The Grapes

The pub’s story

• The Grapes print

  Limehouse pub on Narrow Street with a long river-facing history and a visible place in Hilton's pub print shop. · Georgian riverside

• @limehouse_reach

  Dad always took the window seat over the water and said Dickens put this room in a book before any of us were born. Order the bitter, watch the tide turn, say nothing. · Dad's rule, 1980s

• @narrowstreet_nell

  Grandma said at a proper high tide the balcony feels like the deck of a barge. She was right — hold your glass with both hands the first time. · High-tide advice

Logbook

1. 17 June 2026Seeded example

   Dad always took the window seat over the water and said Dickens put this room in a book before any of us were born. Order the bitter, watch the tide turn, say nothing.

   Paid £5.80

2. 30 May 2026Seeded example

   Grandma said at a proper high tide the balcony feels like the deck of a barge. She was right — hold your glass with both hands the first time.

   Paid £5.60