The Camel

About The Camel

A well-liked gastropub-style local on Globe Road, in the residential streets of Bethnal Green away from the Brick Lane and Columbia Road tourist trail.

Set on the residential Globe Road, some distance from the crowds of Brick Lane and Columbia Road, the Camel occupies a Victorian corner building that has been sensitively renovated rather than gutted, keeping a traditional pub shape while adding a food offer strong enough to draw diners from beyond the immediate streets. It functions primarily as a genuine neighbourhood local for the terraced streets around Globe Road and Roman Road, popular for its relaxed, unfussy atmosphere and a kitchen that outperforms its modest, low-key exterior. Dogs are welcome throughout, and the pub has built a loyal following among residents who prize it precisely because it sits outside the more heavily trafficked, Instagram-mapped corners of Bethnal Green. It is the kind of pub found mostly through local recommendation rather than guidebook listings, trading on consistency rather than reinvention.