Ye Olde Rose & Crown, Walthamstow, E17

David Walton left this review about Ye Olde Rose & Crown

Visited 20/04/26

Cask was a set of six hand pumps. One was unclipped, the others providing London Pride, Jarl from Fyne Ales, DB One Best from Dorking Brewery, the Monochromatic stout from Queer Brewing and the Lunebrew a blonde from Spinning Jenny. Another hand pump on the other side of the bar counter provided Pomona's Delight a Perry from Luke's Cider (think their local taproom closed recently). Keg offering of Heineken, Fosters, Moretti, Crafty Apple cider, Guinness, Cruz, the DDH pale intriguingly named A Little Mouse With Crocs On from Pretty Decent, Neck Oil, Virtuous Session IPA from Kirkstall, the Pilsner and the original Pale from local brewery Pillars and the Superfly West Coast IPA from Hackney Church Brew Co (first time I have seen one of theirs at an away venue).

This is a proper old school pub, bare boarded and U-shaped with a very truncated left-hand side and a very long right-hand side to make up for that truncation. The bar counter follows the inside shape of the venue. Seating on the longer right-hand side via a variety of dark wood furniture, a bit cafe style, some leather studded sofas and small church pew style benches and some balustrades to divide off some of the areas. There is a slightly raised carpeted area along the glass frontage with regular tables and chairs and an offshoot carpeted area in the front right-hand corner with a fitted wooden bench along the right-hand wall serving regular tables, split either side of a fire grate. Seating on the left-hand shorter side is via a similar fitted wooden bench around the window side wall also serving regular table. Some half height dark wood screens divide up the venue in places to make this a very cosy interior. There is some colourful leaded glass around the top part of the front and left-hand side windows and abbey style suspended metallic ceiling lighting. An attractive mosaic of the pub name and insignia on the floor outside the gent’s entrance! No TV screens and a decent music soundtrack on my visit. There is a small amount of picnic style seating at the side of the venue. This is a top venue, early days for me in E17 but amazed if I find an equal or better venue in this postcode area.

On 25^th April 2026 - rating: 8
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