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Hope & Anchor, E14

14 Newby Place
E14
E14 0EY

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Tris C left this review about Hope & Anchor

This pub dates from the mid-19th century, but I suspect that it was rebuilt in the 1930s, once a Watney's house.
A first visit last night and this is a basic backstreet boozer, plain inside, with a hard floor and seemingly white interior, with a bar to the right-hand side, beyond, a dartboard. I was eyed with suspicion by an elderly punter by the door, before I tried to get served at the bar. It was then that I was approached by the manager who asked if I had a ticket, with no requirement of one mentioned by flyer or front-of-house on entering. It turned out that the live music enjoyed by a very enthusiastic older crowd was in fact The Tremeloes; I was offered the chance to buy a ticket at £20 – £10 less than an AC/DC tribute band in Halifax – but decided not to as unlike the customers, I was too young to remember the band; for the record, there was a cask ale in the form of St. Austell Cornish Best.
Yes, this is basic, but it clearly serves as a hub for the dwindling traditional locals and there was a good vibe about the place. The amateur ticketing policy was dealt with professionally and although I won’t be returning, I wish it well, feeling that a grade wouldn’t be fair as I was only in the place for under a minute; it’s certainly an improvement over the neighbouring Greenwich Pensioner and Manor Arms.

On 31st August 2024 - no rating submitted
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Strongers . left this review about Hope & Anchor

The Hope and Anchor is a back street boozer with an interior that is split into a bar area to the right and a seating area to the left. The bar is stocked with standard draught products and during my recent Friday afternoon visit one of the hand pumps was unused leaving Ruddles County as the cask option. Beyond the bar in the right hand corner is a pool table and on the left wall is a dartboard and a plasma screen that was playing Gold FM. There is a jukebox that was turned off as I was the only customer. Before I left I noted the presence of a live music advertisement for the upcoming Saturday night.

Out the back is a concreted beer garden and there are a couple of picnic tables on the path out the front.

I found the barmaid to be very friendly, but this pub is not on my revisit radar.

On 29th April 2015 - rating: 4
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Quinno _ left this review about Hope & Anchor

Basic backstreet boozer. Single real ale - Stonehenge Pigswill - that was fair. Very cheap (£2.85pp) and I'm told the current landlord is free-of-tie so there's different ale every few days. Interior is similar to Rex's description below, with the addition of a basic rear patio sporting an alarming crack in the rear wall party wall. Banquette seat fabric could do with a steam clean. Pool table and TV's spotted. Was here as part of a function so won't leave a rating.

On 7th October 2014 - no rating submitted
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Rex Rattus left this review about Hope & Anchor

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.

On 18th December 2012 - rating: 4
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