The Princess Of Wales

Pub in Lower Clapton
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4 / 10 from 3 reviews
Address
146 Lea Bridge Road
Lower Clapton
London
E5 9QB
Map
Telephone
020 8533 3463
Region
Lower Clapton
Nearest Station
Clapton
0.20 miles
Category
Pubs
Other Branches
Young's Managed
Opening Times
Monday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Tuesday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Wednesday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Thursday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Friday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Saturday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Sunday Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30

All In London Review

The Princess of Wales is a solid canal-side pub worth stumbling on

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With some pubs it is all about perspectives. Take The Princess of Wales for example. Approach it from the hectic Lea Bridge Road and you might not give it a second look. But stumble on it where it joins the towpath that joins Hackney Wick and Lea Valley and even if it wasn’t for the people standing outside clutching bacon butties on a Sunday afternoon, you’d probably have hopped up the steps and into its gastro dining room. That’s the way it is, appearance can be deceptive and you’d never know what this outpost had to offer without popping in.

Wooden paneling, tidy paintwork and blackboards in every direction; someone’s been gastro-ing by numbers. But it works to an extent. Resembling one big dining room, you might feel a little awkward sitting amongst all the other people if you were only here to drink. But why wouldn’t you want to eat? With a menu that boasts classics like sausage and mash, steak and chips and game pie you’ll have seen it all before, however, a small range of stone baked pizzas supplements the tried and tested pub fare, which was enough to reel us in.

As part of the Geronimo Inns chain you can expect a good level of hospitality. The lagers on draught are standards like Peroni, Becks Vier and Estrella but the range of ales is more impressive. Redemption, Sambrooks and Purity are part of a good list.

The Princess of Wales is too far out on its own to recommend journeying out to but you would be happy to have it as a local. And being a canal side pub, it must come alive in summer.

Reviewed by T.A.O
Published on Feb 21, 2014


User Reviews

Anonymous

Jul 31, 2009

I've just been to this pub with my 3 yr old daughter because I understood it to be a friendly family pub. However, after less than a minute of entering a man who told me he was a staff member, despite the fact that he was standing at the bar drinking, told me my daughter should not have been near the bar. He was very aggressive and my young one was quite upset. I certainly won't be returning.
Anonymous

Jul 23, 2009

My family and I arrived at this pub on a Thursday afternoon, partly to escape the rain, and were greeted by a very friendly, young barman. He offered samples before buying different beers and there were 4 ales on tap. Our group sat and had a couple of rounds and several packs of crisps and scratchings, whilst watching the darts. Then the shift changed and an unpleasant man came over and told us that it was a pub not a playgroup and that the kids should shut up. We finished our drinks and left. The sign that says kids welcome until 7pm is a lie. A real shame, as we had really enjoyed everything until that point and nobody in the almost empty pub had raised any objection to the presence of the children.
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