The Lord Tredegar, E3

There were four real ales on in here - the ubiquitous London Pride of course, plus Sambrook's Pumphouse Pale Ale; Fuller's Oliver's Island, and Dragonfly Brewery's 2 O'Clock Ordinary (£4 a pint). The latter ale has an unusual name, but I didn't reckon it an ordinary beer, being a rich and full bodied best bitter style ale. There were single sheet menus, not on the tables but picked up from a container on the bar counter, with the meals on offer being nothing like pub grub - with the exception of the burger perhaps. Bar snacks are offered (e.g. chips at £3, or whitebait at £3.50); starters are from £6.50 for some veggie stuff up to £8.50 for the "tempura fried chilli and corainder squid with lime alioli". Main courses aren't cheap either - the Lord beefburger, with cheese, bacon, chips and the usual salad stuff is £12, and obviously comes served on a block of wood with the chips in a metal bucket. The pub itself is quite interesting. The room as you enter has the bar counter facing you and is furnished with a couple of settles and armchairs; and two attractively wood framed archways to the left and right lead to further drinking and dining areas. The one on the right is a small club style room with solid leather armchairs; the one on the left is another small room with a couple of settles and and small stools with a few metal framed round tables. There's a large map of the world covering one of the walls in here. This room leads back to where the pub has been extended with the building of a new room well lit by the addition of a couple of skylights, and again mainly furnished with normal tables and chairs. There's a garden at the back. This pub is certainly larger than it looks from the outside. Even though this place has gone gastro, I didn't see anywhere with tables reserved for diners, and thus there is plenty of seating for everyone. The furnishings - especially the attractive old bar back - mostly look to be the real deal. It's obviously not the traditional boozer of yesteryear, but it has retained enough of its traditional pub charcteristics to keep me happy. A reasonable ale selection is a plus as well.

Attractive terrace pub, just a little higher than its neighbouring houses so it stands out slightly. Tastefully refurbished layout, with the bar counter located directly opposite the entrance and further seating areas beyond on both sides. Separate dining area housed in an extension at the back, with a patio beer garden beyond. Three of four hand pumps in operation, with Spring Sprinter, Pride and the 2 O'clock Ordinary from Dragonfly Brewery (£4.00) available. Also has Dragonfly's Early Doors on keg. Good atmosphere early on a bank holiday afternoon.

Nice old style interior that extends to rear and an outdoor area. 4 real ales and food served.

The Lord Tredegar is a decent sized pub that can be easily spotted from mile end road. The pub looked closed from the outside,dont be put off by this,try the door like i did. Once inside the bar faced in a very narrow area which had very comfortable bench seating and small wood stools,there was a small area to the rear left which had a few tables and wood stools,but to my surprise there was a large wall map of the world on the right wall to proper scale,once through this small area there was a conservatory which had a stone floor and lots of normal tables and chairs,this area was quite busy with younger people dining,thre was an open kitchen to the right of this room. There were four real ales on the bar i had a drink of Sharps Own which went down very well,the other beers were Doom Bar,Fullers Bengal Lancer and London Pride. There was some pretty decent background music playing. This was in my opinion a very nice pub to have a drink in,the front area seemed pretty much unaltered,with a modern rear area,there was also an outisde paved area with picnic tables for the warmer months. All in all a very nice pub,my pub of the day. Ime very surprised that no Londeners have visited this pub yet. Pub visited 19/2/2014