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The Dragon Bar

3.5 star rating
10 reviews Rating Details

Category: Bars  [Edit]

138-139 Shoreditch High St
Shoreditch

London E1 6JE
Neighbourhood: Shoreditch
056 0311 8255
Price Range:
£££
Accepts Credit Cards:
Yes
Good for Groups:
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes
Outdoor Seating:
Yes
Music:
DJ
Best Nights:
Thu, Fri, Sat
Alcohol:
Full Bar
Smoking:
Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
Coat Check:
No

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Elite '10

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Jennifer S.

Miami Beach, FL

USA

5 star rating
26/3/2010

I love this bar! I've spend many of nights in this bar with my very best mates! I've spend several NYE in this bar cause they don't charge a cover on that night as well. And they have a little outside area for those of us who drink too much and require some fresh air.

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Annie H.

New York, NY

USA

3 star rating
23/4/2010

Pretty nice.  Went here for an after-work thing and the upstairs is surprising light and open and well decorated for what could otherwise be a dive bar by night /posh pub by day of sorts, and the downstairs is perfect for small private functions of about 50 people.  

The food wasn't bad either.  I love that they had nachos, the real deal with guac, sour cream, hella cheese and even real jalapenos peppers.  The pizza wasn't really pizza, and the prawns aren't my jam, but it looked tasty.

Drinks are between 3-4 pounds, and there were fresh flowers and candels to distract from the bar smell.  All in all it's a pretty good pace to catch up with friends, grab a drink and enjoy the scenery.

I'll be going back after work soon I'm sure.

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Laura N.

London N1

4 star rating
5/2/2009

Colour me impressed -- you guys were working your tails off behind those boarded up windows!

Three visits and approximately six cocktails later (it got fuzzy after that), it's fair to say that you've masterfully kept enough of your street art charm of the old locale, but you've upped the maturity level with the intimate new  brick adorned space. I'm not sure if your license to rock was revoked, but I did see a great event space below ... granted, it was adorned with some type of antler action, but hell, Moose can rock, right?

Look at you -- you're all growns' up!

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Chris O.

London

3 star rating
29/6/2009

Ah Dragon Bar. Dark on the bottom, hope on top.

This place has never blown my socks off, but if you're looking for a spot on the same block as Cargo that's not as Cargo-y as Cargo you could do worse. Cocktails are normally priced and as good as you would hope for.

As for the dining during the day (open at 12 pm), I'd put it in the same category as Juno up the street; functional but not necessarily fun. They have free wi-fi, but you've got to get it an hour at a time from the bar.

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Yee Gan O.

London

4 star rating
28/4/2009

Dragon Bar, Leonard St RIP. Dragon Bar, Shoreditch hello!

Once Lizzie had established that our pre-karaoke drink was going to be at the new Dragon Bar, we all managed to arrive at this little venue without too much problem.

We headed to the more cozy downstairs area and enjoyed some decent cocktails. We almost tried some food but decided to move on.

Nice place to chill and chat

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Leon C.

London NW5

3 star rating
12/4/2009

The Dragon bar is dark, sexy and intimate. Sounds like a great place for a date? Yes it is. Set over two floors with scattered tables and chairs upstairs and booth seating downstairs, the atmosphere is cosy. Dragon bar is not gothic yet I can't help but think of gothic vampires whilst I'm here, when really I'm only surround by the epitome of Shoreditch twattery. This is no longer a negative thing, as I love spending time in Shoreditch with the weird and colourful types that roll through.

The drinks and cocktails are served to a good standard, and the food selection though not extensive has an impressive contemporary twist to it.

I visited on a Tuesday night and there was a comfortable crowd. I'm looking forward to coming again on a party weekend.

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stephy s.

Los Angeles, CA

USA

4 star rating
21/1/2009

Newly opened, and from what I can tell, newly revamped, the Dragon Bar remains an important fixture in the everything that is the Shoreditch scene.

Okay, that's probably not true, but it did offer a damn fine time to a little gaggle of girls looking to get their drink on in the early evening hours. We stumbled (literally) in here after throwing a few back at a little hole in the wall down the street and this was the perfect little place to continue the fun.

Nice and dark, exposed brick (my fave!) and a nice bartender who suggested a nice glass of white. The prices seemed decent with 3 drinks for 10.30 and we definitely enjoyed our time here.

They also have a downstairs room that would be fantastic for a larger party or birthday. Didn't try the food, but when you have booze, why bother with the other food groups, hehe.

Enjoy!

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Thomas W.

London EC1

1 star rating
7/3/2009

This used to be a great bar in an off street off Old Street; so dirty that you opened the doors with your feet rather than touching them and with a dodgy back courtyard backing onto a football pitch. Then overnight it gets ripped down and eventually reopened on shoreditch high street.

Unfortunately it is a pastiche of its old self. Fat DJ with fingers stubbing an ipod, a bar full of baldies imagining they were 21 and an attempt to be an edgy wetherspoons decor. No.

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Kaelea A.

Brooklyn, NY

USA

5 star rating
8/1/2009

Good music.
Cheap drinks.
Shitty dirty polyurithane couches.

It's a shame you are no more.

Rest. In. Peace.

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Linzi M.

London SE1

4 star rating
9/5/2009

Hey Dragon Bar, you know what, it was dark, I was drunk, I don't think either of us can look at ourselves this morning. Your leather couches are so comfy, your music is cheesy and nostalgia driven, let's do it again sometime eh ;-)

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