Rusty Bike Pub Mile End Reviews Summary

Category: Pub London

Address: 588 Mile End Rd, London, E3 4PH, United Kingdom

Phone: +442089814100

Rating: 4.4
based on 175 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The fried rice is good and spicy."
  • "both meals tasted like authentic Thai cooking."
  • "Visited midweek at around 5pm, just as they started serving food. Order a few pints and a prawn pad Thai, really good food, handful of large succulent prawns in there too."
  • "Great pub, amazing food, lovely atmosphere and seating both inside and out."
  • "The food itself is really good, and the drinks and atmosphere are great!!"
  • "Absolutely amazing food! Ordered as a takeout via deliveroo and food came hot, on time and tasted absolutely amazing."
  • "The food is simply delicious, and the service is the best you can get."

Cons:

  • "Both my boyfriend and I got terrible food poisoning after some bad prawns here."
  • "A sad bland attempt at Thai food. Quite possibly one of the worst adaptions of Thai food."
  • "Worst thai food i’ve ever had in my entire life."
  • "Food quality has fallen badly. Hygiene rating is only 3 and I'm not surprised!"
  • "Very poor food unfortunately. What was sold as grilled chicken on spicy egg fried rice turned out as spongy chicken soaked in a container full of watery sauce next to a tub of dehydrated rice."
  • "Awful food - worst Thai food we’ve tried in a long time."
  • "The chicken was stale, rubbery and gave me food poisoning."

Service

Pros:

  • "Lovely staff, amazing food, nice selection of beers, large outdoor seating area."
  • "Our server Oswaldo was so sound! He made my partner and I laugh so much!"
  • "The staff were very quick to serve the food."
  • "The staff is friendly and the service is prompt."
  • "Oswaldo Serves me most of the time & is always so accommodating and friendly to us both!"
  • "Staff really lovely and a great selection of beers and cocktails."
  • "Amazing customer service!!"

Cons:

  • "If you pay by card, just keep an eye on transactions, three times they claimed it hadn't gone through when it had."
  • "The bold Indian guy was extremely rude. He act like he’s the boss, but he’s not even a waitress, just a food runner."
  • "Terrible staff, after serving us drinks forced us to transfer to a plastic cup so they could clear up for closing, shortly after that told me to drink up and get out."
  • "Nice food but customer service is poor. Staff member who brought our food barely spoke to or acknowledged us."
  • "The staff was rude."
  • "Appaling customer service, we got a salad that was way too spicy, we simply asked for it to be remade and the manager said she can't offer a refund or for it to be remade."
  • "Terrible place. We sat outside, bought their drinks, but then were not allowed inside to use the toilet."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "One of my favorite places this side of London. Love the atmosphere, both during the day and night."
  • "Good, lively spot, in a former deadzone."
  • "Love the theme of rusty bikes. Really cool decor inside."
  • "one of my fave pubs to go and watch football, lots of screens and zones."
  • "The atmosphere? Absolutely effervescent a the staff are bubbling over with personality."
  • "This pub has an amazing atmosphere with great Thai Food too!"
  • "Great and lovely atmosphere, quick and good service."

Cons:

  • "The only thing that I would complain is the location, if you are sitting outside you are right in front of one of the busiest roads in town."
  • "The atmosphere was lacking. Unfortunately, this is probably due to the location (right on a busy street) which they can't change."
  • "The pub itself lacks atmosphere, although the outside bit is nice on a sunny day."
  • "We weren’t even allowed to stand up so clearly the table being used wasn’t the issue on this man’s mind."
  • "However be aware of the haunting, due to a child who died here whilst riding a rusty bike henceforth giving the pub it's fateful name."
  • "This place is peaceful during the day, but can be rowdy during the evening after work, especially match nights."
  • "However very rude and xenophobic bouncers."

Value

Pros:

  • "Great food and decently priced."
  • "Great selection of beers and added bonus of some tasty Thai food, too."
  • "Prices are quite good too. A cobra and an Aspall came to less than a tenner, so I was impressed by the reasonable price."
  • "Whole bill was under £40 for 2 people which considering we couldn’t even finish was more than fair."
  • "Food was very good and affordable, with drink selection also being varied and relatively affordable for London."
  • "Great selection of beers at a good price for the location."
  • "The food was excellent and the prices very reasonable."

Cons:

  • "The drinks are quite pricy."
  • "Yeah, prices have gone up in recent years, but where hasn't it?"
  • "One of those '50p charge under £10 if you pay by card' places."
  • "Just a bar with music but they charge £10 for the privilege."
  • "Beer is a little expensive without much option of a cheaper pint."
  • "He must be drunk or high at 1pm in the afternoon. I don't know why this guy is allowed to serve!!"
  • "WARNING!!! They do not write ingredients like FISH SAUCE and OYSTER SAUCE on the menu even though almost all of their food contains it!!!"

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