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Submitted on Sunday, 28th October 2018
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Rusty Bike, Mile End, E3
E3
E3 4PH
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Steve of N21 left this review about Rusty Bike
This is basically a sports bar that does Thai food. It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that for atmosphere it is best visited when there is sport on. Outside of these times its not that interesting a place.
On emerging from Mile End tube station, it was my first port of call early afternoon, and the place was pretty dead with a couple of tables utilised inside and a couple of hardy souls sitting in the outside front patio area. No ales available here, but four sets of keg dispensers spaced out on the long bar top with four taps on each. Usual standard keg stuff with a couple of interesting options such as the aforementioned below Blue Moon, Cobra, E1 Brew Co IPA and something called Chieftain IPA from Franciscan Well Brewery which was decent enough when it had thawed out a bit.
However when I passed it again later that day with about 30 minutes to go before the kick off of the England v Wales World Cup game the place was absolutely heaving, both inside and outside with an audible level of frivolity that was loud enough to drown out the traffic noise from the main road outside. Quite a young demographic and I guess CAMRA card carrying members were watching the game elsewhere.
On 6th December 2022
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2110 recommendations about 1992 pubs]
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Tris C left this review about Rusty Bike
This was a late Victorian pub, the current replacement arriving perhaps in the early ‘70s, shown as a Taylor Walker house by the late ‘80s.
It’s your typical estate type flat roofed pub, with a patio out front overlooking the very noisy dual carriageway that is Mile End Road, with an interior which can be seen on the website: rough modern boarded floor, dark brown wainscoting, then walls of either white paint, bare brick or rough plaster with graffiti art for décor and lighting from recessed downlighters in a white ceiling; the bar’s plank fronted with a copper top and shiny white tiled bar back. Furniture is conventional or chunky wood and scaffold poles. Customers are very mixed, being traditional locals who are perhaps too young for the Wentworth, younger incomers and perhaps students.
There’s no real ale here, just fizz, my half of Blue Moon coming in at £2.90 a half.
There’s nothing here for the discerning pub goer or ale lover, both of which can be found a couple of minutes’ walk from here at the very fine Lord Tredegar, which is cheaper too.
On 13th May 2022
- rating: 4
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Rusty Bike
Eclectic little place close to Mile End station, with the striking mural in the front patio area making the place stand out. The seating area by the entrance merges into the bar and kitchen housed in the main part of the building further back. Basic semi-modern furniture and mixed decor of no particular note. Just Doom Bar (£4.10) available from one of the pair of handpumps, but as I wasn't counting on finding any real ale that was still something.
On 28th October 2018
- rating: 6
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Bethnal Green, 1.31 miles, 25 min walk (show)
Cambridge Heath (London), 1.45 miles, 28 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes - Thai. - last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Sky Sports/BT Sport. - last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Real Ale : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 13 May 2022 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 09 December 2017 by Rex Rattus
