A century of people not going home yet
The Ember & Oak began life as a lamp store for the wharf, which is how it ended up with a chimney far too big for the room. The dockers found the fire first, the licence followed, and the pub has been arguing about football, politics and the correct way to pour a stout ever since.
We have kept what mattered — the long tables, the cellar, the two working fires — and quietly fixed everything else. The kitchen is ours, the beer is chosen by people who drink it, and nobody has ever been rushed out at last orders.




