The Griffin, Shoreditch - pub details
Address: 93, Leonard St, London, EC2A 4RD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 3837)
Old Street (0.3 miles), Liverpool Street (0.5 miles), Shoreditch (0.5 miles)
Old Street (0.3 miles), London Liverpool Street (0.4 miles), Moorgate (0.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Jukebox
- Pool table, Dartboard
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> Current user rating: 6.2/10 (rated by 33 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Great Eastern Dining Room, Shoreditch (0.0 miles), Elbow Room, Shoreditch (0.1 miles), Cantaloupe, Shoreditch (0.1 miles), Foundry, Shoreditch (0.1 miles), Princess Royal, Old Street (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Griffin, Shoreditch
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| Traditional corner pub with lots of interesting features, but badly underlit (presumably to hid the tatty furniture and moth-eaten flooring). Quite an alternative selection on the jukebox and an upstairs function room for regular live music. Three handpumps - Pride (cheap before 6pm), Wandle (at £3.20) and one with a reversed clip. Curious sort of place, but it certainly has a bit of character. rpadam - 10 Mar 2010 23:31 |
| I realise that Shoreditch is considered a very cool place for a night out, and this pub is very cool, the lack of care to the pub just makes it more fun, great crowd and atmoshere, BUT i do not like waiting at the bar for a drink for nearly 20 minuites, becuase they had only 3 people serving on a saturday night, one barmaid who never bothered to see who was next another spent most of her time talking to or serving what appered to be her friends, and the other one just keeped walking up and down without serving anyone. I will be back as the pub was great but please get some better staff petesinclair81 - 18 Jan 2010 15:29 |
| A lovely old exterior and an interior of astonishing tattiness, but in a very good way. Columns of different sizes, flyers posted to the walls, original glasswork towards the back, the whole gives the impression of an alt.pub or some kind of student hangout; and yet, considering this is London, we were pleasantly impressed that it does real ale, including Sambrook's Wandle. I liked it. rainlight - 10 Dec 2009 08:03 |
| As the reviews below have described accurately, a old style corner boozer with a dark brown Victorian tiled exterior, inside which is a thoroughly run down interior with everything falling apart or giving the impression that it is just about to. And how the over zealous City health and safety wallas have missed the opportunity to shut this place down, just for the floor alone, is a mystery. However, I’m not sure what it was, perhaps the dark orange lighting, which really shouldn’t go with a green wood interior, or a half-decent pint of Doombar, but I actually found myself beginning to not dislike this place on a cold November evening. I would even consider visiting again if I was back around Old Street. But word of advice, certainly not the place to bring a first date if you are trying to impress.. Gann - 28 Nov 2009 16:28 |
| Run down exterior belies a run down interior - I suspect this is something to do with some kind of Pseudo Hoxton trendiness (a suspicion somewhat confirmed by some of the fliers for events around the walls) but although I like slightly shabby pubs this was just too grubby and had a bit of a niff to boot. All the clips were turned round when I was in so I'd imagine any passing ale lover would have left straight away. As a trap for young players the first table I sat at didn't have the top attached to the legs almost resulting in my pint flipping on to my lap when I leant on it. If you want comfortable and traditional in this are walk 5 mins down the road to the Old Kings Head - much much better than this tip. murgatroyd - 9 Nov 2009 16:15 |
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