Historical version 8 of Britannia, IG11 8PR (view current version)
- 1 Church Road, IG11 8PR (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- 11am-3pm, 5pm-11pm Mon-Fri; noon-11pm Sat-Sun
Young's pub in Barking, in the Good Beer Guide. Food served lunchtimes except Saturdays.
Kake visited on a Thursday afternoon; it was pretty empty apart from a couple of locals. Locals and barmaid alike seemed confused by my presence I suppose I was pretty weird in context, being a woman on her own drinking in the public bar of an out-of-town pub in the afternoon. Three real ales: Young's Bitter (I think), Young's Special, and Wells Bombardier. The Special was £2.51/pint, and there was nothing wrong with it.
The public bar has a pool table, and a flatscreen TV, which was showing football but not loudly. I didn't go in the saloon bar, but the interweb says it has a piano.
Not sure it's worth a journey, but if you're in the area it's probably worth checking out. Certainly can't argue with the prices.