Historical version 8 of King Edward VII, E15 4BQ (view current version)

Good Beer Guide pub near Stratford Station, offering guest beers and interesting food. Also known as "King Eddie's".

Kake and James visited late on a Monday evening. The place was quite full but we managed to grab a table in the back room (the front part looks quite small but the back room, which is accessed via a couple of steps up to the left of the bar, is bigger photo).

There were a number of interesting beers on, all at £2.60 or £2.70/pint; Nethergate Suffolk County, Bombardier, Woodforde Wherry, and Nelson Trafalgar. The Trafalgar was very tasty. Background music was reasonably interesting, and just on the right side of "too loud".

Food is served noon-10pm Mon-Sat; noon-9pm Sun. The menu is small, and although it does include some pub staples such as sausages and mash with onion gravy (£7.75) and beer battered fish and chips with tartare sauce (£8), it also has a number of more interesting dishes such as crab on toast (£6.50), brie and spinach spring roll with mushroom ragu (£9), and Spanish-style fish stew with mussels, clams, and tomato (£11). The menu changes regularly but a sample menu can be viewed on the King Edward website or on Kake's Flickr photo. (We didn't try the food on this occasion, having already eaten elsewhere.)

There's a beer garden out the back. Pub quiz is on Sunday night, and there's an open mic almost every Thursday (but not every Thursday - call ahead to check).

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Last visited by Kake and James, 17 March 2008. Food and beer prices taken from menu on that visit. Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide and verified with the King Edward website, September 2007. Food times taken from the King Edward website, September 2007.
OS X co-ord: 538979 OS Y co-ord: 184356 (Latitude: 51.540490 Longitude: 0.004273)
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