The Talbot - Hackney

Average roast with surprisingly expensive non alcoholic drinks £4 for a pint of lime and soda? £1 more would have got me a beer… . Roast was luke warm and no one came to check on us seated upstairs if they had I would’ve asked for it to have been microwaved. Pub itself wasn’t very warm with several people sat in coats and scarves. Atmosphere upstairs was completely taken over by a rowdy table screaming. Maybe downstairs on a non Sunday roast day would be better.

The prices here are shocking, so we were expecting something superb. Unfortunately, it is in no way that. The wait staff and bartenders all seemed grumpy. Maybe they all had a rough night, but the service was not great. And the food was very hit or miss. The tomato salad was lovely, but the chicken burger was dry and tasteless and the chips were from Iceland. Others at our table said the steak was awful. Maybe this place was great in 2020, but our seems to have since gone downhill under new ownership. You’ll find better value elsewhere.

The pub looks quite nice and from what I have heard the food is quite good and I suppose that it would be possible to have a good experience there if it weren’t for their extremely rude staff.

Nice evening here last night Food was ok but nothing special chicken burger a bit over cooked Sharing board was really good Service amazing

I'm so glad this is right around the corner! A great pub with awesome food and friendly bartenders, especially James!