Big Chill Bar, Spitalfields  rated1 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Spitalfields

address:

The Truman Brewery, Dray Walk Brick Lane, E1 6QL

phone:

0871 984 1700*
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nearest stations:

Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) London Overground station
(420m) - zone 2

Aldgate East London Underground station
(650m) - zone 1

Whitechapel London Underground station
(730m) - zone 2

Aldgate London Underground station
(840m) - zone 1

Bethnal Green London Underground station
(840m)

how to find it:

From Liverpool Street: cross Bishopsgate and make your way down one of the side streets to Spitalfields Market. Cross Commercial Street opposite the Hawksmoor-designed Christ Church. Head down Fournier Street to Brick Lane. Turn left and walk along Brick Lane, under the bridge of the brewery. Walk down the alleyway on the left and it's on the right, with a red awning.

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nearby attraction(s):

Brick Lane (170m)

Spitalfields Market (340m)

Whitechapel Gallery (580m)

picture of Big Chill BarAccording to the menu this place is not a pub or a bar, but a "multimedia concept". If that Nathan Barley speak doesn't make you want to laugh (or sob) you may like it here. I can't help thinking that in trying so hard to be painfully cool they've overlooked some basics - like decent service. I'll be leaving the overpriced beer, Modern Painters magazines, slow service and £2.75 ashtray-sized bowls of chips to others.

reviewed:
20/6/2005
reviewed by dr_booze

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