Hope & Anchor, E14

This is a Jack Beard pub, so my expectations weren't overly high on entering this pub. But it did have one real ale on - Greene King IPA Gold, at £2.80 a pint. There was no sign of any food on Monday afternoon. This struck me as a fairly dismal pub. It's gloomy inside because much of the frontage is taken up by the ladies toilet (strange place for it, but there it is) and a private entrance, leaving just relative small areas either side of this obstruction to let in natural light. The interior is fairly characterless as well. There's a bit of carpet on the floor, and some modern light coloured replacement boarding Furnishings are normal tables and chairs, a bit of banquette seating, and a couple of armchairs in the bit of space to the left of the ladies/private entrance block. There were a few prints on the wall, but I didn't get close enough to make them out. Maybe I caught this pub on a bad day and that it would be more welcoming in appearance if it was a bit busier. But maybe the locals like it the way it is, in which case good luck to them.