The Sebright Arms is pretty much your typical East London boozer. It’s well-known among locals. And it’s pushing to be a more exciting venue for entertaining a younger generation of drinkers. That said, thankfully the pub’s traditional charms haven’t fallen victim to the refurbishments – in fact, the owners are determined to regain its reputation by hosting club nights, gigs and workshops while respecting its almost 300 year heritage.

Split over two floors and reached via an alleyway off Hackney Road, the Sebright Arms features an open-plan ground floor complete with wood panelling and a spacious, fully-functioning venue space downstairs. For its launch, market meat-champions Lucky Chip are taking over the kitchen to serve up their locally-famed burgers, hand cut fries and hot dogs. Meanwhile the charming (for a pub) staff have a range of London-based microbrewery ales to draw and a mean cask cider. And while you’re enjoying your pint, ask them for one of the many stories from the pub’s eventful past. From a performance by Charlie Chaplin over police assault by an angry mob in 1837, to why and when the Seabright became the Sebright Arms, the place is bursting with history.