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The Prince Regent, Limehouse, E14

81 Salmon Lane
E14
E14 7PR

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Moby Duck left this review about The Prince Regent

Classic East End pub in looks, small with an island bar and a basic keg only beer selection, I sidestepped the John Smiths Smooth going for a Birra Moretti. Of its type it's not a bad pub.

On 7^th September 2024 - rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about The Prince Regent

This pub has a history dating back over 200 years, though I suspect that it was rebuilt in the 1930s, with some very attractive faience tiling to the fascia. It’s also nestled in an area where once there would have been dozens of workers’ pubs, mostly demolished, but still an area littered with recent conversions; the building opposite was the Rose & Crown, RIP 1999.
The reviews below still stand up, thankfully. There’s the green carpet, with gnarled brewers’ Tudor-style black beams to the walls with rough, white plaster or nogging. There are still copper items hanging from the ceiling, horse brasses, black and white photos of boxers and bucolic aquatints; the cartwheel still occupies its Damoclesian location. There’s a raised area to the right with studded banquettes, thereafter conventional furniture with smooth banquettes out front. As mentioned, it looks a bit like a country pub, in the style made popular in the ‘60s and ‘70s and nothing wrong with that; an interior photo from 2011 gives a good impression. There were a couple of unobtrusive games machines and a great 1970s’ disco soundtrack playing at a lively volume over the gramophone. Customers are still as described, a very chatty local crowd, probably diminishing in number in an area undergoing gentrification by the metallic graphite-coloured Audi-owning classes, otherwise Asian. Plenty of banter here, from a lively crowd with a very varied age range. I didn’t spot an ashtray, but one bloke was blasting copious clouds of vape smoke skyward, like a human version of Eyjafjallajökull.
Sadly there’s no real ale, though John Smith’s has raised its flat capped head above the parapet, me opting for a half of Fosters (£2.40), served by a very friendly Cockney barmaid, her complexion the colour of a Terry’s Chocolate Orange.
This is a great throwback to a bygone era; there’s no real ale (which would have got the rating up), but considerably more fun to be had here than at the Old Ship over the road; visit while you still have the chance.

On 29^th June 2022 - rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Prince Regent

Proper East End boozer with plenty of lively banter between the regulars. The tiled pub name on each façade is the main feature of interest on the exterior, which is otherwise a bit odd with a single-storey frontage projecting beyond the main three-floor block. Once through one of the doors, you find a surprisingly tidy retro interior with the decor of the old-fashioned country pub variety. Various spaces around the bar area but limited seating apart from bar stools. Separate rear room. Plenty of large-screen TVs showing the racing. No real ale, and not even John Smiths or any other keg bitter, so had an unaccustomed but leisurely pint of Carlsberg (£3.40) rather than rushing a half since this place is quite appealing in its own way.

On 11^th July 2015 - rating: 6
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