The Goose, Walthamstow, E17

The Goose is right outside Walthamstow Central station,so very handy if you want a drink before or after a long journey. Once inside this pub seemed quite smart in my opinion,the room is oblongish shaped with the bar facing,there is a raised area to the front right,the seating is a mix of tall tables and chairs and normal ones. There was a decent enough choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Hogs Back TEA which went down well,the other beers i noted were Doom Bar and GK Abbot. I quite liked this pub but it was fairly quiet and laid back on my visit before 11 am,it may well get busier later in the day and not seem so nice. Pub visited 21/3/2015

This pub could be much better than it is. When entering you could be forgiven for thinking that you'd wandered into a 'spoons, as it's exactly like one but without the cheap prices. There were several ales on - Pride (£3.15 a pint), Oxfordshire Ales' Marshmellow (£3.10) and Pride of Oxford (£2.95), and Clark's Classic Blond (£2.95). There were a couple of other clips labelled "out of stock" or something similar, thus also emulating the familiar 'spoons' "available soon". The usual pubco style glossy menu was on all the tables, with the "2 meals for £7.95" advertisd on a board. To be honest the prices here aren't bad even though they're not as cheap as 'spoons, although my Marshmellow wasn't in particularly good nick. This pub is handily placed next to Walthamstow Central Station, and it's facilities mean that it is a must visit location if you happen to be about to embark on a lengthy journey on the Victoria Line. This is a busy but conveniently placed high street chain pub, and certainly not worth going out of your way to visit.

I was initially very surprised with this place as I have also been to the Goose in Wood Green so I wasn't really expecting much. I thought that the pub was clean and the barmaid that served me was efficient, if maybe a little cocky. There are a couple of plasma screens at either side of the pub and these were both showing a muted Sky News feed. There is a standard lager selection alongside Pedigree and Pride, although there are another four unused hand pumps that could be utilised. After my previous experiences I decided to have a Coke as I didn't want to be sitting on the bog all afternoon, but the syrup mix had run out so I was served a glass of brown water. Yes, they screwed up a half of Coke and when I went to change it no staff could be found. This was more what I was expecting and I don't plan on going back here again.