The Old Shoreditch Station, Shoreditch  fancyapint.com rated pub, 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 there is a small band of premium lagers), but on the whole we rather warmed 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:
15/02/2010
reviewed by redcat

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