Pub On The Park Reviews Summary

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "A Hackney institution. The ambiance is truly amazing."
• "The location is fantastic and the outside spaces are wonderful. I've been going on and off for years so really like the place."
• "The outdoor looks out on the park and is great in the summer."
• "Pleasant location with friendly service."
• "Lovely traditional pub by the park. Great place to stop by for lunch on the terrace on the weekend."
• "Right on London Fields with huge amounts of outdoor space and seating, perfect summer venue!"
• "Pub with huge outside terraces overlooking London Fields."

Cons:

• "Was a great pub but unfortunately become too popular and the long queues at the bar along with the constant full capacity stagnant atmosphere makes it a terrible venue in 2020."
• "Visited here on a very hot and sticky Friday night. A little too rough around the edges for me, sticky floors and tacky surfaces."
• "No concern for neighbours or the pandemic with the lack of social distancing and constant loud volume incredibly late at night."
• "Management incapable of stopping their drunks from blocking the pavement."
• "They ram this place full and there is a constant queue for toilets and bar."
• "Never been in here and never will, management incapable of stopping their drunks from blocking the pavement."
• "If you are disabled this is the last place to go to have any drinks, toilets are downstairs and the steps are so difficult to manage..."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "A fare of burgers and hot dogs both carnivorous and veg based to keep those on solids happy."
• "Food is very good, buffalo chicken burger has become my go-to."
• "Great place to head to if you want some classic american smokehouse food and a good dance."
• "Food is good- the jerk chicken dish is really nice as well as your usual burgers etc..."
• "Really good staff and burger was good."
• "Food is really good with great vegan offerings."
• "Ordered the Caesar salad and some fries, so good for the price! Huge portions, and the salad was so yummy."

Cons:

• "Great venue and vibe, however the food was not good."
• "Beef Burguers were overdone almost burned, very disappointing."
• "Got our order wrong, everything was extremely bland, very rare that I don't finish food, just wasn't worth eating."
• "Unfortunately the food was a disappointment. A smoked brisket should be lush and soft, but this was hard and massively salty."
• "The food however is awful, especially the vegan food we tried."
• "They were served to us FRIDGE COLD although this was not specified in the menu and the taste was awful."
• "Burger was disappointing but you wouldn’t be too displeased if you were hungry."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Bar staff are stunning too. Mucho mucho amore x"
• "They were happy to reserve me a large area in front of the outside TV."
• "Tom was an absolute legend, Edie was great."
• "The staff were really helpful and accommodating - food and drink were rated 5/5 by my neighbour."
• "The staffs super attentive and very helpful, sweet."
• "Friendly staff too."
• "Really impressed with how quick and efficient the table service was. Super speedy, friendly staff!"

Cons:

• "The staff... Some only seem to be able to conjure up one word answers to questions and can be a little abrasive."
• "Nice location, not that well run, increasingly crap and insipid beer selection."
• "Lively place, overfull really. Bar staff proficient and friendly, but the wait and queues were really frustrating."
• "Hi there Lucas AKA bar manager thank you so much for making us wait 40 minutes for our order and when we ask for your help told us that you won't refund us and there is nothing you can do to help even though we never received our order!"
• "Service was shocking, 2 or 3 people behind the bar and only one of them was actually serving and they only took cash."
• "I was apart of the sporting fans who were there last night. Staff were rude and arrogant."
• "Appalling new management. Rude, with a big helping of not-my-problem attitude on top."

Atmosphere and Experience

Pros:

• "This is a great pub."
• "Shows the football every weekend on inside TVs and has a good atmosphere."
• "Amazing for the rugby. Incredible atmosphere with plenty of screens that are well positioned to not break up the room but fully visible for the majority."
• "Great spot. If you get there around 12 you can have the pick of the pub."
• "An ideal summer drinking spot, with its massive veranda overlooking the park."
• "Outdoor seating area had entertainment screens for those who love to watch a game of football."
• "Great local East London pub with a massive outdoor deck that is both open and covered...bbq in the summer months, cozy upstairs lounge."

Cons:

• "Big destination pub, very loud rowdy and busy, and predictable ‘dad rock’ playing."
• "Can get pretty crowded, you're definitely not guaranteed a table."
• "They ram this place full and there is a constant queue for toilets and bar."
• "The only thing I can complain about was the slow service at the bar."
• "If you want to be engulfed in a miasma of existential crises, this place is for you."
• "Great location however it seems that this has gone to managements head."
• "When people are to watch f1 on a Sunday knock off the dj nobody wants to hear oonts oonts music at full volume on a Sunday night."