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Streeties, Canning Town, E16

15 Shirley Street
E16
E16 1HU

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David Walton left this review about Streeties

Visited 01/12/25. Visited previously on 29/06/23.

No cask. Keg of John Smiths, original and dark fruits SB, Moretti, Carlsberg, Stella, Guinness, Fosters, GK IPA.

L shaped interior to this corner venue. The bar counter runs to left of the entrance and has a tiled skirt in an otherwise carpeted room. There is a pool table in the left-hand corner. Tall stool seating around the bar counter. Most noticeable opposite the corner is a large cage housing a parrot (a first for me in a pub, in the UK at least). Small TV screen above the cage so out of play for the parrot. More seating straight on from the entrance with a large screen over a fireplace and a dart board to the side. No action on the screen during my visit but a very poppy soundtrack being played. Memorable on for the parrot sighting!

On 1^st February 2026 - rating: 4
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Rex Rattus left this review about Streeties

This is an old Victorian backstreet locals' pub that was originally the Prince Alfred. It gained its rather unusual current name in favour of an ex-landlord called Bobby Street. It has clearly been extended in both the Shirley Street and Ford Street elevations; the extensions have brown tiles on the exterior whereas the original pub has (I think) better quality green tiles. The Ford St extension houses the current toilets, whereas the Shirley St one seems to have enlarged the pub area. There are four doors; the corner one and one of those in Ford St are unused, and the one currently in use in Shirley St had once led to the jug and bottle bar. There's still an old Watney, Combe, Reid sign on the wall.

Inside it's quite plain and simple. There's some nice etched mirrors in the four bay bar back, but other stuff, including the linoleum (or something similar) topped bar counter looks inter-war. It's carpeted, has a handful of normal tables and chairs, TVs of course, plus a blue baize covered pool table. All very straightforward and traditional. Perhaps less traditional is the "brewer's rustic", with fake black battens on the ceiling. Even less traditional is the parrot, or paraakeet perhaps, in a large cage in the corner, and the fish tank behind the servery.

There's no real ale of course, and I saw no sign of food at Friday lunchtime. In fact I've failed to find any pub in the Canning Town area that does real ale. Nevertheless I liked the feel of this traditional backstreet boozer. The landlady was very friendly, being happy to talk about what she knew of the history of the pub. A deent real ale would be a massive plus, but I'm sure there's no call for it here.

On 5^th April 2019 - rating: 5
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