Shooting Star, Liverpool Street

back to pub details

user reviews of the Shooting Star, Liverpool Street

please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.

Fullers - cask Pride, Chiswick, ESB & Discovery with Porter, Golden Pride and 1845 in bottles. Plenty of room inside, Chiswick tasted just about like it should. Better than Dirty Dicks.
GuideDogSaint - 20 Aug 2008 00:32
A Fullers Ale & Pie house located just off Bishopsgate so it is popular with City workers both lunchtimes and evenings. Nice interior with plush furnishings. High prices which seems to be a feature of Fullers pubs in the City.

Millay - 8 Dec 2007 21:12
Great little pub, I regularly pop here for a pint every Thursday. The bar staff are great too, especially Gunther who I've forged a close relationship with recently. I score this pub 10/10 and would recommend anybody go there if they want a real London pub with a Central European/Larry Grayson theme...but hands off Gunther, he's mine.
Chairman_Mo - 31 Oct 2007 17:01
excellent well kept fullers ales, couldnt find a no-smoking area, be prepared to be short changed by sour faced eastern european bar staff so a disappointment overall
moclips2002 - 6 Apr 2007 09:47
Generally worthwile pub, and handy for a pre Brick Lane pint. The main critism is the pub is always very smokey.
goldendodo - 15 Mar 2007 23:46
Always worth a visit when in the area. Fullers beer is well kept and there is plenty of seating. Much bigger then it looks from the outside with another bar downstairs, close when i visited.
Didn't notice any tv screens and no loud music.
Well worth a visit if close to Liverpool Street.

TheHorsesMouth - 20 Feb 2007 12:19
This is a good one and one of a number in Middlesex St and immediate area (see also Williams, Dirty Dicks, the Gun and the Market Trader)

Good Fullers ales and not quite as old as it appears - I'm guessing it's been around for 10 or 12 years. Must be unique in the City as a relatively new place that isn't a plastic craphole catering for Essex men(see AB1, P & P etc)
murgatroyd - 11 Feb 2007 09:19
One of my favourite pubs in the city. A large traditional Boozer with decent beer and food. If you don't like this pub then you'll probably feel more at home in the Pitcher & Piano around the corner.
Drunken_Duncan - 26 Jan 2007 13:02
Sells Fullers 'London Porter' ale on bottle which is one of the finest ales currently being brewed. Worth visiting for that alone.
PieFace - 16 Nov 2006 15:38
Bit like having a pint in your local Tescos (but more expensive).

Quite rubbish for this area of town, and the Fullers ales (despite the amount sold), are pretty poor.

Language barrier as well (which doesn't help when you're ordering a pint).

Rubbish.
anthony2 - 11 Jun 2006 20:40
Adequate.
Darren_in_the_City - 23 Mar 2006 15:05
Fullers Ales are always kept well. Staff are friendly and efficient. Simply the best pub in the vicinty around Liverpool Street Station.
smurfy33 - 21 Jan 2006 20:19
A nice pub. I was on a course across the road so we went out to theis pub just across the road at lunchtime.

The pub is a Fullers pub so it has 4 Fullers ales on the handle. They are very nice too. If you ask for a Fullers ESB it comes in a pint size brandy glass with Fullers Ale written on it :)

The food is very good and served promptly. I had a tuna sandwich and the next day had the ploughmans. You can have the ploughmans with either a pork pie or a wedge of stilton.

The bar staff seem to all be foreign but they understand English quite well which is good. The place was full of business men as you would expect.

I recommend this pub.
NeilA - 29 Oct 2005 18:21
Decent place with good service and friendly atmosphere. Like lots of City pubs, don't be put off by large crowds at 6-ish...the tables turn over pretty quickly so if you don't find a seat straight away, be prepared to give it 20 mins or so.
wilsoj09 - 19 Oct 2005 13:09
Fairly useless staff and expensive beer, but great food and you can usually get a table. One of the best pubs in the area!
drunkmarv - 13 Oct 2005 11:12
An excellent lunchtime menu (homemade pies highly recommended) in an easy to find location just a stones throw away from Liverpool St. Station. Good Fullers beer, staff a little slow to get to you but when they eventually do, service is quite friendly.

Even though it was a peak lunch hour rush I was still able to find a table. Food arrived very promply, I hope to return very soon!
CJB - 16 Jan 2005 15:38
How anybody can choose Hamilton Hall when you've got this around the corner is anyones guess. Class ales, good music (not too loud) and efficient staff.
anonymous - 14 Jan 2005 12:16
A great oasis away from the back office oiks that populate some of the chrome and smoked glass city chain bars nearby. Excellent London Pride and other Fullers ales on rotation. Really friendly, competent staff and a fantastic landlady. The food is very good (though understandably food service can get a wee bit slow on a Friday lunchtime) - particularly look out for the home made pies. Area on the pavement to stand and drink outside (no tables but ledges wide enough to put your pint on). re the comment below, it's perhaps understandable that they close at 9 on a Sunday given the location - I have known many other pubs in the immediate vicinity to close even earlier than this during the week. Highly recommended.
Mr Lash - 24 Sep 2004 15:42
For whatever reason, the barman certainly wasn't forthcoming with one, this pub closed at 9pm on the Sunday just gone. But I'm too devoted to Fullers to lay into it here, so will let it pass.

I won't be so forgiving next time. Until then, it gets a big fat zero.
travis - 14 Sep 2004 14:05
Went here for the first time last night and it was the best eve I've had out in Liverpool Street for ages. Tucked away off Bishopsgate, much quieter than most pubs in the area and staff were friendlier. Beer reasonably priced.
Nick - 11 May 2004 08:50
Large Fullers pub near to Liverpool St Station. Can get busy some times but usually possible to get a seat. Fantastic leather sofas in the small non-smoking area. Food available as well as usual Fullers beer selection - although beer served a bit too cold in my opinion.
Graham - 9 Oct 2003 14:25

got anything to say about this pub?

Please read our comments policy before posting.
Only registered users can post reviews. Please log in. If you don't have an account yet, register here.

 

Blog | Forums | Copyright Neransk Limited 2001-2008. All Rights Reserved.