The Talbot in Hackney

Lovely place and staff but the roast didn’t really hit the marks, especially the beef which was flavourless and dry.

Bad roast. I’ve been coming to the talbot for years for a roast and it’s always been consistently brilliant. I went recently under what seems new management/chef and the roast was awful. It was cold, small portion, soggy pork belly (not crispy), watery gravy and undercooked veg. Nice pub though, service and atmosphere was fine.

Excellent chef, good breakfast and dinners done with style. Fully recommended if you go by car to Ripley.

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.

Pub looks great. Nice atmosphere in there and the food was delicious.

Might be the best pub food I’ve ever had! Absolutely lovely staff and a great selection of drinks. Making it my new go-to pub in the area.

not sure what happened here, it used to be a great gastropub with amazing food options. now the quality has terribly downgraded to the point it is a regular pub with not even the option to choose how cooked you want your hamburger. the staff is nice and polite but unhelpful

Staff are really welcoming and friendly, they are also very helpful if you need help with something or feel uncomfortable

Satifactory but a bit expensive they also added a service charge which I didn’t notice until I got home , I would have asked them to remove it had I seen it The food was very average, The drinks were really expensive The atmosphere was lively but a bit to loud to enjoy eating.

Bit of a random pub. Does the trick!

Really enjoyed their Sunday roast; the upstairs dining room is excellent and the outdoor roof terrace is great. Service was very good. Dog friendly too!

Nice place, on a quiet street. Very nice food and cocktails. The music was a little too loud for social conversation. Would have been nice to keep the quiet residential atmosphere inside as well.

Once again popped into the Talbot for a roast. Amazing as ever!! Lovely atmosphere and the team are friendly and helpful. Perfect place to sit in the sun with a absolutely fab roast and of course a few cocktails 🍸 😋

I took my family here today who are visiting from outside of London and had an amazing meal. I'm a vegetarian and can be quite fussy - Jay who took my order at the bar was really helpful on working out what would be best for me to eat. And she was right! Both me and the carnivores in my party really enjoyed the sunday roast and the service was great from start to finish. The place also has a warm and inviting atmosphere as well as some killer cocktails - I'll definitely be back

Nice sunny spot, pity you can't sit and enjoy the sun. Really rude staff and bad atmosphere radiating off all of them. Go to the Hunter S or Rosemary Branch if you want good service from nice people.

We used to go to Talbot for years and it used to be a cool place with good roast. As always we walked in today and we had a very terrible experience with one of the waitress. She was very rude, if this is the attitude, better to chose another career. If you look for a roast and a good behavior you wanna probably go somewhere else instead.

Very lovely pub with an amazing service and great food. The vegan options were really good. We came for ours dad’s birthday and had a great time. Definitely worth a visit :)

Great food, good beer, friendly staff and nice vibe! Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating.

Visited The Talbot for their Sunday roast. I ordered the pork belly and a friend ordered the beef. Perfect portions, great value for cost, and absolutely delicious gravy!

Had a couple of pints here, such a relaxing place with friendly atmosphere

Brilliant service you definitely need to book a table on a Sunday as it was busy but the staff still managed to seat us table for 2 food was great !

Seating outside is perfect breeze when summer, there is also upstairs outdoor. Drinks are quite expensive, Gin tonic £7.5. Wine start from £6 and not very good quality.

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.

Warm, friendly, attentive service.

No gluten free beers at all - not even in bottles - which was disappointing (and very unusual in and outside of London). But it is a beautiful pub and in a beautiful part of town.

Awful. We attended the pub as it seemed rather inviting. However the amount of rules inside is overbearing. You was not aloud to stand ok the balcony, also not able to speak to the table across as they would shut the balcony..but then reopened to different customers. We could not bring 4 donuts in a sealed package for a birthday party. The only saving grace is the beautiful blond human who served us drinks with there skills. All in all would not recommend for celebration of any kind.

Rules, rules, rules. The atmosphere is overbearing with the tyrannical terms and conditions of attempting to spent time with your friends. They advertise an outside terrace, of which you cannot stand on. Dare you talk to a near by table, to run the risk of closing the terrace. To then be opened again 20 mins later. Other rules include no queuing for the toilet, no empty cups, no waiting outside, dare you hold a door open for someone out of common courtesy. Apparently the food is good but will not be returning to find out. One bar member was nice though.

Love this pub. Friendly staff and great location.

Great local - Hands down the best pub in the area. Matt, Alex and the team are incredible, as is the food. They've never had an off night.

Great pub, food was decent but manager was very rude throughout the night. Maybe he was having a bad day but shouldn’t be so impatient and short with customers. American bartender made up for it though!

It's local for me and it's a nice place to have a drink but the bagels are way too expensive for what it's worth. You pay nearly £10-15 for half a bagel filled with vegetables and some slices of meat.

Excellent food. We are local and eat here regularly. The new spring menu is great. Sunday lunch is also very good.

A good local pub. Nice service.

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.

Very tasty pub roast here - lots of options on the menu, went for the pork and was not disappointed. All a similar price, just under £20. Service was not great that was the only shame, a bit rude but maybe just a one off on the day. Would definitely recommend for its food!

Love the talbot. Great pub for a casual beer but also for a Fri/Sat night. Great selection of beers. The balcony is the perfect spot for sunny summer weather!

The food is delicious. The bar lady Jay

incredible sunday roast, great bloody marys and a great service/very nice staff!!

Great date place. Lovely ambiance. Went on a Wednesday and seemed to only be couples. Cheesy truffle chips were lush.

Absolutely t coming for a Sunday Lunch.. so few places in London don't put much importance on their Sunday offering.. the Talbot does.. and knocks it out of the park every time we go. Thank you

Best Sunday roast I've done so far. The chicken and beef are really good, and the pork belly one is actually proper crispy. Definitely recommend. Very friendly people. Good selection of beer. Kids friendly (although only one high chair). Defo recommend!

Top roast and beer selection. Great place for a lazy Sunday with mates

Good pub but the staff is incredibly rude and prioritize local crowd over mixed groups. Really felt left out.

Great food and atmosphere, friendly local

Good range of beers and spirits, food looked good as well.

One of the best Sunday Roast I have ever tried in London! In general the staff is great.

So chuffed with the beef Sunday roast! We booked in advance (as recommended by staff) because tables are filled very quickly. The beef was tender and all of the trimmings cooked to perfection, with perfect seasoning. So far the roast potatoes are the best I've had, crispy on the outside, buttery inside. The gravy was thick and flavoursome. Service was good, the staff were fast and attentive. Would highly recommend!

Nice atmosphere however burger utterly disappointing and pricey, bun wasn’t fresh, and way too hard.

Fantastic pub, great service from the team, amazing food & lovely interior, proper pub, will be back for sure!

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

Top avoir absolutely, how to lave establishments like this open! A fuir absolument, comment peut on laisser des établissements comme celui ci ouvert !

Really great place for a Sunday roast - will no be my go-to in the local area. Great food at a reasonable price, good atmosphere. Staff very friendly and polite. Would recommend booking in advance as it gets really busy.

Best Sunday roast I've ever had

Fantastic local pub. Highly recommended.

Really quirky pub with a warm atmosphere

had a roast with a group of 5. everyone's meal was luke warm at best and poorly cooked.roast potatoes unroasted,over cooked cauliflower,under cooked cabbage,rock hard yorkshire pudding.unable to order dessert 'cause "the kitchen is too busy"...we only wanted ice cream? staff attitudes ranged from cheerful indifference to downright rude. on yesterdays showing i'd still be unhappy if i had paid half the price.

Great vibes but could do with some new furniture

My booking got missed although I sent an email and gave a phone call the day before. Unless they improve the booking system, I won't come back. Update after owner's reply. After arriving and being told that there was no reservation under my name I shown my phone call with the call made the day before to the local to confirm the reservation. At the point I was told: 'well you can have a table but we served the last roast 2 hours ago". I am even more baffled now. Indecent customer service and inability to assume any responsibility.

One of the best roasts I have ever had in London! The gravy is so delicious I could drink it! Daniel behind the bar is epic, Jalissa was amazing too! If you want the best roast in east London, that’s the place for you! And I made new friends ❤️

Nice-looking boozer, long queue for the bar, wide range of drinks, mildly over-zealous security officer, weird 'silent' outdoor patio!

Sadly not a vibe - bugs in our cocktail, I was disappointed :(

One of the greatest places in the area for a Sunday Roast. The atmosphere upstairs is very warm and homely

Good food friendly hosts what more do you need.

Very friendly and speedy service. Food and drink excellent. Relaxing atmosphere

I’m suggesting a 4* purely because I don’t feel the need to downgrade a pub that I have always known to be a great find with great food - so here’s the but.. Rushed service because friends have a baby, a quiet non crying one, because the license says we can’t have him there after 8pm - we deal with that. A food item was wrong but it looked and then tasted delicious so we didn’t care. We were the only ones in the restaurant area btw, but if it’s about licensing then I get it But then to stand outside talking quietly, away from the tables so they didn’t feel they had to be sensitive about a baby, with no one around, we’re told to clear the area as there could be people that might want to walk on the path and we’d be in their way. Uuurgh. What should have been a lovely quick catch-up with lovely friends became a disappointing night with too many rules. What a shame.

Went there for a Sunday roast/brunch. We were sitting on the main terrace under the lovely summer sun and the place is also nice. Food came quickly and the Sunday roast beef option was very good even if it came a tiny bit under the right temperature. I'd suggest refurbishing the wood tables and benches because they are weathered and very beaten down.

Always an amazing roast, never fails to deliver! Lovely staff. One of the best roasts in LDN.

Great pub with super friendly staff. Plenty of outdoor seating and dogs are very welcome! Their food has consistently been delicious.

Bar claims it opens at 4 30 on Friday. Well it didn't yesterday. Please give accurate info so people don't waste their time

Great buzzy pub, plenty of beers on and off tap. Loads of outdoor seating too. Cocktail list was extensive and roasts looked great.

Great pub. The balconies are lovely hidden gems which get lovely sun in the evening. Like having a friend with a big Dalston townhouse. Kirin on tap.

Vibey place, good for a drink in the sun

Great spot to enjoy the sun. Decent food menu. Management could be somewhat nicer.

Never been to a pub with so many rules as to where one can stand. Went to a pretty easy going party where we hired the upstairs. First, kept getting told off for being too many people on the balcony because the ceiling downstairs would collapse... I mean, if that's a possibility, your pub should be closed for renovations, for a start. Then they closed the balcony and we weren't allowed to finish our ciggy because the bouncer couldn't wait around all day - reminder that we are paying customers. Sitting outside the front was even more of a nightmare. Constantly being asked to be quiet - it wasn't even 10pm and we were just chatting. A pub where you're not allowed to talk. At The Talbot, you're only allowed to stand up next to some tables. The bouncers and the staff all clearly hate their jobs and constantly berate you for just chatting with your mates, especially when you're not standing in the right corner of the outside area. At one point there was a huge, loud announcement to say "I'm not pointing fingers but can we all keep this stop using this door and use the other door" as if we are children who use the wrong door to upset the relentless adults. Why can't we use that door, absolutely no idea, just follow the rules of The Talbot; a pub with two doors, only one useable. I honestly think we were interrupted with rules and asked to move more than 15 times in about 4 hours. Out of nowhere, someone comes out and screams, "everyone you have 2 minutes to get inside otherwise you won't be getting in!". Doesn't matter that we all had fresh pints. Seems like the loud voices rule goes out the window to allow staff to scream at paying customers. Begrudgingly, we went inside, stood near the bar and some unbareably unhappy member of staff says "If you wouldn't mind moving over to the corner to finish your drinks". The guy screaming for last orders thinks he's a laugh but he's just getting in the way of everyone enjoying a nice evening with their mates. This pub honestly sucks the joy out of a Saturday night. I hope the staff reflect on their approach.

Nice place but very empty when we were here. Classic pub that gives you what you want!

Me, my husband and a friend went here on a busy Sunday afternoon over the Bank Holiday weekend for a roast. They keep half the tables open for walk ins so we didn't have to book. We all had a great experience - the staff were friendly and attentive (despite the fact they were understaffed which we only found out later). We were brought water without asking for it and even had it topped up without asking! The roasts were everything you could ask for: flavoursome and perfectly cooked with generous portions. The atmosphere here is great, the facilities are clean and we enjoyed pur afternoon loads. We will definitely be back.

A great local pub. Really friendly staff and delicious food.

Great Sunday roasts. Great service. Has its busy periods but for valid reasons

This is my first visit to this venue. It is located off the main road so near to residential properties. You can get there via public transport and there's parking spaces outside if you arrived by car. I found it roomy, clean and the rest room (male) all working and clean. The food served was very nice, hot and the portions were very big, I couldn't finish the whole main meal. Prices are reasonable for the venue.

Amazing experience, attentive friendly staff, Matt the manager went above and beyond in making sure my party and I were happy, and the food was phenomenal! Would recommend every time!

Absolute gem of a place with the most amazing, friendly staff. Manager made us feel so welcome and looked after and it’s the best local place for a roast

I have been coming here for 10 years and it is unfailingly brilliant. The people who work here are always super-friendly even though it’s in the heart of cool east London.

Excellent Sunday roast, as usual, but what makes this pub special is the staff. Always made to feel welcome, this is a fantastic local pub which is great for a pint. I’ve been coming for years and will continue to do so.

My favourite pub and probably the best roast in London. You even get your own gravy boat. Great wine list, cocktails and vibe. Matt the manager is a dreamboat mega babe. Such friendly staff. THE BEST LOCAL

Best roasts of all time and manager is a dreamboat. Love spending time here! The ultimate spot

Amazing!!! Great food, fantastic cocktails especially Mad about Yuzu!! and a great atmosphere. Staff...amazing too. Helpful and friendly. Nothing too much trouble. Don't believe some of the not so great reviews!!! Go check it out for yourselves!!! You won't be disappointed

I hope this is useful both to patrons and the pub’s management. The food can do with several improvements, considering that mains range from £15 from vegetarian options to £25 for a steak. The quality is mediocre (bland, overcooked and rather meagre). Drinks are average with big brand beers (at £6 a pint on average) and a list of ordinary wines that you could get for under a tener online, but for which they charge three times the price. The service, on the other hand, is extremely poor: staff are flippant, clumsy and rushed. They could do with some training and take their jobs seriously. So, if you plan to visit, I would think twice about it. UPDATE -- Please read the response from a member of staff below. As a customer, giving feedback takes time. So, if I owned a pub and got a review like mine, I would be thinking carefully about what went wrong. The response below strikes me as defensive and is very telling of the sort of attitude you will receive if you visit this place. And no, I do not get any gratification for writing a negative review: we live in a free market economy, so, if you want to make money out of people by selling them overcooked steak and charging them the moon for amateurish service, then be prepared to read those hard truths on here.

Great food, nice atmosphere, and upstairs is lovely.

Found a TV stand outside, needed that, cheers Stephen. Also the pubs ok

I used to go often to this pub as it is one of my locals. Not sure what happened but lately the manager (bold guy there) become impolite and even passive aggressive at times for no good reason. I would suggest the management/owners to consider this , as I am not the only local customers who noticed .

Good pub lunch on a Sunday, enjoyed the sun sitting outside in their many outdoor tables

Alex had to kick us out but was a sound time, no hard feelings.

Delicious roast and friendly staff.

Very nice staff, friendly ambiance.

The veg burger was very good, decent enough place, although night was partially ruined by ignorant bar staff. Long wait for a pint also.

I had a roast here a year ago with excellent friendly service, things have gone downhill since then. I think the main problem is the manager who doesn't seem to listen. My friend's steak arrived over cooked, which was politely, apologetically pointed out. The staff were apparently really helpful, and took it back. However it came back, about 25 minutes later, even worse - possibly the same steak even more cooked! By this point my friend had lost interest - the other diners had long finished. We tried to return it again, pointing out the grey, blackened steak. Got a very rude response from the waitress, and the manager refused to engage or refund and kicked us out!

Amazing roast. One of the best..Great service, great welcome. On the to do list..

Very good food for a Sunday roast, but dining area was the temperature of the sun, and the table was way too wide to have a conversation over without raising our voices. Service was great.

Always amazing food and drink at the Talbot...even if they are a bit stingy with the lamb!

Pretty pub with kind and helpful staff. The Sunday roast is delicious and comes in generous portions. The service is quite quick even when busy. I would recommend it!