer, pubs, or drinking. They also dislike having the piss taken out of them, this Wetherspoon’s system of employing the bare minimum of staff doesn’t fit well with this. On two separate occasions in the upstairs bar I have seen the lone barmen leave to find their colleague who suggested to us that we go upstairs to be served, rather than be served downstairs at their bar. On another occasion I saw a member of staff have a fight with a rude, drunken customer. Although this place is cheap it is far from cheerful. Up-on-their-luck alcoholics sit alongside the seemingly deranged, while gaggles of local girls and boys loudly get drunk on cheap cocktails. If you want decent food and drink in a pleasant environment go to the Pembury. If you’re feeling a bit down and want to be cheered by the fact that there are others worse off than you go to Baxter’s Court. Parfifty - 11 Jul 2007 12:38 |
| Agree with Mog 100%. Whilst there was no alternative in the vicinity this pub was a convenient stop for a bite to eat and a pint of cask-conditioned ale. With the addition of the Pembury to Hackney 18 months ago I have not had the reason or the occasion to revisit Baxters Court. I hasten to add that the pub has not deteriorated in any way - there simply emerged a better one nearby. lad_newton - 27 Jun 2007 00:41 |
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