please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Beer still excellent even if it is a 'creche for men' - The Bristol Beer Factory's 'The Great North West was excellent and the best pint have had for a while.
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Very nice pint of their own well-priced 6% IPA yesterday on our way to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Packed to the rafters but service was almost still instant amazingly. It still wouldn't be a place that I'd particularly seek out though.
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Excellent (though unassuming) place to sit and sample a few quality beers whilst your nearest and dearest goes shopping.
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A pub and microbrewery inside the Westfield Shopping Centre just outside Waitrose. There are a few other food outlets alongside it.
It's an open plan pub with no walls on two sides. There are quite a few tables and chairs for those seeking a decent watering hole after a days shopping or like me waiting for a train connection.
There were 2 Tap East beers on when I visited along with several other real ales. The Kew Sandycombe Gold was very nice as was the local JWB.
The bar staff were friendly and there was a TV on with the sound down.
By no means a local or a pub to go out of the way for but definitely a place to visit if in the area.
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Ten out of ten, obviously, for the stunning range of beers available, but only one or two out of ten for the experience of drinking in a corner carved out of a massive shopping centre. Not cheap, either.
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Never had a bad pint here though it is somewhere that you go while waiting for the other half to finish shopping or changing trains rather than a destination bar in it's own right.
anonymous - 12 Apr 2015 10:13 |
This is unusual - a craft beer bar and microbrewery tucked away in a corner of a vast shopping centre - the only one in the UK according to the GBG. There are six handpumps, three of which were dispensing beers from their own brewery (visible behind glass next to the bar). I tried their IPA which was good. There are also ten taps serving beers from around the world.
I wouldn't make a special journey to this place, but if you happen to be in the area, it's worth popping in.
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Very disappointed. One wall is open into the shopping centre which means drinking as shoppers stroll by. A big screen on with random sports that no-one was watching (Dont like TVs on unless they are showing a specific event). No price board on display
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Only been once, just to make a change from the usual on the way to West Ham match. Nobody can say anything other than 10/10 for the beer. Its quite pricey, but they stock beers you dont have a chance of getting to try anywhere near this place. maybe right in town but not Stratford.
The experience is marginally detracted from by the setting - a shopping mall, but well worth a visit.
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Another visit confirmed that the ale here is good (The People's Pint and a couple of other brews went down well) and the ordinary proper ale is reasonably priced (3.60 a pint) it is the keg American style 'craft' brews that seem to come with a high price tag (up to £6 a pint). Your only really option for a pint if stuck in the retail cess hole of Westfield.
anonymous - 27 Apr 2014 21:15 |
It does have a good selection of brews and they will mention how much the 'speciality' beers will set you back before ordering them. Beer has always been good here but I can't help feeling it is a bit like having a pint in a deli or a bakers. It is handy to retreat to if your missus has bee draggig you round Westfield or if you are catching a train from Stratford International.
anonymous - 25 Feb 2014 21:22 |
Modern cafe bar style pub in a shopping mall. Not everyone's cup of tea, but a great choice of cask and keg beers and friendly staff. Prices not as bad as we Yorkshiremen had feared.
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Came in on a Friday evening. There were 10 ales on draught along with a really good selection of UK and overseas beers along with 3 from their own micro brewery which is visible through large glass doors at the side of the bar.
Inside Westfield shopping centre but does feel like a locals pub, has music playing and is open plan but it works. There is however a strange mix of customers but again it seems to work.
The bottled beer selection is impressive as you would expect if you had visited Utobeer or The Rake in Borough Market.
No complaints re this place, I ordered a pint and the barmaid informed me it was £6.50 before pulling it. I proceeded and it was well worth the money. You want craft beer you pay the money!
Lots going on here so get yourself down for a pint and a pork pie.
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