{"id":11961,"date":"2009-07-19T20:20:42","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T19:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2021-11-01T22:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:39:22","slug":"the-gun-a-real-hidey-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=11961","title":{"rendered":"The Gun &#8211; a real hidey hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Gun\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thegundocklands.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gun<\/a> is a rather special pub in the Docklands.\u00a0 I have had drinks there on more than one occasion.\u00a0 It&#8217;s quite hard to find, but well worth the trip. It has great river views and is certainly a good vantage point for viewing the <a title=\"Millennium Dome\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millennium_Dome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Millennium Dome<\/a>.\u00a0 However what is really special about this place is the River Room. This private dining room is accessed from behind the bar, you go up a narrow set of stairs and then you are presented with this amazing hidden room.<\/p>\n<p>The room is very elegant, and has a telescope you can use to take in the stunning view.\u00a0 The food is not spectacular but it is good enough to make this venue a real treat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/tn_IMGP1647-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11986\" title=\"tn_IMGP1647 - Copy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/tn_IMGP1647-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marks out of 10<\/p>\n<p>Food 5<\/p>\n<p>Service 5<\/p>\n<p>Ambience 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Top page - Noexpert.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\">Return to Top Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gun is a rather special pub in the Docklands.\u00a0 I have had drinks there on more than one occasion.\u00a0 It&#8217;s quite hard to find, but well worth the trip. It has great river views and is certainly a good vantage point for viewing the Millennium Dome.\u00a0 However what is really special about this place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=11961\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Gun &#8211; a real hidey hole&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,7,356,8],"tags":[397],"class_list":["post-11961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bars-and-gastropubs","category-london","category-out-door-seating","category-uk","tag-the-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11961"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30070,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961\/revisions\/30070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}