The Hoop & Grapes, Fleet Street

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location:

Fleet Street

address:

80 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4BL

phone:

0871 984 1573*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.

nearest stations:

City Thameslink Railway station
(130m)

Blackfriars London Underground station Railway station
(410m) - zone 1

Chancery Lane London Underground station
(530m) - zone 1

St Paul's London Underground station
(540m) - zone 1

Farringdon London Underground station Railway station
(550m) - zone 1

how to find it:

Blackfriars: Leave the tube by the New Bridge Street exit and head up the road (away from the river) towards Ludgate circus, cross Ludgate Circus and carry on up Farringdon Street. The pub is ahead on the left. Farringdon: turn right out of the station, turn left down Farringdon Road and walk under the viaduct. Carry on a short while and you'll soon see the pub on your right.

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opening times:

Mon-Fri: 11:00-23:00*
* opening times can change, please check with the pub before organising important events.

nearby attraction(s):

St. Paul's Cathedral (500m)

Museum of London (630m)

Barbican Centre (910m)

picture of The Hoop and Grapes Just off Fleet Street, the Hoop and Grapes is a cosy nook amidst the corporate canyons. The new owner is young, yet has the heart of an old-school publican. Although the interior is unpretentious, care and thought have gone into providing for the wealthy clientele; an excellent wine list, Japanese beer on tap, free-trade cappuccino and Cuban cigars supplement the regular pub offerings. For the ladies: this is the only pub where we have found a little bottle of scented hand lotion in the loo. Spiffy corporate types popping in for lunch find it easy to relax with a pint and loosen their impeccable neckties. Solicitors from the nearby Old Bailey come after work and discuss cases - it's a great place to eavesdrop! Area workers, pleased that tourists from nearby St. Paul's usually troop straight down to the Tate Modern or the Globe, therefore bypassing the Hoop and Grapes, have a quiet, welcoming spot to unwind with colleagues before dashing to the tube and the journey homeward. Because of its location it is only open Monday through Friday. A small, trellised patio in the rear can sometimes be overwhelmed by local construction noise, but that is true anywhere in London.

reviewed:
04/03/2008

Eating at The Hoop & Grapes ... we last ate here on 04/03/2008

They are now offering food at lunchtime and in the evenings (when not catering for private functions). We'll get back there and see what its like now.

- quality