Horse & Groom, Shoreditch, EC2

This is a bit of a strange place as from the outside it looks like a traditional London boozer in name and façade, but upon entering one finds an ill kempt bar that seems to be geared towards late nights of dancing to niche music. The four hand pumps were all unused and my Guinness was a bit iffy, but not so that I wouldn’t knock it back. The barman was friendly, but he did look surprised to see me as the only customer enter the pub at 3pm when he’d just opened up. There was some vinyl playing cracks and all and there was also an interesting projector screen that is masked as a photo frame on the wall. This place is open until 4am when there is a function on and I wouldn’t normally judge a pub when I’m the only customer, but this place is more of a student dance union and I doubt that I’ll return.