Tokenhouse, EC2

Situated a short walk south down Moorgate from the tube station and just after the alleyway that takes you through to Fullers other Moorgate pub, The Telegraph the Tokenhouse is a typical modern City drinking hole designed to feed the city workers at lunchtime and ply them with beer after work. I thought it had a bit more about it than a Pitcher & Piano or All Bar One but the interior decor is definitely modern and it is a loud shouty barn upstairs when busy, as it was for our Thursday evening after work visit. Four ales on , Pride , ESB, Olivers Island and one from the Dark Star catalogue and I have to say the London Pride was surprisingly good and the Fullers pubs in the City do seem to be getting a decent pull through pre Covid. But in saying that, even for a group of blokes its not the most comfortable space volume wise to spend all evening and it wasn’t too long before we made the short hop to the nearby Old Doctor Butlers Head

The bland modern Pitcher & Piano / All Bar One style interior of the high-ceiling main bar from its former incarnation as the Bluu Bar & Brasserie seems to have survived the Fullers takeover, as has the typical shouty atmosphere. There is also a second - similar-sized but quieter - bar downstairs, offering a greater variety of seating areas with mixed furniture and darker decor. Unusually, there is a lift between the two floors allowing wheelchair access to the Cellar Bar. Beer-wise, there are now six handpumps upstairs and two more below, although the choice was restricted to Seafarers, Pride and ESB (£4.40) on my first re-visit.

I passed this on a bus the other day and noted that it is now a Fuller's tied house. I shudder to think what a pint would cost in here from a brewer that ASDA were selling their 500ml bottles at 4 for a fiver last Xmas.

Tokenhouse official site - www.tokenhousemoorgate.co.uk

Tokenhouse official site - www.tokenhousemoorgate.co.uk