location:

Spitalfields

address:

The Old Truman Brewery, 91-95 Brick Lane Shoreditch, E1 6QL

phone:

020 7426 0491

nearest stations:

Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) London Overground station
(400m) - zone 2

Aldgate East London Underground station
(630m) - zone 1

Whitechapel London Underground station
(770m) - zone 2

Liverpool Street London Underground stationRailway station
(800m) - zone 1

Aldgate London Underground station
(800m) - zone 1

how to find it:

From Aldgate East, exit onto Commercial Street, and take the forth turning on the right (Fournier Street) which leads you onto Brick Lane where you turn left. Vibe is a couple of minutes away on the right. From Liverpool Street exit onto Bishopsgate, cross and take Brushfield Street on the right. At the end carry on over to Fournier Street from where you can follow the instructions above.

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nearby attraction(s):

Brick Lane (150m)

Spitalfields Market (290m)

Whitechapel Gallery (570m)

picture of VibeOne of the earliest proponents of the Brick Lane scene, Vibe's commitment to creativity and experimentation in music, art and IT has always attracted the cream of Shoreditch's creative element. Sadly, as the area's reputation has spread, like anything that becomes too popular, it can lose its original attraction. These days, Londoners from far and wide are now drawn here; on Friday nights, for example, post-curry eaters, girls trying too hard and City folk vie uncomfortably for space with the more old-skool Shoreditch residents. It can, on occasion, create a rather fragmented and resentful atmosphere. Luckily, on our recent Sunday evening visit, such problems were absent. Instead our problems came from the excellent tunes being played at ear-bleeding volume. Perhaps we're getting old, but for a Sunday in a place which isn't a bone fide club, we like a little conversation without having to shout about it. Still, catch Vibe in the right fame of mind and on the right day and it's still pretty good.

reviewed:
23/4/2006
reviewed by redcat

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separate restaurant - click for explanationbarbecue
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