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Inside, the decor is quite smart but not overly posh; it definitely feels like a pub rather than a restaurant. There are a couple of leather sofas, a pool table, and a beer garden out the back. A sign on the wall warns that no children are allowed in the pub after 7pm. Free wireless internet is available (no password; just connect to the Lord Nelson network).
Inside, the decor is quite smart but not overly posh; it definitely feels like a pub rather than a restaurant. There are a couple of leather sofas, a pool table, and a beer garden out the back. A sign on the wall warns that no children are allowed in the pub after 7pm.
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As well as the normal menu, roast lunch is available on Sundays; there's a choice of beef or lamb, it comes with all the trimmings, and it costs £9. They also do daily specials.
As well as the normal menu, roast lunch is available on Sundays; there's a choice of beef or lamb, it comes with all the trimmings, and it costs £9.
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[[Kake]]'s vegetable tagine (£7) <small>([http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/1018893842/ photo])</small> turned out to be a tomato-based stew involving root vegetables, spinach, and chickpeas. It was far too sweet, but it wasn't inedible — I just wouldn't order it again. Noodles said his Sunday lunch wasn't bad. Kami liked his steak and kidney pudding (£9 — may only be available on Sundays) apart from the rather tough suet pastry; he gave it extra points for the nice rich gravy inside and the additional jug of gravy that accompanied it. The broad beans that came with it were rather overcooked.
Vegetable tagine (£7) <small>([http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/1018893842/ photo])</small> turned out to be a tomato-based stew involving root vegetables, spinach, and chickpeas. It was far too sweet, but it wasn't inedible — I just wouldn't order it again. Noodles said his Sunday lunch wasn't bad. Kami liked his steak and kidney pudding (£9 — may only be available on Sundays) apart from the rather tough suet pastry; he gave it extra points for the nice rich gravy inside and the additional jug of gravy that accompanied it. The broad beans that came with it were rather overcooked.
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Overall: certainly a decent pub, and decent food prices too. Worth a special journey? Possibly not. But definitely worth checking out if you're in the area.

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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], Noodles, and Kami, 5 August 2007. Food prices and times taken from menu in pub, 5 August 2007. Opening times taken from the Lord Nelson website, August 2007.</div>
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], Noodles, and Kami, 5 August 2007.</div>
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summary='Nice enough pub at the south end of the Isle of Dogs.' summary='Nice enough pub at the south end of the Isle of Dogs.'
website='[http://www.thenelsonisleofdogs.co.uk/home.html thenelsonisleofdogs.co.uk]'
summary='Nice enough pub at the south end of the Isle of Dogs.' website='[http://www.thenelsonisleofdogs.co.uk/home.html thenelsonisleofdogs.co.uk]'

Nice enough pub at the south end of the Isle of Dogs.

Inside, the decor is quite smart but not overly posh; it definitely feels like a pub rather than a restaurant. There are a couple of leather sofas, a pool table, and a beer garden out the back. A sign on the wall warns that no children are allowed in the pub after 7pm.

The only real ale is Bombardier (£2.90/pint).

Food is served noon–2:30pm and 6pm-9pm Tue–Fri; noon–3pm and 6pm–9pm Sat; and noon–3:30pm Sun. (A snack menu is available on Mondays.)

Starters/light bites cost between £4 (soup of the day; garlic bread; tempura vegetables) and £5 (prawn cocktail; whitebait; tempura king prawns; mussels). Chips are £2 or £2.75, and you can have cheese or curry sauce on them if you like (the price then rises to £3.25). Baguettes come in white or brown, and cost between £4 (sausage and onion, tuna and cucumber, or cheese and onion) and £7 (steak and onion).

Mains are between £7 (beefburger; omelette with your choice of filling; all-day breakfast) and £12 (rib-eye steak). Vegetarian options marked on the menu are vegetarian shepherd's pie and Thai vegetable curry, both £8. (Not sure why the omelette and the vegetable tagine aren't marked as vegetarian.) Desserts all cost £3.45, and include chocolate pudding, apple crumble, and orange and grapefruit sorbet. Cheese and biscuits is £8.

As well as the normal menu, roast lunch is available on Sundays; there's a choice of beef or lamb, it comes with all the trimmings, and it costs £9.

We visited on a Sunday lunchtime; there weren't many customers but it didn't feel empty. The three of us ordered lunch; unfortunately it turned out that there was a problem with the printer meaning that the kitchen didn't receive the third order. Eventually we asked what was going on, there was a small kerfuffle, and the third meal finally turned up shortly after the other two of us had finished eating.

Vegetable tagine (£7) (photo) turned out to be a tomato-based stew involving root vegetables, spinach, and chickpeas. It was far too sweet, but it wasn't inedible — I just wouldn't order it again. Noodles said his Sunday lunch wasn't bad. Kami liked his steak and kidney pudding (£9 — may only be available on Sundays) apart from the rather tough suet pastry; he gave it extra points for the nice rich gravy inside and the additional jug of gravy that accompanied it. The broad beans that came with it were rather overcooked.

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Last visited by Kake, Noodles, and Kami, 5 August 2007.

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