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Royal Inn on the Park, Bow  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

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location:

Bow

address:

Lauriston Road, E9 7JH

phone:

0871 258 6153*
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nearest stations:

Cambridge Heath railway station
(1.1Km)

London Fields railway station
(1.1Km)

Homerton railway station
(1.1Km) - zone 2

Mile End London Underground station
(1.4Km) - zone 2

Hackney Wick London Overground station
(1.4Km)

how to find it:

The pub is a 15 minute walk from the tube. Turn left out of Mile End Station and then right up Grove at the lights. Carry on up Grove Road under the railway bridge across the junction with Roman Road, over the canal through the park and it's just by the park gate on the right.

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nearby attraction(s):

York Hall (1.1Km)

Museum of Childhood (1.1Km)

Hackney Museum (1.2Km)

picture of Royal Inn on the Park
This pub has had a bit of chequered history, which we won't go into here. Suffice it to say, we think the place has settled down nowadays. It's a popular place, located by one of the main entrances to Victoria Park and in one of the nicest bits of Hackney - estate agents call this area Hackney Village but they're not fooling anyone, it's still E9. The pub serves a better than average range of beers - Fuller's, Gale's HSB, Celebration and Adnam's Broadside on the hand pumps and a range of continental beers - Litovel, Rothaus Weissbier, Leffe, Palm, Aspall's, Thatcher's Pear cider - on tap, interesting bottled beers and a decent wine list. There's a pretty comprehensive food menu too and a separate dining area. The pub's handy for the park, has a beer garden and a pleasant interior with plenty of space. It's a lively place and the service is much improved - the place seems a lot more settled than it used to be and there's plenty going on with a regular quiz and monthly comedy starting up. Well worth a visit if you're in the area, although it's probably advisable to avoid bank holidays and warm Sunday afternoons as it tends to fill pretty quickly, often with a more than comfortable number of children running about.

reviewed:
09/04/2010
reviewed by pubdog

Eating at The Royal Inn on the Park ... we last ate here on 22/10/2009

We finally managed to eat here and the food was as good as we'd expected. Fantastic bangers and mash, lovely chips and a decent range of specials - worth the trip!
food rating 3 - quality
price rating 2 - price

second opinion:

Have your say! - 4 comments on this pub - click to add your own comment
posted by specialkate - Monday 5th April, 2010, 12:01pm
We were recommended this pub by a friend for the Sunday lunch which is great... if you're a meat eater. For vegetarians however the choice was very thin, only one main option (and what kind of person is happy with polenta while everyone else enjoys a Sunday roast?!) and the staff seemed to lack much understanding of what vegetarian catering involves. The waitress explained that they did do a "veggie version" of the roast but that it was without gravy as that was meat based and no potatoes as these were cooked in duck fat. So that'll be a plate of vegetables then, right. My boyfriend had this option as he isn't vegetarian but doesn't like meat much and he was charged the same price as the full version (£13!!) and didn't even get any extra helpings of potatoes etc. This kind of thing is really poor in my view and just plain lazy in this day and age when it is so easy to provide a vegetarian alternative to meat. I was really surprised and dissapointed to find that there are still supposedly 'young' places where vegetarian catering is still considered to be the 'poor relation'. And in London of all places!
posted by powdir - Sunday 16th August, 2009, 8:59pm
great location right next to victoria park and a decent selection of beers but quite possibly the worse bar staff in London - uninterested, slow and seemingly resentful of your custom, like spoiled teenagers who have been asked to clean their rooms.
posted by UWAT - Wednesday 24th June, 2009, 11:18pm
Really nice pub. However , last year when I visited , my evening was ruined by some thick Brummy gurning at me and his halfwitted ginger boyfriend who kept on talking about squirrels.
posted by fashionista - Tuesday 9th June, 2009, 6:19pm
I miss the days of Jay and Ant when the food was hearty fare, the beer was kept tip top and kids and dogs a lot more controlled!!!! This is one pub where the smoking ban has really affected the customer base. I have 3 children under five but dont let my kids run riot as they frequently do here. And the mother and toddler groups I know for a fact have put off the diverse group of locals who used to love this place. All in all, a sad state of affairs.
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