The Merchant, E14

Fuller's pub serving 6 real ales and food.

Great service here and staff friendly. A Fullers house, enjoyed a good pint of Discovery. Good views from the queyside, will call again.

You would never guess that the Fine Line next door was a Fullers establishment, but there is no mistaking this place as it has everything from the dark wood floor and furnishings to the really nice, but very expensive Guinness. The staff were numerous readying themselves for the 17:00 Thursday rush so I was served very promptly and it was nice not to receive my change on a silver tray. Pride, Discovery, ESB and Adnams were all available alongside a selection of standard and premium draught products. The usual Fullers fayre is available which isn’t the cheapest, but I usually find it to be fairly good quality. I counted three plasma screens and a projector screen that were showing a World Cup game on terrestrial television, but this place does have Sky Sports for the Premiership etc. There is a dartboard in the corner of the pub by the front window and also a bank of four fruit machines all in a row; these city boys do like a flutter! There is a no under 18s policy all day everyday. I’ve been to better Fulllers pubs, but this is my favourite drinking hole in this area.