The Foundry, Shoreditch - pub details

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Address: 84-86, Great Eastern St, London, EC2A 3JL [map] [gmap]

Tel: 020 7739 6900

Nearest tube stations Old Street (0.2 miles), Shoreditch (0.6 miles), Liverpool Street (0.6 miles)

Nearest train stations Old Street (0.3 miles), London Liverpool Street (0.5 miles), Moorgate (0.6 miles)

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Pub added by Techno. Last visited on 15th Oct 2004. Suggested by pikey the koala on 5 Jun 2003.

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user reviews of the Foundry, Shoreditch

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I too, was surprised at the friendliness of the staff considering the clientele were mostly hipsters. I usually can't stand Shoreditch as the people there are so full of themselves, but The Foundry feels low-key and chilled out.
slownewsday - 7 Apr 2008 08:46
KRS One, you've made my day as this means I didn't even get the right change when I was in here! Fantastic! Stupid staff in a stupid pub where the only redeeming feature is writing about how bad it is above the urinals.




rampantwurzel - 27 Feb 2008 14:27
Most pretentious looking pub i've ever been in. Full of artsy wannabees trying too hard to be something they're not. Worth visiting for the novelty factor and £2.80 beer, but not what you could call a relaxing experience. Lots of secondhand furniture placed in random places, and "art" via the medium of monitors displaying "poetry". I did like the loos though, where graffitti has been encouraged, so the place is covererd floor to ceiling.
krsone - 24 Jan 2008 08:13
Rampantwurzels Tip on how to build a Hoxton bar (part 2)
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1. Get rid of 90% of the lighting.

Beautiful people don't look so beautiful in normal light, particularly since skag abuse does nothing for the skin, so strip out all the lights and get a few blacklights in there so tht people can look at their white clothing and go 'Wow, that's so cool' while tripping off some cheap PCP....

2. Get leather couches.

But do not get new ones. No no no, that's not the way. Get really old ones probably from house clearances, batter them up some more, and lay them out higglety pigglety around your pub floor

3. Carpets

Why bother? People don't like carpets, and hey it's easier to clean. If you can be bothered once every six months....

4. Beer

Actually (God I hate myself for this) - this is cheap. Really cheap

5. Art

Oh FFS - stop it. I don't want to see your rubbish on the walls, the toilet, the bar etc. Can people just not just accept the fact they're not Picasso, Freud, or Moore and in fact what they do is rubbish. Perhaps if I lived in a favella I might appreciate the practical use of some of your contraptions and trinkets but since I'm in Inner London I expect something a bit better.

6. Clientelle

Oh sorry, they don't talk to you. If they did you'd notice their bleeding gums from speed abuse, as well as an inability to say anythign interesting.

At least the beer is cheap which means you can wash down some methadone while viewing the trash. Might make you feel better. Probably not.
rampantwurzel - 10 Jan 2008 14:14
Why was my last review removed?

People, this place is cr8p. Avoid
rampantwurzel - 7 Dec 2007 17:02

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