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Requested be closed with reason - Gone away: As far as I can tell this has not opened for some time. The venue used to be a pub/bar called the Old Dispensary prior to it being the Leman Bar but haven’t seen it open as Leman Bar post pandemic.
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Leman Bar, Whitechapel, E1
E1
E1 8EN
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Reviews of Leman Bar (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Dispensary
GBG 2019 Tick. Former hospital but you wouldn't know it - feels like a townhouse converted into a pub.
Long bar - a main room set with wooden tables in a row and an alcove on the way to the gents with more comfy chairs.
Greeted on entry by very friendly staff.
Oakham JHB was very wrong and had to be sent back but was swapped immediately for a better pint that I failed to record.
Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2EXOu6d
On 2nd November 2018
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1564 recommendations about 1544 pubs]
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Quinno _ left this review about The Dispensary
A revisit for their beer festival where I got to meet the TAND, who was curating and cellaring. The selection from quality brewers was excellent and the condition, even off stillage, was first class. Interior-wise there’s been a lick of paint (it needed it in 2009!) and it seems bluer than I recall – no bad thing actually, it worked rather well. I enjoyed my visit.
February 2009
Popped in on the strength of its Good Beer Guide entry and was pleased I did. A pretty grand exterior and It's a cavernous old building inside and manages to retain an element of its Victorian heritage despite being filled with accountants eating posh nosh and drinking wine; the place does lack a bit of soul, probably due to the ludicrously high ceiling but at least the vast windows let in plenty of light. The beers were in very good shape with three available on my visit - my Dark Star Hophead was delicious. Although it hasn't been open in its current guise for that long, the décor is already wearing a bit inside, needs a lick of paint around some of the edges. Worth seeking out if in the area, good for a slow afternoon beer – open Monday to Friday only, though. Rated 7
On 30th August 2018
- rating: 7
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hondo . left this review about The Dispensary
Nice solid old exterior with a tiled and bare boarded interior that's smaller than I was expecting. 5 real taps but just 2 on during my visit.
On 26th September 2017
- no rating submitted
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Whitechapel, 0.65 miles, 12 min walk (show)
London Liverpool Street, 0.71 miles, 13 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No - Discount withdrawn - last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 11 March 2021 by ROB Camra
