The Foundry, Shoreditch - pub details
Address: 84-86, Great Eastern St, London, EC2A 3JL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 7739 6900
Old Street (0.2 miles), Shoreditch (0.6 miles), Liverpool Street (0.6 miles)
Old Street (0.3 miles), London Liverpool Street (0.5 miles), Moorgate (0.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Fruit machines
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 24 users)
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user reviews of the Foundry, Shoreditch
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| I thought this place was okay despite anticipating too many 'cool' people trying too hard. People were generally friendly. Its quite rough and ready: I caught and ripped my dress on a nail in the downstairs area when coming out of the poetry area. The poetry evening was full of tense intellectuals trying very hard to show they had swallowed their own thesaurus and therefore most people too self-conscious to be friendly and hence not a very 'fun' evening. People outside were okay though. I do think that it is good to have a place like this in Shoreditch to counterract the Holiday Inns and White Cubes, and its no worse than other 'style' bars in the area. I_like_brandy - 23 Aug 2008 16:34 |
| 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) =============================================== 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 |
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