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The Olde Wine Shades, EC4

6 Martin Lane
EC4
EC4R 0DP

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Cannon Street, Monument

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Rex Rattus left this review about The Olde Wine Shades

As the name implies, this is more a wine bar than a pub. But it is possible to visit, get served a keg beer of some kind at the bar without having to "enjoy" table service and without being required to buy a meal. So it qualifies as a pub. The interior is full of character, with plenty of old wood and several separate semi-private drinking areas spread around the place. It is bound to find a place on CAMRA's National Inventory before too long.

It's a nice enough characterful place, but again I prefer traditional pubs to this sort of establishment.

On 17^th August 2026 - rating: 5
[User has posted 2629 recommendations about 2544 pubs]

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Ian Mapp left this review about The Olde Wine Shades

Wine bar but included in my investigations, as it is on the list of Londons top 12 pubs that Len Deighton detailed in his London Dossier Guide book in 1967.

Good news is 10 remain.

This was my final tick. Only open weekdays, so not much use to the man who WFH.

Wooden frontage claims from 1663 - so - predating the great fire. Low ceilings that work around a central bar. Tiny alcove, unsurprisingly called the Dickens Room.

No other punters on a Monday afternoon. I swear this area used to be full of skiving bankers, journos and barristers. Maybe the world has changed.

A few kegs on - including a more intresting Estrella Galicia, served in the ceremonal chalice.

Worth a visit for the history.

And wine.

On 19^th June 2024 - rating: 6
[User has posted 1911 recommendations about 1872 pubs]

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Will Larter left this review about The Olde Wine Shades

An interesting old building, and really that was the only reason I was here: it features in a book of walks between interesting London pubs that I was following on my winter visits to London. Is it a pub? Well, no - not really. It's mostly a wine emporium, though there are seven keg fonts serving lager, cider and Guinness. I went for Camden Hells, which was particularly nasty. It was pretty quiet here, and I was glad I had come - perhaps I should have had a glass of wine instead.

Date of visit: 9th February 2022

On 9^th August 2022 - rating: 4
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