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The Palm Tree, Mile End, E3

24-26 Haverfield Road
E3
E3 5RP

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Malden man left this review about The Palm Tree

I thought I was going to be disappointed when I arrived at this pub, having walked up from Bethnal Green tube and slithered my way across the park in the melting snow, as the first door I pushed was resoundly shut, and no light was showing, however I tried the corner door and it opened, but then the burglar alarm went off! Unsure what to do, I did nothing, then the landlady appeared. They were open, they just had the alarm on as they were upstairs as there were no customers mid afternoon on Monday.
The inside of this excellent pub is a time warp, small round wooden tables with bench seating, plates on a high shelf, the wooden fronted bar has a pelmet over the gantry, and your cash (no cards here) goes into an old fashioned manual till. There is an old Trumans mirror on one wall. The shiny gold patterned wallpaper reflects a shimmering light from the windows, these are leaded with the green and amber banding indicating a previous Charrington's life, I assume after its Truman origins. The corner has a small stage, replete with drum kit and a bunch of dried hops above. There are jazz evenings on weekend nights when the pub stays open late. You won't disturb the neighbours here, there aren't any. Two beers on handpump, both rotate I believe, my visit had St Austell Tribute and Brains SA Gold, not cheap for the area at £3.60.
Curious to have a look in the back room I asked if this was ok and despite my earlier inauspicious arrival the landlady was happy to unlock the door for me. I'm glad I looked, one wall is covered with old photos and drawings/caricatures of boxers, another has an impressive display of black and white photographs of East End life in years long gone. There's a high shelf groaning under the weight of numerous trophies, mostly darts related, and a cabinet revealed a London 5's dartboard, not something I have encountered previously, which has numbered sections of 5, 10, 15 and 20; The game counts down from 505.
This is a fascinating little pub, well worth a visit and clearly in good hands, the current couple have been there for 35 years.

On 7th February 2012 - rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Palm Tree

There are still two separate bars in this CAMRA inventory pub. As I walked up to the pub the door to the corner bar on the left was invitingly open, and never one to spurn an invitation like that in I went. This bar had two ales on handpump – Maldon Sherpa Tenzing and Warwickshire Beer Co’s. Darling Buds. The Tenzing was a really good and well kept pint, even though I have no idea why they would want to name an ale after one of the first men to conquer Everest at this time. This pub has all the appearance of an untouched inter-war pub, with the exterior still decorated with Truman’s trademark beige tiling, surmounted by the rampant black eagle. The interior of the corner bar was similarly largely untouched from its inter-war roots, with at least some of the furnishings looking to be of pre-war vintage. They must have live music on at times, judging by the small raised area on the left bearing a drum kit, and the signed photos of artists (none of whose names I recognised) above the bar counter; there was also a photograph of ol’ blue eyes himself, but sadly unsigned.
They weren’t doing any food on the sunny and hot Saturday when I visited “because we are too busy today” although I surmised from this that they sometimes did so. I would have thought that being busy, which a pub like this on the Regents Canal would be, is a reason to maximise profits by offering food rather than a reason to not do it. I am guessing that the inability to have seating on the grassed area by the canal might be the reason, and if so it’s a great shame as I feel confident that they would have done a great trade.
Anyway, I still greatly enjoyed my visit to this unspoilt East End pub. The ales they had on were from two of the smaller and lesser known breweries (in London anyway) and I would be delighted to pay a return visit.

On 6th June 2011 - rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Palm Tree

Curious location, stuck out on its own in the middle of Mile End park. Interesting interior with lots of memorabilia. Got there at around dusk - and initially thought that the place was shut - but it appeared that the landlord was just saving on electricity (and I think he only turned the lights on when he couldn't see the till). Reasonable pint of Davenports ???, but expensive at £3.20. A mixed bag, but well worth the walk from Mile End station.

On 22nd January 2009 - rating: 7
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john mcgraw left this review about The Palm Tree

Was closed when I got there in the morning but I was told by a local that it opens only in the evening.

On 6th June 2007 - no rating submitted
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