Went in there on a sunny Sunday,was really busy, the owner let us take a table and chairs ouside so we could sit in the alley. really friendly. We didn't eat but plenty people were. Good wine lists. Will be going back soon. X

This is my local pub, I drink in the Camel twice a week. The pub is the friendliest places I know in London. The bar staff are very sweet, the pies ecellent, the music cool and laid back. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PUBS IN LONDON. In reponse to the reviews below. I have never ever seen any troble with customers or barstaff. It sounds like the reviews below are talking about a different pub. Go and see for yourselves.

Fantastic, local pub. Very relaxed. Nice tunes. Didn't try the food but it looked good. Bar staff were really nice (even let me charge up my phone). We stayed all day. Wish more pubs were like this.

Worst pub I've been to in a long, long while. Strangely rude and passively agressive bar staff, semi-cold food and lots of very, very drunk people about that seemed to be looking for a fight! Scary!

Don't go to The Camel unless you want to be slap bang in the middle of a brawl. I went there for the first time on Sat night and won't be going back.



Even more shocking was that it was the Landlord who was doing the brawling with his mates and staff all jumping on the bandwagon.
I couldn't wait to get out of that pub and won't be going back, it gives East London the bad reputation it has been trying to leave behind.

We didn't enjoy our time at The Camel. Although the pub is smoke-free indoors, when we were there the doors and windows of the pub were kept open and the smoke from smokers congregating immediately outside the doors flowed freely inside. To make matters worse, The Camel has two doors on either end of the pub and when both are kept open, it can create a little wind tunnel that sucks smoke in one door, down the length of the pub, and out the second door. The evening we were there, it was as if a smoker was sitting right next to us.

Really enjoyed our evening at The Camel. The food was good and the service could not be faulted. My husband had the proper old style pie and mash, and claimed it was better than his mother's! I hope she doesn't read this or he'll be in trouble. The Camel is a real gem.