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Griffin, Shoreditch  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated2 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

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location:

Shoreditch

address:

93 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RD

phone:

0871 258 9637*
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nearest stations:

Old Street railway stationLondon Underground station
(390m) - zone 1

Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) London Overground station
(420m) - zone 2

Liverpool Street railway stationLondon Underground station
(790m) - zone 1

Moorgate railway stationLondon Underground station
(830m) - zone 1

Hoxton London Overground station
(880m)

how to find it:

From Old Street head down City Road towards Moorgate, take the first left and walk down Leonard Street until you almost reach the junction with Ravey Street (great name) nearly at the end. The pub is on the left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Bunhill Fields (470m)

Spitalfields Market (730m)

Geffrye Museum (850m)

picture of Griffin
Out of hours, people might feel sorry for the Griffin because it looks so lonely and run down, standing forlornly on the corner of a largely barren plot in an otherwise built-up area. But they needn't worry - when it's open this place is absolutely rammed, so much so, we gave up trying to get a drink here and went elsewhere. The Griffin is still the unreconstructed, undeconstructed boozer it always was, but nowadays it's been discovered and appears to be the gathering place of choice for the young arty set around here. Whilst we wish every success on pubs that do the right thing (as this one does, in our opinion) we do find it more than a little irksome that one of our favourites, is for the time being, out of bounds. A victim of its own success, perhaps, we will be back when things cool off a little.

reviewed:
15/07/2009
reviewed by pubdog

pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)

TVs - click for explanationTV
beer garden or outdoor seating available - click for explanationa few seats outside
pool table(s) available- click for explanationpool table
music DJ - click for explanationjukebox and dj

second opinion:

Have your say! - only one comment, so far on this pub - why not add your own?
posted by Martillo - Friday 30th October, 2009, 11:21am
Your review says this pub is doing all the right stuff and punters love it, but you only give it two glasses because you couldn't be bothered to go in when it was busy! Would you prefer pubs to be empty and have to close down? Does not compute... This boozer is brilliant! It hasn't changed since the 1970s; it's thoroughly run-down and everything looks like it's about to fall apart. How the floor passes muster on the old Elf and Saftey is anyone's guess. In an area where a lot of pubs are very good, but most have been modernised to some extent, this is a simple little pub doing the simple litte things right. Most of the punters are people who work in the area, having a beer after knocking-off time. Serving local customers, doing things the right way, not tarting the place up? What more do you want? (Well, maybe something to eat, but other than that...)
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