View Full Version : cheap bed for one night in/near Hackney (whatever a Hackney may be....)
chainsaw cat
28-01-2008, 01:13
moved from Suburban at a good suggestion.
Hello you Metropolitan sophisticates.
Being a hick I'm scared of getting ripped off in that London.
Can anyone recommend a cheap place to crash for one night in Hackney or nearby, next week? Also, somewhere to get very drunk on good ale.
Ta.
rutabowa
28-01-2008, 09:57
www.travelstay.com/pages/CityInnExpress.htm
what kind of pub? that hotel is very near the Dolphin that is open till 4am+.
chainsaw cat
28-01-2008, 12:40
A pub where the beer is good and I don't get attacked by anyone over 5 foot 6.
rutabowa
28-01-2008, 14:49
A pub where the beer is good and I don't get attacked by anyone over 5 foot 6.
hmm that rules the Dolphin out on both counts. the London Fields pub opposite the city inn has alright beer, v much a locals place but not unfriendly. tht Prince George on parkholme road has good beer, but gets v packed with lots of 20/30something media types + failed actors and writers etc (i guess some of them might not be failed) on weekend evenings. most pubs on mare street are fairly basic nothing special.
Proper ale is served properly in the Penbury Tavern. Non smoking before well before the smoking ban. A little pretentious but excellent and well kept selection of beer to choose. Nice food as well.
As for hotels round here, god only knows!!
braindancer
29-01-2008, 11:35
There's a hotel on Kingsland Road - the Rose Hotel - that's the only hotel I can ever recall seeing in Hackers.
God knows what it's like though...
There's a hotel on Kingsland Road - the Rose Hotel - that's the only hotel I can ever recall seeing in Hackers.
God knows what it's like though...
i know that place, looks a bit of a dump tbh:(
Holiday inn or travel lodge behind iceland on mare st, oppostie The Dolphin. :)
rutabowa
29-01-2008, 12:17
Holiday inn or travel lodge behind iceland on mare st, oppostie The Dolphin. :)
yeh taht's that City Inn that I linked to in earlier post. i seem to remember someone asking on here before and giving a good report, also the reviews on the link are good enough.
chainsaw cat
29-01-2008, 23:11
Thanks city slickers.
:)
I wouldn't go to mare st.
Surely some denzien of hackney can offer them a floor?
I wouldn't go to mare st.
why not?
loads of good places to drink. Pembury Tavern is good, there's also a Young's pub on Lea bridge, next to Millfields Park (very nice). If you walk a little further up the river you'll get to the amazing anchor and hope - a fantastic little pub, very cosy with good ales.
rutabowa
30-01-2008, 09:26
why not?
loads of good places to drink. Pembury Tavern is good, there's also a Young's pub on Lea bridge, next to Millfields Park (very nice). If you walk a little further up the river you'll get to the amazing anchor and hope - a fantastic little pub, very cosy with good ales.
none of those places are on mare street.
none of those places are on mare street.
pah, the pembury tavern is a stone's throw from it :p
what's that one nearish pizza hut - the prince albert? last valentines day they were doing free drinks for the ladeez :D
none of those places are on mare street.
biddles brothers is on mare street - has good music and bottled ale (slated for being m/c elsewhere on u75)
rutabowa
30-01-2008, 10:39
biddles brothers is on mare street - has good music and bottled ale (slated for being m/c elsewhere on u75)
no it's not it's on Lower Clapton Road! i was there last night it is not posh really, bit expensive tho and a dangerous world music tendency
dunno about one near pizza hut, not the Cock?
no it's not it's on Lower Clapton Road! i was there last night it is not posh really, bit expensive tho and a dangerous world music tendency
dunno about one near pizza hut, not the Cock?
nyargh, course it's on lower clapton road! silly me :D i get a bit confused, it's all the same road in my mind.
it may well be the cock. has free pool and sandwiches on the bar. that the one?
oh yeah and just to add support to those other's who've said it: the Dolphin's completely crap.
What's wrong with Mare Street? :hmm:
rutabowa
30-01-2008, 10:57
it may well be the cock. has free pool and sandwiches on the bar. that the one?
yeh i know the one, not totally sure it's called exactly that.
there's nothign exactly wrong with mare st but for some reason all the pubs on it are a bit grim, you can find much better if you go just a little bit off it (yeh the Pembury is good as mentioned.)
lighterthief
30-01-2008, 18:50
The Dove's ok for a Belgian beer or two, Cat and Mutton for trendies who like buying expensive drinks, the George on Wilton Way is OK, Pembury good as mentioned before, Pub on the Park ok but more of a summer pub, and of course the newly reopened Prince something or other on Forest Road needs further investigation.
Hotels: no idea!
yeh taht's that City Inn that I linked to in earlier post. i seem to remember someone asking on here before and giving a good report, also the reviews on the link are good enough.
Have friends and the family of friends that have stayed there and all is well.:)
I wouldn't go to mare st.
What the fuck would you actually know about Mare Street?:confused:
What's wrong with Mare Street? :hmm:
Nothing, he doesn't have a clue what he is talking about.;)
I wouldn't go to mare st. nowt wrong with the street:confused:
cat and mutton is shite, full of staff up their own arses imo, expensive food that is nowt special, rubbish service, not worth checking out, i'd go to the dove if i was drinking or eating on that street
cat and mutton is shite, full of staff up their own arses imo, expensive food that is nowt special, rubbish service, not worth checking out, i'd go to the dove if i was drinking or eating on that street
That street = Broadway Market.:)
The dolphin was fine as an after hours establishment, but after getting a mention in Hello mag by some Z listed celeb, its became 5 quid to get in on a Fri/Sat night. I told the bouncer that its a shit boozer and to charge for it is fucking nuts and have avoided it ever since. Went in last Friday night at 9 it was dead. HAH!
I went the other night and it was full of public school types with silly hair and very skinny jeans doing karaoke. We sat outside.
I don't see the appeal at all. When I went in there it just had the usual lagers on tap, wasn't cheap, and had a few shifty characters in an unotherwise dead pub. What's the point?
I don't see the appeal at all. When I went in there it just had the usual lagers on tap, wasn't cheap, and had a few shifty characters in an unotherwise dead pub. What's the point?
Very late license. That's about it! :)
Very late license. That's about it! :)
ah, i'll bear that in mind, thanks ;)
there are nicer pubs around with lock-ins though :)
ah, i'll bear that in mind, thanks ;)
there are nicer pubs around with lock-ins though :)
Yes but we are not telling the shoreditch-lovey-darling-crew about them. The Dolphin was like that before, see what happened!;)
Yes but we are not telling the shoreditch-lovey-darling-crew about them. The Dolphin was like that before, see what happened!;)
:mad::hmm:
That street = Broadway Market.:)
it's a street that dare not speak it's name
chainsaw cat
03-02-2008, 01:05
Jesus, I was only after a few tips for a nice pint.... didn't mean to start a big handbagging....
:)
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