BITE user comments - markrhdunn
Comments by markrhdunn
After a closure, now under new management and a very different, staider place. Still Batemans but guests allowed, including one from Wainfleet itself.
5 Mar 2013 14:26
Leyton Orient Supporter's Club, Leyton
The only pub I pay money to get to.
The biannual Piglet festival has 30 or 40 ales and a few ciders and perries. There are always six on and a themed night every couple of months with a dozen or so. Where else could you drink dark mild and porter all night without repeating yourself? Perfect.
5 Mar 2013 14:20
Nothing wrong with an Indian restaurant, but there is a very great deal wrong with overcharging for half-pints- in this case �2 for a �3.50 pint. We've never been fleeced in a British pub before and it's a very unpleasant feeling. These aren't even curry house prices.
Not long for this world as a pub. Far better- and cheaper- to go to the Grimsdyke Hotel a 10-minute walk away.
31 Jan 2012 12:46
It's a canal, not a river, and the building has been here almost as long, but never mind. Delightful, warm and inviting, well-kept beer.
31 Jan 2012 12:41
Hospitable local with no pretensions to be anything else, well-kept IPA and a guest or two. There is a curry night though, just as well as otherwise one would have to go a few miles.
22 Jun 2011 17:39
The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green
Priceless. A gem. This is where I had my last pint of Ridley's but they can't be blamed for that. Always three or four well kept ones on. Don't know what the detractors are talking about, sounds like somewhere else, or maybe they were wearing their grumpy hats that day.
29 Mar 2011 17:46
The White Hart, South Woodford
No longer even a pub but a night club which is a very bad neighbour., blocking the pavement with its fencing and tents. Fifty yards of cones obstructing the cycle lanes make it quite dangerous to pass. Surly, offensive and ignorant bouncers.
I now cross the road to avoid it.
29 Mar 2011 17:40
The White Hart, South Woodford
Now empty after Mojoe lost its late licence following years of violence and anti-social behaviour. It became a nightclub by stealth and subterfuge and £130,000 of legal costs later the council has finally shot its fox.
Nice to be able to walk past again without being assailed by drunks and having to negotiate barriers.
15 Apr 2014 10:29