Biddle Bros

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88 Lower Clapton Road

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Wed Aug 3 2011

This bar is named after the business that previously occupied the premises: as the sign out front advertises, the Biddle brothers were builders’ merchants. These days, the tools have been replaced by art on the walls, and the brickies buying trowels have been usurped by students drinking pints.

It’s a strange shape for a bar, long and thin and a little awkward, but the loungey feel is an appealing one, and the layout does allows you to escape the open-mic nights and other unnecessary entertainment that take place here from time to time.

The drinks list doesn’t offer any surprises: most people, chiefly locals who appreciate the bar’s location on a scruffy stretch between Hackney and Clapton, are only here for the beer.

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Address:
Biddle Bros 88 Lower Clapton Road
London
E5 0QR

Phone:
no phone
Opening hours:
Open 6-11pm Mon-Fri; 1-11pm Sat, Sun
Transport:
Tube: Clapton or Hackney Central rail
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1. Biddle Bros
  - 88 Lower Clapton Road
    London
    E5 0QR
  - no phone
  - 51.553659,-0.053306

Facilities:
Internet access. Wireless (free). Eating and drinking facilities. Bar. Entertainment facilities. Entertainment

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(9 ratings)

A very unique pub. Memorable evenings to be had there! Nice vibe, good music and comfortable seating. Got that bar/pub in-between thing going on but in a good way. Look out for the parrot hanging out at the bar! (no joke).

Beth Wed Apr 3
Rated as: 5/5
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Wish it was my local.

paz Mon Feb 25
Rated as: 5/5
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If the reviewer doesn't like music he/she shouldn't go to a bar staging it. I saw Paloma Faith and Lianne La Havas performing in their intimate back room long before they became famous so that you are unable to get close to them when they perform these days. Reviewer would no doubt cast these fledgling performances as unnecessary (fools do rush in).

Roo Sun Oct 28 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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Great pub.. cool loungey feel to it and good atmosphere plus its own Piano which you can play :)

Wellsey Tue Oct 23 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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The reviewer must be a very sad lad...and have a a very sad life.I hope he is not getting paid for that. Music is life!

Phifi Sun Feb 5 2012
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Terrible reviewer, time out really needs to update. Great place, great atmosphere, high quality musicianship and good booze. There's a Manhattan feel to the place which somehow works well.

Will Sun Jun 26 2011
Rated as: 4/5
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5 Star guinness it is exceptional!!!

robbie G Fri Feb 25 2011
Rated as: 5/5
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