The Old Shoreditch Station, Shoreditch  rated3 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Shoreditch

address:

1 Kingsland Road, E2 8AA

phone:

N/A

nearest stations:

Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) London Overground station
(480m) - zone 2

Old Street Railway stationLondon Underground station
(660m) - zone 1

Liverpool Street Railway stationLondon Underground station
(1.1Km) - zone 1

Moorgate Railway stationLondon Underground station
(1.2Km) - zone 1

Bethnal Green London Underground station
(1.3Km)

bus routes:

149, 243 bus info

how to find it:

Liverpool Street: Leave station by the Bishopsgate exit and turn left towards Shoreditch. The bars on the left at the junction of Old Street and Kingsland High Road. From Old street: take the exit towards Hoxton and walk along Old Street until you reach the junction with Kingsland High Road. Its on the left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Geffrye Museum (480m)

Bunhill Fields (820m)

Spitalfields Market (890m)

picture of Old Shoreditch Station
A diminutive, fairly new addition to the Hoxton scene, the Old Shoreditch Railway Station is a café/bar unsurprisingly set in the original Shoreditch railway station building. Its a tiny place and until recently there was seating for as little as 20 or so people, but they've now expanded into the shop next door increasing capacity by 100%. Even so, it can get rather crowded later in the evening, but if you're able to get a seat and space on one of the great 1950s coffee tables to rest your drink, there's a very comfortable and unrushed atmosphere. The choice of drink isn't spectacular, focusing mainly on spirits (although the Stella Artois Bock went down nicely), but on the whole we warmed rather nicely to the place. With many try-too-hard, perpendicular anodyne bars around (i.e.: Jam), for us, The Old Shoreditch Station provided a refreshing antidote. Oh and if you're a railway enthused Hoxtonite, you can see (en route to the toilet) the original staircase leading up to a non-existent platform for a train station long since gone.

reviewed:
19/08/2008
reviewed by redcat

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