Hoop & Grapes, Aldgate

Re-opened on the 28th March 2007 after a refurbishment, the Hoop & Grapes is under the Nicholson's arm of Mitchells & Butlers . The pool table has gone, along with smoking, in are guest ales, Nicholson's food and candles on the tables (I presume the candles are to encourage blokes not eating to stand as it makes for a somewhat intimate drink). The beer is well kept, I had a lovely pint of London Pride, they also offer Adnams and Bombardier amoungst others. I understand parts of the pub predate the Great Fire of 1666, but you would be hard pushed to find them, despite this the character of the place has been kept and the atmostphere under the low ceilings benifits from the non smoking rule. The pub layout is pleasant, the bar is down and to the left as you enter, there is seating to the right and a dinning area to the back, there are also couple of tables and chair to the front. Undoutably the Hoop & Grapes has been completely rebuilt over the years and is far from the splender which is the Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, there is a good deal of statisfaction to be had enjoying a pint of beer on
the same spot as it has been for centuries.

Hoop & Grapes, 47 Aldgate High Street, EC3N 1AL	Previous Review
Reviewed : 28th March 2007	Telephone : 020 7265 5171
Facilities : Fruit machine, food	Chain : Mitchells & Butler
Re-opened on the 28th March 2007 after a refurbishment, the Hoop & Grapes is under the Nicholson's arm of Mitchells & Butlers . The pool table has gone, along with smoking, in are guest ales, Nicholson's food and candles on the tables (I presume the candles are to encourage blokes not eating to stand as it makes for a somewhat intimate drink). The beer is well kept, I had a lovely pint of London Pride, they also offer Adnams and Bombardier amoungst others. I understand parts of the pub predate the Great Fire of 1666, but you would be hard pushed to find them, despite this the character of the place has been kept and the atmostphere under the low ceilings benifits from the non smoking rule. The pub layout is pleasant, the bar is down and to the left as you enter, there is seating to the right and a dinning area to the back, there are also couple of tables and chair to the front. Undoutably the Hoop & Grapes has been completely rebuilt over the years and is far from the splender which is the Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, there is a good deal of statisfaction to be had enjoying a pint of beer on the same spot as it has been for centuries.