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| [[Category Fuller's Ale And Pie Houses|Fuller's Ale and Pie House]] near [[Liverpool Street Station]]. Note that it's closed on weekends, like most City pubs. |
Fuller's pub near Liverpool Street Station, in the Good Beer Guide. Note that it's closed on weekends, like most City pubs. |
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It offers the full Fuller's range including seasonals. London Pride £2.90/pint (as of January 2008); Gales Seafarer (guest ale in September 2007) £2.85/pint. |
Full Fuller's range including seasonals. London Pride £2.90/pint; Gales Seafarer (guest ale) £2.85/pint. |
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[[Kake]] first visited on a Thursday evening in September 2007. It was quite quiet for a pub so close to a mainline station, but in a good way (no struggle for a table, but not echoingly empty). The good weather probably helped though, as there were a number of people standing outside. The music was extremely cheesy - and not in a good way - and loud enough to slightly impede conversation. |
Food served until 9pm every day, according to the 2008 Good Beer Guide. We tried the chips, which were to [[Kake]]'s taste but not [[Martin]]'s, and gained points for having the skin left on but lost them again for being pre-salted. |
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[[pfig]] visited again a week later; the music was very good this time, and not too loud, unlike the previous week. It was mostly indie pop and electronica, quite a good selection of both. The beers drunk on this occasion were: Grolsch (very good, but then again that's easy); Discovery, which was a bit of a let down as it was plainly flat and too warm; and London Pride and (bottled) London Porter, which were excellent. I drank mostly Bitburger Drive, which I think is the best of the alcohol-free beer-like beverages, managing not to taste of chemicals but instead like a light lager. I'm mentioning it because it's becoming more difficult to find. |
We visited on a Thursday evening. It was quite quiet for a pub so close to a mainline station, but in a good way (no struggle for a table, but not echoingly empty). The good weather probably helped though, as there were a number of people standing outside. The music was extremely cheesy (and not in a good way) and loud enough to slightly impede conversation. |
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Good food is served all day (until 9pm, according to the 2008 Good Beer Guide). It's not cheap, but that's fairly standard for the area. They offer a varied and interesting regular menu as well as frequently-changing specials. Only a few vegetarian choices, but they've all had some thought put into them. |
They have a function room with a big screen. |
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Lumberjack chips (£2.75), sampled in September 2007, were to [[Kake]]'s taste but not [[Martin]]'s, and gained points for having the skin left on but lost them again for being pre-salted <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/1403338266/ photo]</small>. Food sampled by [[pfig]] and friends a week later was: warm goat's cheese & pomegranate salad (3/5); game, port & plum pie (5/5); chicken, ham & spinach pie (4/5); and the vegetarian winter herb garden pie (4/5). |
Although there are three steps up to get into the pub, they have made an effort to overcome this problem by putting in a lift to get wheelchairs etc up from street level, and there is a disabled loo. Once you're in the pub, it's all on one level. |
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We tried a couple of dishes from the specials menu on our latest visit (January 2008). Greg had the sausage toad (a large Yorkshire pudding filled with mash, sausages, and gravy); he rated it quite highly, and it was a very generous portion <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/slayeh/2199095541/ photo]</small>, while [[Kake]]'s mushroom, blue cheese, and hazelnut parcel (£9.25) was quite excellent <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/slayeh/2199298895/ photo]</small>. Other examples from the regular menu include soup of the day £4; brie, grape, and celery sandwich £4.75; nachos £6; sausage and mash (veggie option available) £8.75; lemon chicken and courgette salad £9.25; steak and ESB pie £8.50. They also offer sharing plates for two (from 5pm-9pm), including a pie tasting plate at £16. (Photos of the menu as of September 2007 are available [http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/sets/72157602068061659/ here].) Accessibility: Although there are three steps up to get into the pub, they have made an effort to overcome this problem by putting in a lift to get wheelchairs etc up from street level, and there is a disabled loo. Once you're in the pub, it's all on one level. They have a bookable function room, with a big screen. The function room is downstairs near the toilets. Unfortunately, as of January 2009, they're asking for a £100 deposit for use of the function room. They will also reserve space in the main pub, and there's an area up a few steps past the end of the bar which was reserved on an October 2009 visit (they allowed us to sit there erroneously, but were gracious in finding us another table in the busy pub for relocating to when the bar staff realised their error). See also: * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/4862/ Beer In The Evening comments] * [http://fancyapint.com/pub/785 Fancyapint review] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[bob]], [[Ewan]], etc, 22 October 2009. Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide. Sample food prices taken from menu in pub, 13 September 2007. Function room deposit info learned over the phone by [[Kake]], January 2009.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Bob]], [[Adam]], [[Billy]], [[pfig]], [[Martin]], etc, 13 September 2007. Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide.</div> |
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summary='Fuller's pub near Liverpool Street Station, in the Good Beer Guide.'
summary='Fuller's pub near Liverpool Street Station.' website='http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=4&itemid=274&task=View' |
summary='Fuller's pub near Liverpool Street Station, in the Good Beer Guide.' website='http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=4&itemid=274&task=View' |
Fuller's pub near Liverpool Street Station, in the Good Beer Guide. Note that it's closed on weekends, like most City pubs.
Full Fuller's range including seasonals. London Pride £2.90/pint; Gales Seafarer (guest ale) £2.85/pint.
Food served until 9pm every day, according to the 2008 Good Beer Guide. We tried the chips, which were to Kake's taste but not Martin's, and gained points for having the skin left on but lost them again for being pre-salted.
We visited on a Thursday evening. It was quite quiet for a pub so close to a mainline station, but in a good way (no struggle for a table, but not echoingly empty). The good weather probably helped though, as there were a number of people standing outside. The music was extremely cheesy (and not in a good way) and loud enough to slightly impede conversation.
They have a function room with a big screen.
Although there are three steps up to get into the pub, they have made an effort to overcome this problem by putting in a lift to get wheelchairs etc up from street level, and there is a disabled loo. Once you're in the pub, it's all on one level.
Last visited by Kake, Bob, Adam, Billy, pfig, Martin, etc, 13 September 2007. Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide.
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