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The Spread Eagle

224 Homerton High St, London E9 6AS, UK★ 4.5 (1679 reviews)020 8985 0400websitemap

Homerton pub billed as London's first fully vegan pub — a proper local with a seasonal plant-based menu, strong keg beer range, pool room and beer garden.

Why it's listed: Fully vegan pub in Homerton; reviews confirm all-vegan

Profile last updated 15 July 2026.

The Spread Eagle — photo
Photo: The Spread Eagle · Google
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The business claims it

Structured facts from the listing and website.

Cuisine style
Fully vegan gastropub — seasonal plant-based takes on British pub classics
“The kitchen runs a seasonal menu, working directly with foragers and local producers to recreate pub classics” — reviews
Kitchen-wide dietary regime
vegan
“the pub prides itself on being London's first fully vegan pub” — reviews
Setting & venue context
Corner pub on Homerton High Street, Hackney, with a front bar, pool room and rear beer garden; the building dates to the 18th century.
“The Spread Eagle is located on Homerton High Street in Hackney” — reviews
Service modes offered
dine in
“pub” — types
Alcohol policy
licensed
“The beer selection is all on keg and features a range of local independent brews, plus Guinness” — reviews
Menu rotation
Seasonal menu that changes with produce, working with foragers and local producers.
“The kitchen runs a seasonal menu” — reviews
Price band
midrange
“price point was above average” — reviews
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Customers reveal it

Recurring signal mined from real reviews — with receipts.

Atmosphere as customers describe it
Traditional one-bar local, warm and welcoming, with a pool room that doubles as a Prince shrine and a cosy leafy beer garden.
“The pool room is superb and acts as a shrine to music legend Prince... a cosy, leafy beer garden” — reviews
Occasions customers use it for
Sunday roast · drinks & pub night · dinner with non-vegan friends
“My non vegan friends tried the Beet Wellington Roast and it was great too” — reviews
Dishes customers name repeatedly
beet Wellington roast · tempeh croquetas · mini squashage rolls · lions mane mushroom steak · sticky toffee pudding
“beet weelington and celeric... Vegan food we'll remember for a long time” — reviews
Recurring caveats in reviews
some fried dishes/chips can come out heavy or greasy · very loud on busy party nights
“Chips were fried so heavily and so greasy I just couldn't eat it” — reviews
Service character as customers describe it
Friendly, upbeat, well-trained staff.
“All staff members were very polite cheerful and well trained” — reviews
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Only the owner knows it

Questions we hold for the kitchen itself. Unanswered until they answer.

We're holding 9 questions for the owner — families & kids, best occasions & the vibe, vegan, coeliac & allergy options, why choose you, groups, private hire & catering, booking or walk-in?, good to know before you visit, must-order dishes, made in-house & sourcing — and will publish the answers here once confirmed.