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The Princess of Shoreditch, EC2

78 Paul Street
EC2
EC2A 4NE

Phone: 02077299270

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Old Street, Shoreditch

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David Walton left this review about The Princess of Shoreditch

Visited 29/07/26. Visited previously 22/10/18.

No cask. The three handpumps on the bar don't look like they have seen action for many a year. Keg offering of Guinness, their own branded Princess Pilsner, the Wanna Go to the Sun pale ale from Lost & Grounded, the Panama Creatures Pale Ale from Hammerton, Estrella, Kirin and Aspall.

Corner venue that is better known as a high-end gastro pub these days. Bare boarded with the bar counter immediately on the left-hand wall if you enter from the door on Paul St. There is some tall stool seating at the bar counter. Regular tables and chairs and some bench like tables occupy most of the floor space with a leather banquette to the right of the door facing the bar counter. The ceiling fans were doing a sterling job, and the music was barely audible. No screens. The large pane windows on the two street sides with another internal wall covered by a large mirror made this a nice light and airy space.

On 16^th August 2026 - rating: 5
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Tris C left this review about The Princess of Shoreditch

Dating from 1742, though probably rebuilt in the 19th century, this was once The Princess Royal and was a Whitbread pub, as evidenced by some lettering that escaped being stripped out along with all this pub's other history.
This is very much a Hoxton/Shoreditch hipster pub, totally stripped out with a helical staircase leading to a restaurant above. Devoid of décor, with a pale grey colour scheme, this is what you'd expect in this part of London; furniture is basic and the floor is bare boarded. There's a modern bar back which hosts umpteen bottles of wine and music is muted - a bit.
Hipster bearded staff were a bit too cool for school and served Cwth (pronounced 'butch') Tiny Rebel Brewing's Welsh Red Ale. Thereafter is was just Hackney Brewery's American Pale Ale at £2.20 a half and good to boot. This pub probably appeals if you have a hipster beard, wear a checked shirt and have EC2 tattooed on your wrist, but The Barley Mow just up the road does it soooo much better. I won't be returning...

On 18^th August 2016 - rating: 4
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Clive Thompson left this review about The Princess of Shoreditch

I called into this place early on a Friday evening just as it was warming up with the Hoxton crowd. Very clean and new looking, wooden floors, sparse but nice décor with a few prints around the walls. I was surprised to find three hand pumps and they had some interesting beers, including two local ones, Sambrooks Wandle and Meantime London Pale Ale. The other was Adnams Lighthouse, all at £3.50 a pint. I found the service to be excellent and there is both table and bar service plus a few stools at the bar so that you don’t feel you are in a restaurant. There is a restaurant, or dining room as it must be called, upstairs. Some of the prices on the menu I spotted were almost as shocking as the dish descriptions were confusing. They have a starter of ‘Foie Gras Ballotine, Pickled Ceps and Chevill‘, which I think translates to ‘Meat Paste and a few Mushrooms sprinkled with Parsley’, all for a bargain £9.50. I can’t see me eating here but for a clean friendly bar with decent ales it’s OK for a pint or two to unwind of an evening.

On 10^th April 2010 - rating: 7
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