Gun

Pub Details

Address
27 Cold Harbour
Isle of Dogs
London
E14 9NS
Telephone
(020) 7515 5222
Opening Times
Weekdays
11am - midnight (11pm Sun)

Location

Good Pub Guide Recommended

Top-notch gastropub, pricey but worth it, great views from the riverside terrace, plenty of character and history, well chosen wines There is a terrific long narrow terrace behind this busy riverside pub, with uninterrupted views of the Dome across a broad sweep of the Thames. Heaters and huge umbrellas make it welcoming even on cooler days. Inside, crisp white walls and smart white tablecloths and napkins on tables at one end of the front bar contrast strikingly with dark wood floors and the black wood counter and back bar with its row of red stools. Towards the terrace is a busy flagstoned bar for drinkers, with antique guns on the wall, and no tables, just a large barrel in the centre of the room. It shares a warm log fire in winter with a cosy red-painted room next door, which has comfy leather sofas and armchairs, a stuffed boar's head, some modern prints, well stocked bookshelves and views on to the terrace. Friendly aproned staff serve three real ales such as Adnams, Fullers London Pride and Greene King Abbot and a good choice of wines. There's a relaxed chatty atmosphere throughout. On summer days, they open up another terrace as a portuguese barbecue; piped music. They may occasionally close the pub on Saturdays for weddings, and will keep your credit card if you are sitting on the terrace and want to run a tab.

Licensee information

Licensee name
Ed and Tom Martin
Free house

Good Pub Guide Food

You can eat from both the bar and restaurant menu in the bar so there is a good choice of dishes, starting with oysters, devilled whitebait, steak or fish finger sandwich, macaroni cheese and shepherd's pie from the bar menu, moving up to braised beef and ox tongue soup with roast marrow bone, crispy pork belly with snails, garlic and peppered chicory, mushroom and spinach pasty, smoked haddock and salmon fishcake with poached egg and chive butter sauce, braised sweetbreads with morels and veal jus, and well hung black angus rib-eye steak with béarnaise sauce from the restaurant menu.

Bar food times: 12 - 3 (4 Sat, Sun) , 6 - 10.30 (9.30 Sun)

Good Pub Information

Rating

  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Rating: 3/5 (355 votes cast)

Reader Comments

Fender77

Wednesday 06 July 2011 3:50:47 pm

The above Good Pub Guide summary is a good one. Excellent food, great views and a characterful interior. Book ahead if you want to eat in the "restaurant" area as is always busy. Minor criticisms would be that it could do with a slightly wider choice of real ales and a little more seating. Not the easiest place to get to but worth the trip.