The Book Club

Kitsch, intellectual & socially aware, Shoreditch is the perfect home for The Book Club, an appealing spot for switched-on East Londoners – or ‘trendy media types’ as one reader puts it. The bright main room, with its high ceiling, wood floor & wooden tables is the perfect place to catch up over a full English at breakfast or a light lunch of roasted pepper, spinach & mozzarella frittata. The drinks list plays up to the Nathan Barley theme, with ‘Shoreditch twat’ & ‘Don’t go to Dalston’ among the line-up of cocktails, along with a smattering of well-priced wines. And if you’re looking for offbeat entertainment, you’ve come to the right place: how many other joints offer Golden Girls parties & bingo one night, & life-drawing art classes the next?