Railway Tavern

Came for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. Football on TV in a lively pub is always fun.
You need to order from the bar as there isn't full table service. The fish and chips were good. My husband was happy that the peas were left as is and not mashed. Bonus for that. The Sunday roast...skip it. The best part of the meal was the side of veggies. Two of the three veggies were good (carrots and cheese covered cauliflower) the cabbage was oddly dry and under seasoned. Everything else was just over cooked, bland, and, just not what I had hoped for. Beef was grey, dry, tough and unappetizing. The potatoes were overcooked and had the grainy texture from such. It's pretty bad when I don't finish my potatoes. I didn't finish my potatoes. The gravy was oddly sour tasting and didn't add to the meal; just confirmed I should stop eating it. The Yorkshire pudding was dreadful- dry, crunchy, bland. The food at other tables looked good and people seems to be enjoying it. Doubt I would go back though.

Eh. It's nice because it's close the railway. Skip the food here. The pints are ok but it's right next to a rail station so it serves its dues.
Locals come to this watering hole for wait for trains or just sit around

This pub was absolutely terrible. In fact there was nothing that made this place appealing at all, which makes it a bit of a shame that I randomly picked this place to have a drink at at Liverpool Street Station (I believe there are a couple of other pubs nearby). The beer was horrible, the pub itself was horrible (and the weather outside was horrible as well, but that isn't the pubs fault). Basically this place simply seemed to be one of those pubs that basically exist for people to have a drink at while they are waiting for their train, despite the fact that it isn't even located inside the railway station, but rather just across the road from it. In the end I sort of regret coming here and wished I visited the one across the road instead, but then again if I hadn't actually visited this pub I wouldn't have known how bad it actually was.

Let me begin my saying I'm an American and so locals should view my review through the prism of "non local guy reviewing food he thinks he understands or doesn't but thinks the internet should have his opinion." With that caveat out of the way, I began chasing steak and ale pies around London six or seven years ago, am in London several times a year for work, and know what I like.

I really enjoyed the beef and ale pie at the Railway Tavern. For me, the best part of the pie is that it's entirely encased in real pie crust rather than being served in a baking dish topped in puff pastry like some places, and the meat and gravy were tender and savory. A couple bites of connective tissue served as the only distraction in an otherwise perfectly executed pie experience. Served with really nicely done chips (steak fries), English peas, and an additional bowl of gravy, this was the home run pie lunch I desired.

The other members of my party ordered other food they said they enjoyed but it was nothing to include in the review (a hot dog and some kind of chicken and salad) as I didn't sample them. If you're looking for decent pub fare around Liverpool Street station, you'll not be disappointed.

Stopped in here during the Easter weekend on a pub crawl. It was pretty slow with the holiday weekend and the street out front closed for repair. The service was decent. For me, the selection was pretty good. It was nice to see some US bottled beers available for those home sick. It is right across from Liverpool station so those waiting for a train or arriving and craving a drink, it is an easy visit.

A couple friends and I stopped in for a bite to eat and a few pints. Not a bad place, and it is conveniently located right next to the Underground. Food was good and the beer was cold....a bit crowded but that may just have been due to a game being on. It's worth checking out, enjoy a pint!

For a pub, one would expect that making pub-food would be easy and tasty..

But, alas, the burger had no flavor at all and was extremely over cooked... What a shame.

Fries were good but not enough to get me to come back..

Overall the place looked more inviting from the outside and the inside was dirty and sticky. We came around 14:30 and were not allowed to order food in the engine room which was a bummer since it looked very inviting. Oh well..

The railway tavern is usually my second choice pub for this area after dirty dicks. Again, it has the advantage of a good size with 4 large rooms to choose from. Paddyman's inside tip is to head straight upstairs to the top bar to get a seat and a quieter bar.


Often busy, the railway tavern also does a gastro pub menu. I took my partner there and my companions on a separate occasion. my partner and I chose to have a roast, which I thought would be bread and butter to a pub, but I have never been offered such a limp affair as the 'roast' that was put before me at the Railway tavern. This was a couple of months ago, but I remember well the defeated carrots, the sodden yorkshire pudding, the veteran beef and the dry lumpen broccoli like it was yesterday. That said, I have eaten fish and chips etc. and for pub grub I have had worse. So paddyman's verdict: avoid the roast! Service on the food was reasonable, but only just.


Apart from this, the railway tavern boasts good sports screens and a lively more diverse clientele than other pubs around the area. It seems a bit of a working man's refuge from the surrounding area's city worker vibe. Paddyman's verdict....good for a quick one, staff are friendly, often busy in the main bar and with hit and miss grub.

Good food! Ordered fish and chips and it was very huge!! And cheaper than most pubs that I went to. Ordered a half pint, was as expected. Five stars because it was a busy pub but laid back and also the bartender, Naomi I think, was very very friendly

Nice pub this, always get served very quickly which I can't say of other pubs in the vicinity.

The summer is fun standing outside the pub with your pint on a window sill watching the people go by. Handy too for the train stations. Doesn't get 5 stars because I don't really like the high stools and there's not much other seating available.