Bar Music Hall, Shoreditch

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Having spent what seems only a few weeks as 'Hell', Bar Music Hall, as it became, injected a bit of life into an area which seemed to be losing its spark. It's a big space with a long history and has, at various times, been a cabaret club and a (pre-gentrification) rave venue. The interior is dominated by a central bar, at which cocktails and an impressive array of expensive imported beers can be found; just beware that the beer labels for the pumps are only found on one side of the bar. The service is mixed but you rarely feel your life ebbing away waiting and the door policy is normally fine, albeit pointlessly annoying on Saturday nights. Like many nearby places, it comes alive on weekends (albeit rarely unpleasantly busy) and consequently you might find it a little soulless at the quieter end of the week. The most interesting point for us is that since our last visit in early 2007 the clientele has changed dramatically. Odd 80's haircuts have been replaced by hen parties, city workers unable to handle their booze and geezers with diamond studs and polo shirts with the collar pulled up. It felt like a bar in Croydon Town Centre and for us marks the inexorable move of Curtain Road into the anodyne mainstream. Leicester Square MkII.
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134 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3AR

020 7729 7216
info@hellshoreditch.com
http://www.barmusichall.com

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From Old Street: take the exit for Shoreditch and head along Old Street until the road forks. Take the left fork (past the Foundry pub) and continue on until you reach Curtain Road. Turn right and the pub is just down on the left. From Liverpool Street: take the Bishopsgate exit from the station and turn left up Bishopsgate. Walk for about five minutes until you reach the junction with Great Eastern Street and turn left. Cross over as soon as you can and take the third right into Curtain Road. The bar is just up the road on the right.

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17 Jun 11 Updated by FAPadmin