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Lord Morpeth, E3
E3
E3 5NR
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Lord Morpeth
Corner pub in a residential area and on the approach to a housing estate that has a much more upmarket clientele inside. There is a central bar, with seating all around and a kitchen with a pizza oven at the rear. Indeed, a fair few of those customers seated appeared to be consuming pizzas. Those standing were mainly drinkers, many of whom were watching the live Liverpool v Chelsea football which was being blasted out, making it quite a noisy experience.
Only one real ale was on. This was East London Brewery Foundation. Craft beers were Signature Backstage & Roadie, Beavertown Neck Oil, Hackney Kapow, Camden Hells & Two Tribes Metroland.
Having approached from the estate and departing towards the Eleanor Arms, I never noticed the mural mentioned below and displayed in pictures.
On 24th January 2023
- rating: 5
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Steve of N21 left this review about Lord Morpeth
This is the middle pub of three that sit on Old Ford Road. As you approach it gives the appearance of a traditional brick-built estate pub, especially at night with the lights from the tower blocks behind framing the vista. However, as you draw closer the high wall mounted neon saloon sign advertising sourdough pizza gives a clue to what lies inside.
Internally its far from a traditional pub and is well described by the reviewer below, and the analogy to a well stripped out neon hipster joint is fairly accurate with the additional description of a sourdough pizza oven providing the food menu.
The main interest on the beer front was some modern craft keg beers, but the bar does have a couple of ale pumps and one of these was in use with Wild Card Brewery Best, which I went for. A fairly average bitter but I think this was more to do with the beer than the pub. The standout feature of this pub for me was actually outside in the form of the excellent Votes for Women mural that fills the entire West wall of the exterior.
So, all things for all in this short stretch of the Old Ford Road. If you want a decent ale in an old school traditional pub then look no further than the Eleanor Arms. If you want decent food in smart surroundings then you should carry on to The Crown. And if you are under 30, you may like this one.
On 9th December 2022
- rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about Lord Morpeth
The pub dates from the mid-19th century, but I suspect has been rebuilt between the wars. Until around three years ago, there was a Whitbread sign frame and about four years ago, a large mural dedicated to the Suffragettes arrived on the west wall; they apparently drank here.
It’s nearly eight years since I passed by but didn’t enter and the place then was a basic locals’ boozer; how the area – and now pub – have changed. Thoroughly hipsterfied and now with Wi-Fi, this has now been very stripped out, with a bare floor and mostly walls of bare brick, with some floral wallpaper and very distressed paintwork to the windows; the floor is part tiled and part boarded. Little illumination came from simple sconces or large metal shaded lamps over the bar. There’s no obvious décor but there’s an attractive carved wood fireplace and unusually for a pub, there was a pinball machine. Furniture was basic and music was loud, coming from very large speakers and along with a glitterball hanging over the bar (see website), hinted at ominous happenings come Friday or Saturday. There was also a megavision screen showing the football with the sound down. What was of interest though, was the white Vitrolite panelled ceiling, a trademark of A. E. Sewell’s interwar-years Truman’s pubs, but I don’t know whether his other trademark finery has been ripped out or if this was one of his early examples.
Ales amounted to one reversed pump clip and one unused, so it was a half of Neck Oil at £3.15, served by a friendly barman.
This isn’t a great place, unless you’re a member of the Club 18-30 brigade; the Eleanor Arms is the discerning pubgoers’ choice when in the immediate vicinity.
On 15th April 2022
- rating: 4
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Lord Morpeth
Located close to Victoria Park and the Hertford Union Canal, this corner pub has a 'U'-shaped bar with mixed furniture and a limited decor (apart from some sports trophies in a far corner). Appears to have had a recent change of target audience, with retro jukebox, pinball and Pac-Man machines, but - remarkably these days for somewhere which is no longer a basic backstreet boozer - no wi-fi. Three handpumps, with Hogs Back TEA, Upham Punter (£3.80) and ELB RivetCatcher on offer.
On 10th May 2015
- rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about Lord Morpeth
The Lord Morpeth is a small corner pub that has a great backdrop of some tall flats which are on the estate that the pub serves.
Once inside there is a single room with the bar facing,there was a darts board on a small raised area to the front right,the seating was normal tables and chairs,the floor was carpeted.
There were no real ales on the bar,i had a drink of keg Courage Best which was drinkable.
The pub was fairly busy which is nice to see on a midweek afternoon,there was some background music playing.
I was quite happy drinking in this pub.
Pub visited 19/2/2014
On 19th February 2014
- rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about Lord Morpeth
They had just the one ale on here - Bombardier (£1.75 a half). That was a pleasant surprise, as estate pubs in East London often have no call for real ale. There was no sign of food or menus when I was in Tuesday afternoon.
This is a very basic pub, with the only bit of decor worth mentioning a photograph of Bobby Moore and Pele giving each other a hug - presumably at the 1970 World Cup. This pub does have one feature of note however, and that is the paneled Vitrolite ceiling. You don't see many of those these days, and is a clear indication that the pub started life as a Truman's house. The floor's carpeted except for a splash area around the bar counter that's bare boarded. Furnishings are normal tables and chairs and small round stools. All very traditional for an East End boozer. There are two dartboards, and a flat screen TV down at the end of the room on the right. The TV was switched off when I was in so we could enjoy, undisturbed, the pop radio music station being piped through the pub's speakers.
This is a basic locals' pub serving the nearby estate. It's not as good as the nearby Eleanor Arms, but it's good to see a pub like this still a going concern especially as I had passed several erstwhile pubs on my walk here.
On 15th August 2013
- rating: 6
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