Latest reviews for Bars & Pubs in Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom

The Royal Oak - Average pub, decent Sunday roast! by vexille

vexille — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:25:47 +0000

Review by vexille

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7729 2220

Tags: independent pub, gastro pub, relaxed

Alot of people rave about this place, but I just can't see it myself.

It's situated smack bang in the middle of the flower market so can get notoriously busy on Sundays although not 6 foot deep as it does on a Friday or Saturday.

The usual selection of beers, ales, wines and spirits so again, you'll find the selection pretty standard.

However, it does do a mean Sunday roast, and if I were to go out on a limb, the best Sunday roast I've had in London - I knew there was a reason I came here! Meat aplenty, gravy just right and a portion of root veg, mash that would be fit for a king. It is, unfortunately, pricey (Â£13~)

Can't say much about the food any other time, but if the roast is anything to go buy it won't be bad at all.Alot of people rave about this place, but I just can't see it myself.

It's situated smack bang in the middle of the flower market so can get notoriously busy on Sundays although not 6 foot deep as it does on a Friday or Saturday.

The usual selection of beers, ales, wines and spirits so again, you'll find the selection pretty standard.

However, it does do a mean Sunday roast, and if I were to go out on a limb, the best Sunday roast I've had in London - I knew there was a reason I came here! Meat aplenty, gravy just right and a portion of root veg, mash that would be fit for a king. It is, unfortunately, pricey (Â£13~)

Can't say much about the food any other time, but if the roast is anything to go buy it won't be bad at all.

Cargo - Eclectic! by sparklepants

sparklepants — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:49:06 +0000

Review by sparklepants

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7739 3440

Website: http://www.cargo-london.com

Tags: live music, cool, underground

Probably one of the best place to go if you're into trying out different music! Always a brilliant atmosphere and a guaranteed top night out.Probably one of the best place to go if you're into trying out different music! Always a brilliant atmosphere and a guaranteed top night out.

Exit Bar - It was fantastic.. by Benizjamin

Benizjamin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:38:22 +0000

Review by Benizjamin

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7377 2088

Tags: cool, friendly, sexy

Great service! Quick to serve the drinks which were very low in price, great music. Also had a great set up and everything was nice a clean and tidy!

This was a great place to go and enjoy oyourself. It is different from those usall bars that you would genrally visit every week or so.. It has a large variety of drinks of high quality.. i loved the food and the drink it was wonderful! The prices were reasonable and the service was good.

I would recommend this to anyone passing by.. just take a visit and enjoy yourself and let it all out! It is great and a lovely place with helpful staff/waiters and great management.

It was fantastic! Recommended to anyone!Great service! Quick to serve the drinks which were very low in price, great music. Also had a great set up and everything was nice a clean and tidy!

This was a great place to go and enjoy oyourself. It is different from those usall bars that you would genrally visit every week or so.. It has a large variety of drinks of high quality.. i loved the food and the drink it was wonderful! The prices were reasonable and the service was good.

I would recommend this to anyone passing by.. just take a visit and enjoy yourself and let it all out! It is great and a lovely place with helpful staff/waiters and great management.

It was fantastic! Recommended to anyone!

Catch 22 - Catch of the day by DerekJemimahson

DerekJemimahson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:17:38 +0000

Review by DerekJemimahson

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7729 6097

Website: http://www.thecatchbar.com/

Tags: live music, relaxed, cool

Catch 22 is a bar in London's trendy Shoreditch. Its decor is dark but the atmosphere is a spectrum of glee, with it's excited patrons dancing and drinking to great music in this modest sized venue. Upstairs there's a small stage; bands play here on certain nights (itâ¬"s home to the legendary new bands showcase â¬ÜHeadphones Offâ¬"). At the weekend, this place is mainly used for dancing. Downstairs is busier but also had a dance floor at the back. Service is good, if a little slow when its busy, but it's definitely a good place to spend a night. Catch 22 is well worth a visit.Catch 22 is a bar in London's trendy Shoreditch. Its decor is dark but the atmosphere is a spectrum of glee, with it's excited patrons dancing and drinking to great music in this modest sized venue. Upstairs there's a small stage; bands play here on certain nights (itâ¬"s home to the legendary new bands showcase â¬ÜHeadphones Offâ¬"). At the weekend, this place is mainly used for dancing. Downstairs is busier but also had a dance floor at the back. Service is good, if a little slow when its busy, but it's definitely a good place to spend a night. Catch 22 is well worth a visit.

Blind Beggar - Trinity by trinity

trinity — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:53:17 +0000

Review by trinity

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7247 6195

Tags: live music, food, friendly

One of the most craziest places ive ever drank in, I love it here. Monday nights the Grat singing duo the Burns brother, Sat night's Garden DJ's, The staff and owner always up for a laugh, always someting on the go, only thing to bring.... your sense of humor, warm and cosy, Great beer garden.One of the most craziest places ive ever drank in, I love it here. Monday nights the Grat singing duo the Burns brother, Sat night's Garden DJ's, The staff and owner always up for a laugh, always someting on the go, only thing to bring.... your sense of humor, warm and cosy, Great beer garden.

The Black Horse - trinity by trinity

trinity — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:40:47 +0000

Review by trinity

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7790 1684

Tags: cool, young and fun, friendly

sunday night was great, drag queen Candy host's the karaoke, with her quick wit she makes it a great laughsunday night was great, drag queen Candy host's the karaoke, with her quick wit she makes it a great laugh

Casita - by Niamheen

Niamheen — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:26:38 +0000

Review by Niamheen

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7729 7230

Website: http://www.casitabar.com/

Happened upon this gorgeous little bar last week and I am so glad I did - I love it. Super friendly, great cocktails and lovely wine, I can't wait to go back.Happened upon this gorgeous little bar last week and I am so glad I did - I love it. Super friendly, great cocktails and lovely wine, I can't wait to go back.

Ye Olde Axe - Not just a strip club by kellytron

kellytron — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:28:23 +0000

Review by kellytron

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7729 5137

Tags: cool, pub, friendly

Now I am not advocating strip clubs at all, although I am sure the ladies that work here are just top nocth.

What I am giving 5 stars to is the club nights they have post 11.30pm on a Friday and Saturday night.

I was dubious too, but with the Friday night 60's theme and Staurday night Rock-a-billy theme, it is a fairly initimate venue (no pun intended) with a great crowd.

Drink prices are a little steep though: as I imagine strip club prices tend to be.Now I am not advocating strip clubs at all, although I am sure the ladies that work here are just top nocth.

What I am giving 5 stars to is the club nights they have post 11.30pm on a Friday and Saturday night.

I was dubious too, but with the Friday night 60's theme and Staurday night Rock-a-billy theme, it is a fairly initimate venue (no pun intended) with a great crowd.

Drink prices are a little steep though: as I imagine strip club prices tend to be.

The Flying Horse - Keep on flying by chrisp

chrisp — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:51:40 +0000

Review by chrisp

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7247 5338

Website: http://www.belushis.com

Tags: relaxed, traditional pub, food

Until the smoking ban, this place was known colloquially in our office as the "flying ashtray". Grimy and no-nonsense, populated by grizzled city types and hard-drinking old boys, it's a style of pub that is gradually dying out in this city, for better or for worse. It has nothing really going for it - the drinks selection is middle of the range, the food poor - but it is a reminder of what all London pubs used to be like. And for that reason alone I think it deserves to soldier on indefinitely.Until the smoking ban, this place was known colloquially in our office as the "flying ashtray". Grimy and no-nonsense, populated by grizzled city types and hard-drinking old boys, it's a style of pub that is gradually dying out in this city, for better or for worse. It has nothing really going for it - the drinks selection is middle of the range, the food poor - but it is a reminder of what all London pubs used to be like. And for that reason alone I think it deserves to soldier on indefinitely.

The Big Chill Bar - by Busi_78

Busi_78 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:23:26 +0000

Review by Busi_78

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7392 9180

Tags: live music, relaxed, cool

always really full...outside, hardly anyone inside. I really like this bar, but don't think it has any appeal outside shoreditch pplalways really full...outside, hardly anyone inside. I really like this bar, but don't think it has any appeal outside shoreditch ppl

Sosho - Match Point by chrisp

chrisp — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:25:06 +0000

Review by chrisp

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7920 0701

Website: http://www.matchbar.com

Tags: cool, dj, food

This is the Match for a younger, more energetic crowd. In comparison to the Clarkenwell Road branch, the music here is that much louder, the room that much expansive, and there is a dancefloor open till 2am to work off the frustrations of work. The cocktails are still worth mentioning though - we had a lovely apple and mint martini a couple of weeks ago - and the bar food is just as decent as anywhere else. You can do far worse in this part of town, so you might as well give it a shot.This is the Match for a younger, more energetic crowd. In comparison to the Clarkenwell Road branch, the music here is that much louder, the room that much expansive, and there is a dancefloor open till 2am to work off the frustrations of work. The cocktails are still worth mentioning though - we had a lovely apple and mint martini a couple of weeks ago - and the bar food is just as decent as anywhere else. You can do far worse in this part of town, so you might as well give it a shot.

The Fox Dining Room - Reliable and excellent by chrisp

chrisp — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:40:02 +0000

Review by chrisp

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7729 5708

Tags: food, young professionals, beer garden

I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing that The Fox in Shoreditch is a very good place to eat. On the one hand the food is accomplished, the service sprightly and friendly, and the atmosphere is pubby and informal. On the other hand, I work just above it, and being that this is my 5th day in the job and I've already cracked and had a meal there doesn't bode well for my ability to resist repeat journeys throughout the rest of the year. I only hope my body and bank account can cope with it.

Fortunately, thanks to the incredibly reasonably priced lunchtime menu, maybe my bank account will not suffer too much after all. To start, I had a red onion and red wine soup, a bit sweet but otherwise good and served with crispy bread coated with parmesan. Towards the bottom of the bowl I bit down on a whole black peppercorn which was probably a mistake but really improved the flavour of the soup - perhaps it just needed more pepper to balance the sugar from the onions. Otherwise, nicely done.

Then, a herby pork chop, grilled with rosemary and seved on top of "greens" (chard I think) and lentils. The chard was crispy but slightly underseasoned, the lentils were so-so and the pork ever so slightly dry, but the flavour from the fat and the rosemary were brilliant.

The best was to come though - all this good food, served efficiently and with grace, came to less than Â£15. The house bread is worth a mention too, served in a very generous portion considering I was on my own, and with smooth unsalted butter. Good stuff.

I imagine I will be back reasonably soon, if only to try the Lobster and Chips (Â£18) which was begging to be eaten but I couldn't really justify of a random Tuesday lunchtime. That's more of a Friday dish I think. Here's to next Friday...I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing that The Fox in Shoreditch is a very good place to eat. On the one hand the food is accomplished, the service sprightly and friendly, and the atmosphere is pubby and informal. On the other hand, I work just above it, and being that this is my 5th day in the job and I've already cracked and had a meal there doesn't bode well for my ability to resist repeat journeys throughout the rest of the year. I only hope my body and bank account can cope with it.

Fortunately, thanks to the incredibly reasonably priced lunchtime menu, maybe my bank account will not suffer too much after all. To start, I had a red onion and red wine soup, a bit sweet but otherwise good and served with crispy bread coated with parmesan. Towards the bottom of the bowl I bit down on a whole black peppercorn which was probably a mistake but really improved the flavour of the soup - perhaps it just needed more pepper to balance the sugar from the onions. Otherwise, nicely done.

Then, a herby pork chop, grilled with rosemary and seved on top of "greens" (chard I think) and lentils. The chard was crispy but slightly underseasoned, the lentils were so-so and the pork ever so slightly dry, but the flavour from the fat and the rosemary were brilliant.

The best was to come though - all this good food, served efficiently and with grace, came to less than Â£15. The house bread is worth a mention too, served in a very generous portion considering I was on my own, and with smooth unsalted butter. Good stuff.

I imagine I will be back reasonably soon, if only to try the Lobster and Chips (Â£18) which was begging to be eaten but I couldn't really justify of a random Tuesday lunchtime. That's more of a Friday dish I think. Here's to next Friday...

The Princess - Worth a visit by chrisp

chrisp — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:18:47 +0000

Review by chrisp

Rating: 4.00

Tags: relaxed, cool & smart, young professionals

What's better than a lovely meal at a good gastropub? That's right, a lovely FREE meal at a good gastropub. My new employers yesterday kindly treated me to a boozy lunchtime at The Princess, just up the road from the Fox on Paul Street. We had a good meal and the service was excellent, but before I come to that, let me just go off on a little rant to explain why I hadn't been back to the Princess, good food notwithstanding, since a disastrous first visit some time in 2004.

It was mid-December, and had booked a table at the Princess with a group of fellow foodies. We turned up slightly early and after a couple of drinks downstairs to peruse what we thought was the food menu, we climbed the rickety spiral staircase to the dining room, where we were somewhat surprised to be presented with the same menu, only Â£5 more expensive and with "Special Christmas menu" printed on the top. Oh no, we said, we're not on an office party, we'll just have the normal menu please.

But apparently this wasn't possible. For the "privilege" of booking ahead and for guaranteeing the Princess a table for 6 on a Tuesday night, we would be charged Â£5 extra per head for exactly the same food as if we'd just wandered in off the street. It was completely bonkers. Even more incredibly, once we had called the manager over to complain, he didn't budge an inch, his argument being that there is a high demand for tables at the Princess for office parties and he was more or less doing us a favour letting us eat there at all!

It was a ridiculous situation. "Just suppose," I ventured, "that we all got up now and left, and immediately came in again and asked for a table for 6. Would you be able to serve us the normal menu?".

"Well, we'd have let your table go to a different group of diners."

"What, in the ten seconds we were stood outside waiting for you to clear the christmas crackers from our table? People are hardly queuing to get in."

But all we got out of our attempts to make the management see sense was a free bottle or two of house wine. It was a breathtaking example of opportunism by a restaurant blatantly attempting to squeeze seasonal expense account diners and by doing so forcing the rest of us to pay through our noses. So that is why I have not been back to the Princess until yesterday.

Which is a shame because the food at the Princess is really rather good. My starter of shredded pork belly was simple but tasty and came with pickled gerkins which I love. The main of breaded ox cheeks (again, that foodie instinct to order the oddest thing on the menu kicking in) were interesting but didn't really taste of a great deal, although the accompanying boiled cabbage was very nice, flavoured with cloves I think. Finally everyone enjoyed the raspberry pannacotta for dessert - not very seasonal I don't think but I suppose you're allowed to freeze raspberries if you're just going to make compote with them.

So out of the Christmas season I can really recommend the Princess. However I will be keeping a very close eye on the place this year to see if they try their "special Christmas menu" trick again - and I urge anyone reading this to fight the injustice of seasonal ripoff menus wherever you see them!What's better than a lovely meal at a good gastropub? That's right, a lovely FREE meal at a good gastropub. My new employers yesterday kindly treated me to a boozy lunchtime at The Princess, just up the road from the Fox on Paul Street. We had a good meal and the service was excellent, but before I come to that, let me just go off on a little rant to explain why I hadn't been back to the Princess, good food notwithstanding, since a disastrous first visit some time in 2004.

It was mid-December, and had booked a table at the Princess with a group of fellow foodies. We turned up slightly early and after a couple of drinks downstairs to peruse what we thought was the food menu, we climbed the rickety spiral staircase to the dining room, where we were somewhat surprised to be presented with the same menu, only Â£5 more expensive and with "Special Christmas menu" printed on the top. Oh no, we said, we're not on an office party, we'll just have the normal menu please.

But apparently this wasn't possible. For the "privilege" of booking ahead and for guaranteeing the Princess a table for 6 on a Tuesday night, we would be charged Â£5 extra per head for exactly the same food as if we'd just wandered in off the street. It was completely bonkers. Even more incredibly, once we had called the manager over to complain, he didn't budge an inch, his argument being that there is a high demand for tables at the Princess for office parties and he was more or less doing us a favour letting us eat there at all!

It was a ridiculous situation. "Just suppose," I ventured, "that we all got up now and left, and immediately came in again and asked for a table for 6. Would you be able to serve us the normal menu?".

"Well, we'd have let your table go to a different group of diners."

"What, in the ten seconds we were stood outside waiting for you to clear the christmas crackers from our table? People are hardly queuing to get in."

But all we got out of our attempts to make the management see sense was a free bottle or two of house wine. It was a breathtaking example of opportunism by a restaurant blatantly attempting to squeeze seasonal expense account diners and by doing so forcing the rest of us to pay through our noses. So that is why I have not been back to the Princess until yesterday.

Which is a shame because the food at the Princess is really rather good. My starter of shredded pork belly was simple but tasty and came with pickled gerkins which I love. The main of breaded ox cheeks (again, that foodie instinct to order the oddest thing on the menu kicking in) were interesting but didn't really taste of a great deal, although the accompanying boiled cabbage was very nice, flavoured with cloves I think. Finally everyone enjoyed the raspberry pannacotta for dessert - not very seasonal I don't think but I suppose you're allowed to freeze raspberries if you're just going to make compote with them.

So out of the Christmas season I can really recommend the Princess. However I will be keeping a very close eye on the place this year to see if they try their "special Christmas menu" trick again - and I urge anyone reading this to fight the injustice of seasonal ripoff menus wherever you see them!

The Windmill - Disappointing by chrisp

chrisp — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:27:08 +0000

Review by chrisp

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7786 9261

Tags: relaxed, different pub food, food

You know those places that you walk past every day of the year and always think "that looks interesting, I'll have to try it one day" and then months pass and you eventually do try it and it turns out to be brilliant, and you hate yourself for having waited so long?

The Windmill isn't one of those places. The Windmill is one of those places you walk past every day of the year and always think "that looks interesting, I'll have to try it one day" and then months pass and you eventually do try it and it turns out to be crap.

I actually remember the Windmill from its previous incarnation as a dodgy East End boozer. It was refurbished a year or so ago in line with Shoreditch's increasing gentrification and now calls itself an Italian gastropub. I never much liked the old Windmill - it had a pool table and places like that tend to attract a certain type of clientele - but I never thought that the New Windmill would be so bad I'd look back on the old place with nostalgia.

I'm still settling back into London restaurants after Spain and France, so sweet, efficient and attentive service is still somewhat of a novelty to me, and fortunately the Windmill at least has this going for it. What it doesn't have is any idea how to cook meat. I ordered the 'Mixed Grill' which consisted of a sausage, a rib-eye steak and a hamburger.

The sausage was flattened out for some reason, but despite this seemed undercooked and suspiciously pink and wobbly in the middle. The hamburger was watery and tasteless, consisting of inferior grey mince cooked to oblivion. But worst of all was the steak, cut so thin and overcooked to such a degree I can only assume one of the chefs was a shoemaker in his day job and accidentally mixed up his materials. Probably the worst steak I've ever been served in London, and not helped by the fact there was no accompanying sauce so even if I had been tempted to eat it (which I wasn't) I would have had to wash each mouthful down with a glass of water. To be fair, the green salad was actually pretty nice - fresh veg (including radishes which I love) and a nice lemony vinegarette, but the 'Italian fries' were flabby and unpleasant, tasting like microwaved potato wedges. Delia Smith would probably have loved them.

I'm not going to write any more about The Windmill because I can feel those horrible wobbly chips repeating on me. Needless to say, I will never eat there again, and neither should you.You know those places that you walk past every day of the year and always think "that looks interesting, I'll have to try it one day" and then months pass and you eventually do try it and it turns out to be brilliant, and you hate yourself for having waited so long?

The Windmill isn't one of those places. The Windmill is one of those places you walk past every day of the year and always think "that looks interesting, I'll have to try it one day" and then months pass and you eventually do try it and it turns out to be crap.

I actually remember the Windmill from its previous incarnation as a dodgy East End boozer. It was refurbished a year or so ago in line with Shoreditch's increasing gentrification and now calls itself an Italian gastropub. I never much liked the old Windmill - it had a pool table and places like that tend to attract a certain type of clientele - but I never thought that the New Windmill would be so bad I'd look back on the old place with nostalgia.

I'm still settling back into London restaurants after Spain and France, so sweet, efficient and attentive service is still somewhat of a novelty to me, and fortunately the Windmill at least has this going for it. What it doesn't have is any idea how to cook meat. I ordered the 'Mixed Grill' which consisted of a sausage, a rib-eye steak and a hamburger.

The sausage was flattened out for some reason, but despite this seemed undercooked and suspiciously pink and wobbly in the middle. The hamburger was watery and tasteless, consisting of inferior grey mince cooked to oblivion. But worst of all was the steak, cut so thin and overcooked to such a degree I can only assume one of the chefs was a shoemaker in his day job and accidentally mixed up his materials. Probably the worst steak I've ever been served in London, and not helped by the fact there was no accompanying sauce so even if I had been tempted to eat it (which I wasn't) I would have had to wash each mouthful down with a glass of water. To be fair, the green salad was actually pretty nice - fresh veg (including radishes which I love) and a nice lemony vinegarette, but the 'Italian fries' were flabby and unpleasant, tasting like microwaved potato wedges. Delia Smith would probably have loved them.

I'm not going to write any more about The Windmill because I can feel those horrible wobbly chips repeating on me. Needless to say, I will never eat there again, and neither should you.

The Papermill - The Papermill by FashioniLIKE

FashioniLIKE — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:07:09 +0000

Review by FashioniLIKE

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7377 1606

Tags: food, sexy, trendy

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The Hoxton Pony - Souless west end vibe in Hoxton - why bother? by kellytron

kellytron — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:31:32 +0000

Review by kellytron

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7613 2844

Website: http://www.thehoxtonpony.com/

Tags: cool, bar, restaurant

This place didn't appeal to me at all.

Sure it's nice and sleek looking, and the cocktail list was impressive, but I found the whole thing too slick, the crowd fairly dull and the whole thing lacked soul.

It has a real west-end vibe if that's your bag: but there are dozens of better options within a one kilometre radius - including sitting in Hoxton square with drinks from the offie.This place didn't appeal to me at all.

Sure it's nice and sleek looking, and the cocktail list was impressive, but I found the whole thing too slick, the crowd fairly dull and the whole thing lacked soul.

It has a real west-end vibe if that's your bag: but there are dozens of better options within a one kilometre radius - including sitting in Hoxton square with drinks from the offie.

Nags Head Gentlemens Venue - strip clubs by stevenfrmlondon

stevenfrmlondon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Review by stevenfrmlondon

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7426 0830

Tags: cool, underground, friendly

went to this place for my birthday with some mates after work, got some gorgeous woman working there. one girl called lolita was amazing, she was doing some crazy moves on the pole. Been to a few strip clubs in shoreditch, i love them all. nags was the same as white horse and browns, they've got a pub element with stripers and you dont feel pressured fromthe girls for private dancing. got to go back and see if this lolita girls still working there. her private dances are pretty steamy as well. if you see her about, get a dance with her. just to finish it off they had a pool table in there as wellwent to this place for my birthday with some mates after work, got some gorgeous woman working there. one girl called lolita was amazing, she was doing some crazy moves on the pole. Been to a few strip clubs in shoreditch, i love them all. nags was the same as white horse and browns, they've got a pub element with stripers and you dont feel pressured fromthe girls for private dancing. got to go back and see if this lolita girls still working there. her private dances are pretty steamy as well. if you see her about, get a dance with her. just to finish it off they had a pool table in there as well

Three Blind Mice - Its great by bakerga1

bakerga1 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:33:46 +0000

Review by bakerga1

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7739 7746

Website: http://www.3blindmicebar.com/

Tags: cool, friendly, relaxed

This place is a hidden gem. Roger the owner is friendly and the atmosphere is superb. Check it out if you get the chance!
This place is a hidden gem. Roger the owner is friendly and the atmosphere is superb. Check it out if you get the chance!

The Market Trader - City Pub by floral

floral — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:55:10 +0000

Review by floral

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7247 3459

Website: http://www.thorleytaverns.com

Tags: relaxed, friendly, food

Nice pub on Petticoat Lane near the city which explains the popularity with the lunchtime and afterwork crowd. Has a really nice feel about it and as it's a bit off the beaten track, not as busy as more central city pubs which can get a bit boistrous. Nice food too, but not Thai food.Nice pub on Petticoat Lane near the city which explains the popularity with the lunchtime and afterwork crowd. Has a really nice feel about it and as it's a bit off the beaten track, not as busy as more central city pubs which can get a bit boistrous. Nice food too, but not Thai food.

The Brown Bear - Nice 'Pub' - Minging Burgers by snowbadger

snowbadger — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:31:48 +0000

Review by snowbadger

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7481 3792

Tags: traditional pub, relaxed, food

If you want a drink in a trad pub. Good.

Thai food might also be good.

I just had a pint of London Pride, which was nice and a homemade rump burger.

Not sure what was going on there, but it tasted like someone had spilled either MSG or cumin into the pot. Maybe both.

It's the first burger I've failed to eat.

Not overtly horrible, just too strong, whatever it was.

Don't get me wrong though, beer was good, pub was nice.
If you want a drink in a trad pub. Good.

Thai food might also be good.

I just had a pint of London Pride, which was nice and a homemade rump burger.

Not sure what was going on there, but it tasted like someone had spilled either MSG or cumin into the pot. Maybe both.

It's the first burger I've failed to eat.

Not overtly horrible, just too strong, whatever it was.

Don't get me wrong though, beer was good, pub was nice.