The Hoop and Grapes, City Of London - pub details

Previously called: Mash Tun

Hoop and Grapes
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Address: 80 Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4BL [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 6131)

Nearest tube stations Blackfriars (0.3 miles), Chancery Lane (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles)

Nearest DLR station Bank (0.8 miles)

Nearest train stations City Thameslink (0.1 miles), Blackfriars (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles)

Brewery: Shepherd Neame

Pub facilities/features:

  • TV, Big screen
  • Food served, Real ale
  • Outside seating (2 outdoor areas), Credit cards accepted, Function room for hire (7 days a week), Air conditioning, Coach parties welcome

Pub suggested by grecian on 7 Jan 2004

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> Current user rating: 3.6/10 (rated by 66 users)
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user reviews of The Hoop and Grapes, City Of London

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The service is great, nice beer selection and very good food. I have been to this pub on a few occasions, and the staff is very accommodating. I booked out their second floor room for the Super Bowl, the owner arranged for all of us to have our own seating, Super Bowl magazines, and special menu. And best of all, unlike many other pubs and bars in London, there was no cover! Highly recommend this pub!
JeremyLamb - 7 Feb 2012 23:19
Went in to watch Plymouth Argyle's capitulation against Stourbridge. Small downstairs with three ales on - the IPA was okay but nothing special and service was a bit slow. Smaller bar upstairs with a roof terrace and Trelawney on. Much better.
DuchyBoy - 23 Nov 2011 13:36
The Hoop is now an award winning pub having been won the " Perfect Pint " award at the Shepherd Neame annual pub awards 2011.
Many Thanks to all our loyal patrons for helping us win this award by drinking lots of our lovely beer , thus keeping it in top condition !
MIKESTOKES - 12 Jun 2011 17:11
Well it would appear that FARTINGGHOST and WILLIAMSTEW are the barmaid and landlord for a competing pubs (More directed at you WILLIAMSTEW, I don't know why you would accuse BeerInTheEvening users of who have taken the time to enter a review of working for the pub they are reviewing).

I used to work in the Farringdon at the old Cardinal Tower before it was taken for Crossrail, and while I can say that I enjoyed the Castle EC1, and Ye Olde Mitre both, the Hoop and Grapes is a very nice pub indeed. Due to a strange twist of fate, my company is going to be moving back to Farringdon, this time right across the street from the Hoop and Grapes.

I had a chance tonight to try the White Swan as well as the Hoop and Grapes. Admittedly, I was there a bit early at 1645, but it started to pick up after my second pint. The pub is small, but it has a few things going for it. First, the Shepherd Neame ales were all three exceptional. Second, the three staff members that I saw were all helpful and even took the time to show me around the pub as I had not been there before. I can't say anything about former employees, but these three were very helpful. They gave me the card of Mike, whose last name starts with an S, sorry to poke a hole in your theory WILLIAMSTEW (in addition, MD16 already said she was a girl). Third, the pub facilities are very nice for a pub on Farringdon. The ground floor would probably be cramped at certain times, but when you take into account the first and second floors with darts, TVs, and a good sized sitting room with a couple of sofas, it makes for a great place for afterwork drinks with your workmates. The smoking patio out back was heated and had quite a few seats, and they have a first floor patio as well which was not open when I was there, but I was told opens most nights. The pub backs onto a very pleasant little courtyard as well.

All in all, I'm very excited for my company to move so that I can call this pub my new local. If you want to believe the reviews, which I think are becoming a bit dated, stay away--more room and beer for me. If you want to see a charming pub in the heart of Farringdon, come to the Hoop and Grapes.
cate0012 - 14 Mar 2011 21:32
Seemed OK for an after work beer, expensive as all pubs (except wetherspoons!) are in that area, but the beer is well kept, didn't experience any unpleasantness from staff either as some of these comments suggest.
jfrebrycn - 26 Dec 2010 18:08

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