The Ten Bells

snowbadger

Good stock, but Main Strip 18th June 2008

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I like a bar with a good stock.

Hendricks Gin, Grey Goose vodka, Bulmers Cider, Leffe, Fruli, Grolsch on tap and Illy coffee are all good signs to me.

WHilst on the main strip this bar is pretty decent. Usual Brick Lane mixed bag of folks that make people watching a fun thing to do.

Or there is always reading the graffiti in the toilets which carry some serious pearls of wisdom I can tell you.

Staff were reasonably friendly.

gavinedwardsuk

good drinking spot 18th June 2008

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Spent a good 6 hours here on a tuesday night, working followed by some serious drinking and banter. Good selection of beers friendly service and some inspiring and amusing toilet graffiti. And not too far to stumble back through spitalfields to get the train home!

Nice pub.

sizemore

Shabby... like me 26th November 2007

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I really like the Ten Bells. It gets crowded and noisy and is looking a little worse for wear, but it has a nice friendly atmosphere and is perfect for a pre-curry meetup on the way to Brick Lane. Plus the walk up from Liverpool Street is nice.

t0m

Busy, but good atmosphere 3rd October 2007

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When I last visited this place it was pretty packed. OK, it was a Friday night.

Despite being pretty rammed, the atmosphere was great. We managed to get some sofas to sit on, and the evening was gone before we knew it.

flashboy

17th May 2007

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Quite how the Ten Bells manages to be such a nice place is slightly mysterious - because it's got all the markers of a typical Shoreditch muppet-hole. The shabby interior, the crap flea market sofas with throngs of elegantly tatty hipsters dangling off them, the trendy music, and ironic t-shirts as far as the eye can see.

But actually, it's got a really nice atmosphere. Not too posey, relaxed and generally quiet (it noises up on weekend nights, though) with a beer selection that probably won't charm an ale enthusiast, but that's got enough pleasing variation from the bog-standard to cheer you up on a hot day.

Also going for it is the fact that it's just over the road from Spitalfields (it's also a stopping-off point for Jack The Ripper tours, by the way). And the bar staff are quite nice to look at.

No, it's not the greatest place in the world, and yes, it would be nice if they got new chairs and fixed up the stairs to the toilets. But actually, for a pleasant little boozer to meet friends in (ironic t-shirts or not) it's one of the nicer places in the area.

walid at 17/05/07

Cool review, will have to check it out on the 25th of May when I go to the Mini-Bar event at Corbet Place. You've got any pics of the bar staff that are nice to look at? ;-)

flashboy at 17/05/07

Ha! Sadly, no I don't. And now I've written that, I've probably cursed the poor place - it'll be staffed entirely by Ukrainian shot-putters within two months...

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