Bar 2012, Shoreditch  rated2 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Shoreditch

address:

Brick Lane, E1

phone:

0871 258 5444*
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nearest stations:

Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) London Overground station
(390m) - zone 2

Bethnal Green London Underground station
(780m)

Whitechapel London Underground station
(860m) - zone 2

Aldgate East London Underground station
(970m) - zone 1

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

how to find it:

From Aldgate East, exit onto Commercial Street, and take the forth turning on the right (Fournier Street) which leads you onto Brick Lane where you turn left. Bar 2010 is a few minutes walk on the right. From Liverpool Street exit onto Bishopsgate, cross and take Brushfield Street on the right. At the end carry on over to Fournier Street from where you can follow the instructions above.

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nearby attraction(s):

Brick Lane (490m)

Spitalfields Market (590m)

Geffrye Museum (900m)

picture of Bar 2012
"Bar 2012". Even before we went inside we puzzled over the name. Perhaps it was emulating 'Curry 2000' on nearby Hackney Road which was one of many shops which forwarded the idea that putting a hence-to- future date in your name makes you cutting edge. Or perhaps it might be some passing reference to the Olympics? Either way, the inside was thankfully a bit better than the name. Almost identical in shape and size to the nearby not-very-good Exit Bar, there was a vaguely Moroccan theme with small inlaid tables and a mural on one of the walls. There were however some very un-Moroccan retro chairs of indeterminate vintage and at least one couch. The beer was bottled and predominantly generic (although the 7.5% Guinness Foreign Extra Stout came as a nice surprise) but the music was uniformly terrible - 'pop hits' is the best, albeit vaguely inaccurate description we can manage. Overall, a bit of an incohesive mess but one where its still possible to relax and enjoy yourself.

reviewed:
06/03/2007
reviewed by redcat
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