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Submitted on Tuesday, 10th March 2026
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The Wishing Well, E4
Chingford Mount
Postal town: E4
E4 8HH
Served areas
Reviews of The Wishing Well (Average Rating: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Wishing Well
Visited 09/03/26
No cask. Keg offering of Fosters, Carlsberg, Stella, Cruz, Doom Bar, John Smiths, original and dark fruits SB, Guinness, Moretti.
This branch of WW is a bit larger than the other ones I have ticked. It is a similar shop fronted style, long rectangle as other branches, carpeted in the front apart from the slate skirt along the bar counter on the right-hand wall mid venue, the various sections between the pillars in front thereof providing tall stool seating. Regular tables and bucket style chairs in the front section ahead of the bar counter and some regular tables and chairs opposite the length of the bar counter. The rear part beyond the bar counter is bare boarded and houses a pool table and a couple of darting areas. Several TVs were tuned into the build-up to tomorrow's start of the Cheltenham festival or showing the evening AW racing action. There is a small seating area out the back, partially covered. Pretty much “does as it says on the tin” sort of venue!
On 15th March 2026
- rating: 4
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Aqualung . left this review about The Artisan Bar & Grill
13th May 2013
It has reopened as just the plain Artisan which it was before the "bar and grill" got added to it. Despite the look this was never an original pub but a shop conversion from the 1990s when it started as the Wishing Well.
It bills itself as a Sports Bar and Live Music Venue. Given that and the fact that it's part of the Enterprise pub chain I can't raise any enthusiasm to go inside.
19th December 2012
It's currently closed and boarded up.
There is a To Let sign on the building but I'm not holding my breath. It was never a pub in the first place, so it would be hard to argue against change of use.
On 13th May 2013
- no rating submitted
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Roger Button left this review about The Artisan Bar & Grill
The Artisan Bar & Grill does what it says on the tin apart from the fact I didn’t note any grilling going on during my visit and as a bar it didn’t really my world alike. Formerly part of the Wishing Well Irish theme bar chain, the place is now a contemporary lounge bar / bistro with a pleasant enough ambience but not much meat on the bones so to speak. No ales, just standard kegs, lager and Guinness which is about par for the area. The bar staff were friendly enough and I didn’t detect any hints of menace from the half dozen inhabitants but the place was a bit on the dead side with some scary 70’s music that I wouldn’t expect to be a hit with the sort of crowd they would look to attract. The plain interior is a mass of bare white walls with some exposed brick areas and a few stick planty things with fairy lights. A central cabinet houses a collection of champagne bottles and ice buckets but apart from that and the table top poker machine, nothing really caught the eye. The front area was taken up with sofas and the rest of the bar area was all high tables and stools. The rear (which I presume to be mainly dining) was actually in darkness on our visit which was around 7pm on a Wednesday. Maybe it thrives at other times but with ‘Spoons round the corner, the Artisan doesn’t really offer itself as enough alternative.
On 6th April 2010
- rating: 4
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Angel Road, 1.89 miles, 36 min walk (show)
Chingford, 2.12 miles, 40 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Sky Sports/TNT. - last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 21 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - Disabled WC. - last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 23 December 2023 by Tris C
