"The Pembury" pub review, Pembury road, East London

Pembury road, near Hackney Central train, or Hackney Downs train station. All buses to Hackney Central.

Now, this is a lovely pub for babies and mums. Already non-smoking, quiet in the day, and near to transport links. None of the usual Hackney oddballs and a chilled out atmosphere .Every time i've been in there i've had a great lunch and a good conversation with the bar staff about politics, whatever. Not once have they been weird about my having a baby. They open the doors for me. The other customers tend to be there because it's quiet or for the beers, which I understand to be excellent (damn this lactating). They certainly have a fine range of bitters and are supported by CAMRA.

It's spacious (easy to navigate with prams), some of the chairs are comfy and suitable to slump and BF in, and there's a range of games, books and newspapers. No changing room, but hey, it's a pub, and they were fine about me doing it on the floor round a corner. The lunchtime menu is great, they do a deal for a fiver or you can go crazy mental and have really posh main for 7 quid. All food is lush, I can particularly recommend the treacle pudding for extra 500 cals BF allowance. I had liver there the other day and it was perfectly done. And if you just want a coffee they'll give you a veritable bowl of it, proper stuff, for half the price of Starbucks and nicer too. The landlord is keen to keep his eco and green CAMRA cred, and the food is locally sourced where possible and in season.

In fact, my local mum's group has become a fixture and even though we can be by our very nature quite a rowdy bunch the pub has never been less than welcoming and friendly. In fact, don't go there, stay away, and let us keep it. I don't feel like I go there just because it lets me in as a mum. I feel like I want to go there, and that is GREAT.