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| McMullen pub in [[Locale Chingford|Chingford]]. |
Good Beer Guide pub in Chingford. |
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Separate bar side and lounge side. The lounge side is quite nice in a dark wood kind of way. The front part has some comfy chairs (sofa style), and the back part has a raised dining area with bare floorboards at front and carpet at back. There's a fairly large patio-style beer garden out the back of the pub, with a couple of space heaters. |
The 2008 Good Beer Guide says they have bar billards! Also that food is served noon-9pm every day, children are allowed until 9:30pm, and quiz night is Sunday. |
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[[Kake]] visited on a Wednesday lunchtime and sat in the lounge side. There were only a few people in, mostly in pairs. I had McMullen AK at £2.44/pint; they also had a couple of other McMullens available — including Saracen's Premium Bitter, which I don't think I've seen elsewhere, though I've only been in four McMullen pubs ever. Piped music was easy listening/MOR piped music, but quiet enough to mostly ignore; there was actually some vaguely decent stuff (e.g. Ticket To Ride) randomly mixed in too. |
See also: * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/7718/ Beer in the Evening comments] * [http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub3236.html Fancy A Pint review] |
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I ordered the roast vegetable and Wensleydale crumble (£9) <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2078456747/ photo]</small>; it was well-flavoured, with nice chunks of cheese and a well-seasoned sauce, but the parsnips and red onions were undercooked. (The other vegetables involved were potatoes and carrots, which were fine, albeit not very roasted). There was too much onion in both the crumble and the salad. I also found three actual parsnip peelings in amongst the other veg. Salad wasn't dressed properly — just a drizzle of over-sweet vinaigrette over the top — but then what pub salad ever is? At this price though, a bit more care wouldn't go amiss. |
<div class="last_verified">Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide.</div> |
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Food is served noon-9pm Mon-Sat and noon-8pm Sun. |
Comment added by Kake: McMullen AK 2.44/pint. Roast vegetable and Wensleydale crumble 9 quid. Smaller portions available for some dishes. 8oz rump steak and fries 5 quid. Guest beer was Saracens (or is this McMullens too?). |
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Smaller portions available for some dishes. 8oz rump steak and fries 5 quid. |
Separate bar side and lounge side. Lounge side is quite nice in a dark wood kind of way. Some comfy chairs (sofa style) at front. Raised dining area at back with bare floorboards at front and carpet at back. Easy listening/MOR piped music, but quiet enough to mostly ignore. Oh, they just randomly started playing Ticket To Ride. Only a few people in on a Tuesday lunchtime, mostly in pairs. |
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The 2008 Good Beer Guide says they have bar billards! Also that children are allowed until 9:30pm, and quiz night is Sunday. (Can't confirm the presence of bar billiards, since I was in the lounge side and it'd be in the bar side.) |
Fairly large patio-style beer garden out the back, with a couple of space heaters. |
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See also: * [http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/sets/72157603351215981/ Kake's photos of the full menu] * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/7718/ Beer in the Evening comments] * [http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub3236.html Fancyapint review] <div class="last_verified">Opening hours and food times taken from sign outside pub, November 2007. Last visited by [[Kake]], 28 November 2007.</div> |
Veg crumble was well-flavoured, with nice chunks of cheese and a well-seasoned sauce, but the parsnips and red onions were undercooked. Potatoes and carrots OK. Too much onion in both the crumble and the salad. I also found three actual parsnip peelings in amongst the other veg. Salad wasn't dressed properly - just a drizzle of over-sweet vinaigrette over the top - but then what pub salad ever is? At this price though, a bit more care wouldn't go amiss. |
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summary='McMullen pub in Chingford.' website='' website='http://www.mcmullens.co.uk/search_details.php?pubID=131' |
summary='Good Beer Guide pub in Chingford.' website='' website='http://www.mcmullens.co.uk/search_details.php?pubID=131' |
Good Beer Guide pub in Chingford.
The 2008 Good Beer Guide says they have bar billards! Also that food is served noon-9pm every day, children are allowed until 9:30pm, and quiz night is Sunday.
See also:
Opening hours taken from the 2008 Good Beer Guide.
Comment added by Kake: McMullen AK 2.44/pint. Roast vegetable and Wensleydale crumble 9 quid. Smaller portions available for some dishes. 8oz rump steak and fries 5 quid. Guest beer was Saracens (or is this McMullens too?).
Separate bar side and lounge side. Lounge side is quite nice in a dark wood kind of way. Some comfy chairs (sofa style) at front. Raised dining area at back with bare floorboards at front and carpet at back. Easy listening/MOR piped music, but quiet enough to mostly ignore. Oh, they just randomly started playing Ticket To Ride. Only a few people in on a Tuesday lunchtime, mostly in pairs.
Fairly large patio-style beer garden out the back, with a couple of space heaters.
Veg crumble was well-flavoured, with nice chunks of cheese and a well-seasoned sauce, but the parsnips and red onions were undercooked. Potatoes and carrots OK. Too much onion in both the crumble and the salad. I also found three actual parsnip peelings in amongst the other veg. Salad wasn't dressed properly - just a drizzle of over-sweet vinaigrette over the top - but then what pub salad ever is? At this price though, a bit more care wouldn't go amiss.
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