Bars & Pubs

Prospect of Whitby

Located on the Thames foreshore and dating from the 1520s, this old boozer has its original flagstone floor and a wonderful pewter bar from where you'll be served...

Wapping: 57 Wapping Wall, E1W 3SH

Distance: 0.5 mls

Indo

This narrow pub is a splendid, if slightly affected, mishmash. There's all manner of clutter behind the bar, changing art on the walls (on our visit, a painting...

Brick Lane: 133 Whitechapel Road, E1 1DT

Distance: 0.6 mls

L'Oasis

Fronting on the Mile End Road, L'Oasis doesn't quite feel like part of the city. The bar is in a single rectangular room, with benches (now padded) and upholstered...

Mile End: 237 Mile End Road, E1 4AA

Distance: 0.6 mls

The Narrow

Mr Ramsay’s first foray into gastropub territory (now joined by west London’s Warrington and Devonshire) remains well received by Limehouse’s more moneyed...

Limehouse: 44 Narrow St, E14 8DP

Distance: 0.6 mls

Rhythm Factory

During the day this east London institution is a quiet place filled with high chairs, good coffee, Thai food and continental vibes. By night, however, myriad club...

Whitechapel: 16-18 Whitechapel Road, E1 1EW

Distance: 0.7 mls

Pride of Spitalfields

Tucked down a side street, the Pride steadily walks its time-honoured path, treating decks and the £20 pub roast as figments of a fetid imagination. Excellently kept...

Brick Lane: 3 Heneage Street, E1 5LJ

Distance: 0.8 mls

Mayflower

If you’re looking for a relatively authentic olde worlde environment in which to sup your pint, the Mayflower, hidden in the riverside backstreets, is just the...

Bermondsey: 117 Rotherhithe Street, SE16 4NF

Distance: 0.9 mls

Town of Ramsgate

Though claiming to be the oldest pub on the river, the Ramsgate looks like it had a refurb in the '70s - all patterned carpet and chunky wood tables. But it's full of...

Wapping: 62 Wapping High Street, E1W 2PN

Distance: 0.9 mls

Carpenter's Arms

This was once a right naughty little boozer deep in East End gangsterland. It was bought by the Kray twins in 1967 for their dear old mum, Violet. Used as a safe spot...

Bethnal Green: 73 Cheshire Street, E2 6EG

Distance: 0.9 mls

Gramaphone

This cavernous bar-club is owned by the same people as the Rhythm Factory on Whitechapel Road, which explains the quality of the nights put on in the ground-floor room...

Shoreditch: 60-62 Commercial Street, E1 6LT

Distance: 0.9 mls

Exit

'Mark Plays Good House Music' said the sandwich board outside - and indeed he did. This tiny venue on Brick Lane follows the DJ bar template to the letter: front...

Brick Lane: 174 Brick Lane, E1 6RU

Distance: 0.9 mls

Grapes

As old school as they come, the Grapes ticks all the right boxes with a creaky wood-panelled interior, open fire and quirky memorabilia galore. Take a pew at one of...

Limehouse: 76 Narrow Street, E14 8BP

Distance: 1 mls

Ten Bells

The Ten Bells' location, between Liverpool Street and Brick Lane, and dishevelled scruff-bag charm ensures it's packed to within an inch of its life with fashionable...

Shoreditch: 84 Commercial Street, E1 6LY

Distance: 1 mls

Camel

The Camel is a low-key local favourite. Lovely plain brown exterior tiles, an etched Camel mirror and archive shots offer reminders of its past, while dark wallpaper...

Bethnal Green: 277 Globe Road, E2 0JD

Distance: 1 mls

Florist

The barmaid rather charmingly refused to make us a martini on our most recent visit to the Florist because she didn't know how - a sign things are now a little less...

Bethnal Green: 255 Globe Road, E2 0JD

Distance: 1 mls

93 Feet East

There's plenty to be grateful for here, with a great courtyard that wraps right around the back, a large balcony terrace, a 'Pink' bar crammed full of welcoming sofas,...

Shoreditch: 150 Brick Lane, E1 6QL

Distance: 1 mls

Big Chill Bar

The Big Chill dishes up drinks and dance music in a setting relaxed enough to take in all-comers, from straggly kids to grey-haired know-betters. A bull's head with...

Brick Lane: Old Truman Brewery, off Brick Lane, E1 6QL

Distance: 1 mls

Café 1001

Laid-back, bohemian and artfully shambolic, Café 1001 has been dishing up breakfasts, coffees and experimental beats to E1's starving artists and hungover wastrels...

Brick Lane: 1 Dray Walk, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL

Distance: 1 mls

Vibe Bar

The vibe here is classic student party, especially when a band bring all their friends ('We're huge in Suffolk!' announced a wispy-haired singer, trying to flog copies...

Brick Lane: Old Truman Brewery, 91-95 Brick Lane, E1 6QL

Distance: 1 mls

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Tucked down a Bethnal Green side street, this East End working men's club has been responsible for the whole burlesque and variety show explosion. It might look like...

Bethnal Green: 42 Pollard Row, E2 6NB

Distance: 1 mls

The Golden Heart

Landlady Sandra Esqulant has been the hand on the pump at this classic east London boozer for 30 years, and if it's gained a reputation in the last ten or so of them...

City: 110 Commercial Street, E1 6LZ

Distance: 1 mls

Jamies

City: 119-121 The Minories, EC3N 1DR

Distance: 1 mls

Mary Jane's

With its happy hour, an A-board outside advertising private hire for Christmas parties and a menu that boasts 'the most fun, fabulous and flirty drinks list in the...

City: 124-127 Minories, EC3N 1NT

Distance: 1 mls