Bars & Pubs

William IV

While nearby Old Street and its environs become an increasingly manic party district, the hidden-away William IV keeps its cool as a civilised, homely pub where you...

Shoreditch: 7 Shepherdess Walk, N1 7QE

Distance: 0.2 mls

CAMP (City Arts and Music Project)

Temporary arts and drinking space in Shoreditch

Shoreditch: 70-74 City Rd, EC1Y 2BJ

Distance: 3564.2 mls

Wenlock Arms

From the outside, the Wenlock doesn't look like much at all. And to be honest, it doesn't look like much from the inside either: it's just a boxy room that hasn't been...

Shoreditch: 26 Wenlock Road, N1 7TA

Distance: 0.3 mls

Aquarium

Just as Old Street was earning a place on the world's map of cool, this club opened in 1995 to add a healthy dash of knowing cheesiness. Famous as the club with the...

Shoreditch: 256-260 Old Street, EC1V 9DD

Distance: 0.3 mls

Charlie Wright's International Bar

It's just a few metres from Old Street, but this no nonsense bar feels miles away from the Shoreditch scene. Decent Thai food (you can eat well for a fiver) keeps...

Shoreditch: 45 Pitfield Street, N1 6DA

Distance: 0.3 mls

Princess

Just like the Fox down the road, the Princess has a ground floor bar topped by a very decent restaurant. The differences are all about style. The look here is less pub...

Shoreditch: 76-78 Paul Street, EC2A 4NE

Distance: 0.4 mls

Princess of Shoreditch

Gastropub with fine dining upstairs

Shoreditch: 76-78 Paul St, EC2A 4NE

Distance: 0.4 mls

East Village

Small club, big line-ups, they say - and we wholeheartedly agree. Since the place formerly known as Medicine Bar opened in February 2008, with a classy facelift and...

Hoxton: 89 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3HX

Distance: 0.4 mls

Favela Chic

With its odious name and a website that gabbles on about 'a big eclectic family that has grown organically throughout time', it's easy to distrust this ultra-hip...

Shoreditch: 91-93 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3HZ

Distance: 0.4 mls

Foundry

The name suggests industry, but the Foundry, stuck right in Shoreditch's epicentre, goes for an artfully tatty look. Old school chairs and scruffy sofas sit alongside...

Shoreditch: 84-86 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3JL

Distance: 0.4 mls

Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

One of the Hoxton originals, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen has seen plenty of action in its time. Still hip - check the gig nights and album launches - and packed to...

Shoreditch: 2-4 Hoxton Square, N1 6NU

Distance: 0.4 mls

Reliance

This small, rather awkwardly shaped bar with worn floorboards, rough brickwork and the vague air of a Parisian bistro could do with being double the size, so...

Shoreditch: 336 Old Street, EC1V 9DR

Distance: 0.4 mls

Fox

A real post-work magnet on Thursday and Friday nights, when you can hardly see the bar for bodies, the Fox is a delight the rest of the week. Plus points include an...

Shoreditch: 28 Paul Street, EC2A 4LB

Distance: 0.4 mls

Sosho

If it’s well-executed cocktails you’re after, this east London outpost of the Match bar empire delivers the goods. Fruity concoctions include the Space Gin Smash...

Shoreditch: 2 Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4LU

Distance: 0.4 mls

The East Room

This cracking bar shares the same conceit of faux-exclusivity as its established Soho sibling, Milk & Honey. That is, anyone can get in before 11pm, as long as they...

Shoreditch: 2a Tabernacle St, EC2A 4LU

Distance: 0.4 mls

Three Blind Mice

Renamed after an album by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, this basement bar was previously called Smersh. But if the owners are redecorating, it's clearly a work in...

Shoreditch: 5 Ravey Street, EC2A 4QW

Distance: 0.4 mls

Prophet (branch of Balls Brothers)

City: 5-11 Worship Street, EC2A 2BH

Distance: 0.4 mls

333

A haven for the area's cutting-edge crowd for more than ten years, this three-floored, no-frills party space has found its feet again thanks to quality house nights...

Shoreditch: 333 Old Street, EC1V 9LE

Distance: 0.4 mls

Mother Bar

As part of the legendary 333 Club, Mother is something of a Shoreditch institution. Tthough its sleazy, late-night allure has had the edge taken off it with the...

Shoreditch: 333 Old Street, EC1V 9LE

Distance: 0.4 mls

Electricity Showrooms

Irony is almost overwhelming as Shoreditch's once feted minimalist original returns to its (almost) former name after a brief spell as a Nuevo Latino restaurant/bar,...

Hoxton: 39A Hoxton Square, N1 6NN

Distance: 0.5 mls

Great Eastern

This broodingly handsome Will Ricker bar-restaurant serves high-end cocktails and exquisite dim sum bar snacks (four cubes of crispy pork belly with black vinegar,...

Hoxton: 54-56 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3QR

Distance: 0.5 mls

Plastic People

Dark basement? Check. A swung cat would brush its ears on all four walls? Check. A sound system that has had songs written about it? Check - and how! Forward has long...

Shoreditch: 147-149 Curtain Road, EC2A 3QE

Distance: 0.5 mls

Red Lion

It's years now since this tiny bar on the 'wrong' side of Hoxton Square saw local resident Jarvis Cocker drop in every now and again to do a spot of DJing. But despite...

Shoreditch: 41 Hoxton Street, N1 6NH

Distance: 0.5 mls

Red Lion Dining Room

The Red Lion pub's been on the block since crooked haircuts were but a twinkle in Hoxton's eye, but during the last decade or so it's carved out a niche as a cosy...

Hoxton: 41 Hoxton St, N1 6NH

Distance: 0.5 mls

Book Club

Creative cafe-club in Shoreditch

Shoreditch: 100 Leonard St, EC2A 4RH

Distance: 3564.2 mls

Cantaloupe

One of the Shoreditch originals, Cantaloupe has long since eased into a comfy chair to let the young guns tire themselves out at the cutting edge. It simply carries on...

Shoreditch: 35-42 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3PD

Distance: 0.5 mls

Island Queen

This popular local is an architectural gem, with its high, rust-coloured ceilings, Victorian wood panels, curved front windows, stunning cut-glass lamps, beautiful...

Islington: 87 Noel Road, N1 8HD

Distance: 0.5 mls

Hat & Feathers

Traffic roared around this forgotten building for years, but only recently did anyone care enough to put this two-floor bar and restaurant in it, magnificent yellow...

Clerkenwell: 2 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PQ

Distance: 0.5 mls

Pulpit (branch of Davy's)

Shoreditch: 63 Worship Street, EC2A 2DU

Distance: 0.5 mls