location:
address:
8 East Road, N1 6AD
phone:
0871 984 1347*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Old Street 

(170m) - zone 1
Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) 
(880m) - zone 2
Moorgate 

(960m) - zone 1
Barbican 

(1Km) - zone 1
Liverpool Street 

(1.1Km) - zone 1
bus routes:
41, 271 ![]()
how to find it:
Leave Old Street by the City Road (East Side) exit. Walk up City Road for a short while and you'll see the pub on your right.
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nearby attraction(s):
Barbican Centre (910m)
Geffrye Museum (930m)
An unremarkable unreconstructed boozer which, despite being the nearest pub to Old Street tube, is by no means the busiest. Initial impressions are that the place is sparse, but the bulk of the tables and chairs are situated towards the back behind the balcony overlooking the basement pool room. At lunchtimes there's no surprises, catering mainly for the local business crowd and in the evenings and at weekends it's more of local residents' thing, as its close to a number of estates. The only ale is Directors, but there's prompt service and with three pool tables, its your best chance in the area to get a game.

