Run by Publican Estate, The Last Exchange is a gastropub near Liverpool Street station, serving classic pub grub and boasting a popular outdoor terrace overlooking the Square. The approach is a modern British pub with old-school standards, applied equally to the food, the drinks and the service. The space is designed to suit a quick pint as much as a long afternoon.
Pub classics make up most of the menu, cooked simply using British ingredients, with a few house dishes adding character. Battered oysters are served with the pub’s own Exchange tartare, while the deep-filled beef shin pie comes with mash, greens and gravy. The Breville is The Last Exchange’s version of a toastie, filled with beef mince and served with Lea & Perrins gravy for dipping. A Sunday roast joins the menu each week.
The bar keeps things similarly straightforward. House pints include The City Scribbler, the pub’s own beer, and pricing sits at the affordable end for the City. Coffee is served from the morning for those starting the day on the terrace.
Rather than following the City’s usual weekday rhythm, the pub runs through the day, moving from morning coffee to lunch, after-work drinks and dinner. Its position on Exchange Square, moments from the station, makes it one of the more practical pubs near Liverpool Street for a working lunch or a pint before the train home.
Broadgate has long been associated with the weekday City crowd, but the area is increasingly drawing people in outside office hours. With food served from lunch through to dinner, The Last Exchange caters to both the after-work crowd and weekend visitors heading into the Square.