The Hemingway

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   Daniel

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great little boozer with tasty grub Went for a staff Christmas meal - lovely place
   

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   Thomas

   London

   8 reviews

   2.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on 8 December 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   The place was in disarray. Apparently lots of staff rang in sick, and the temporary staff had no idea what they were doing. They completely forgot to put my order through, so by the time my main came, the rest of my party had finished. And when the bill came, we were told we were unable to split by amount (??!!) which is pretty standard practice. I felt bad for the few regular staff who were trying to steady the ship. The quality of the food wasn't great either, a friend had a veggie roast and their gravy was vegetable soup - not gravy. I asked for the missed meal to be removed from the bill, and they offered 50% off my main. I refused and they removed the whole main from the bill. Could genuinely have been one off due to staff sickness, but the whole afternoon was a bit of a wash out, mainly because of the service.
   

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   suzanne

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 6 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Very loud in the back area. Food & service was very good.
   

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   Elena

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 1 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was an incredible pork belly roast, highly recommend
   

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   Claire

   London

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 24 November 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was ok - roast beef cooked really nicely but rest was fairly average. We got the cocktail sausages which were undercooked. Service wasn’t great - very hands off.
   

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   Paul

   VIP

   London

   42 reviews

   3.0

   42 reviews

   Dined on 16 November 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   It’s a great pub but choose your days, it was busy and this means service and timings are stretched. Food was excellent to be fair but staff are pushed.
   

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   Ronaldo

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 10 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great Sunday roast! Thoroughly enjoyed pints of Five Points XPA too. Will be back
   

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   Rebecca

   London

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 3 November 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Roast was disappointing, ingredients were cheap, meat and potatoes were overcook and Yorkie was dripping in fat. Won’t be coming again for the roast but would try the other food as atmosphere and staff are great
   

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   Yasuko

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 2 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Well trained waiters, good service and tasty food. We had fun time for my daughter's 18 birthday. Thank you,
   

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    Arancha

    London

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 27 October 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    We love the Hemmingway, it’s our local pub and we have Sunday roast whenever we can. The roast is fantastic, one of the best in Hackney, everything is cooked nicely. The service is amazing. However, today we were really disappointed. The plates used to come so full of food, meat, vegetables, potatoes, that it made it look small for so much food. Today, there were just a few vegetables, really little quantity; some of us ordered the beef, and there was not enough meat. The kids menu was even worse. It has two really tiny pieces of meat, I had to give my child some of mine be abuse it just wasn’t enough. I was so surprised to see the plate with less food. The chicken roast was delicious too, just not as many vegetables as it used to have. It’s a shame, because it used to be one of the best quality/quantity/ value Sunday roast in the area, and it is not anymore.
    

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