The Old Blue Last

The Old Blue Last is a pub / live venue in Shoreditch, East London brought to you by the people at Vice. Since 2004 we’ve been bringing you the best forward-thinking bands and Djs seven nights a week, as well as secret shows by some of the biggest names around.

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    +44 20 7739 7033

  • Website

    theoldbluelast.com

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  • Type

    Pub

Address

39 Great Eastern St (at Curtain Rd) Shoreditch Greater London EC2A 3ES United Kingdom

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Music Live Music
Menus Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar

Comments / 54


Keywords:

trendy live music casual beer DJs good for singles hipster good for groups authentic pubs crowded well tracks
Brunno Apolonio

The pint is cheap and the sound of pub is always good. I recommend stay here when you come to East London. I think it is one of the best options to drink around here.

Mike Barnard

Longstanding Shoreditch favourite that's quite smug at non-peak times and has some fun club style nights upstairs. Can be overbearing if you just want a drink after work.

Punktastic

Great pub downstairs, get venue upstairs. The OBL is the home of Punktastic's gigs at the moment, and we love it to bits!

Thrash Hits

The beer will give you rabies and every time you see a band here you’re guaranteed to lose some of your hearing. That's why we you’ll see us DJing and putting on gigs in here. Awesome, awesome pub . Read more

Giacomo Mason

Great shoreditch pub with a nice atmosphere, good beer , and lively gigs on most nights

Pookage Hayes

heads up! minimum card spend is £10! there's a cashpoint that charges £1.80 30s north towards old st, but there is a coop about 2mins further up the road with free withdrawals.

John Whenmohn

Stunning building. Real old historical boozer. Inside it's full of young trendy people . Look at the mirror art (for want of a better name) behind the bar .

Mike Brosche

Good beer selection and relaxed open drinking bar at ground level

Cami Heitz

Hipster bar in shoreditch with a young crowd. Go grab a pint.

Zoe Hellewell

This Is Not Revolution Rock shows here are incredible and always a great night out. Check them out and check upcoming shows at <aclass="entity url"rel="nofollow" href="http://thisisnotrevolutionrock.tumblr.com"target="_blank" data-sig="jlj0Uhj0XWRjpOosgBJ/Gp4cirw=" onmousedown="fourSq.ui.OutgoingLink.mousedown($(this), event)" data-source="tip-text">http://thisisnotrevolutionrock.tumblr.com</a>

Pieter de Meer

Great pub , loads of stuff going on and usually really busy!

Chris Thompson

Good looking, music is always interesting, nice bar staff .

Gualbert

Good pub , cheap pint plus free/cheap gigs on fridays!

Barnabee

Live music ????

Alexia K

Local pub , ideal for friendly conversations !

Sophia Probert

A tad expensive on the beer front but it has an amazing atmosphere and staff . Plus loads of free/cheap gigs upstairs.

Arron Leslie

Great pub , great music , great but pricey ales .

Littlelalunta

Enjoy the music , and enjoy your night

Andrew Smallwood

Looks dodgy from the outside but it's charming once you're in. Music venue is upstairs

Phil Park

Sharps Cornish pinser is so great!

Tiago Teixeira Correia

Great concerts . Always.

Roland Smith

The question is can you find pedo bear?

Emma Hutter

Awesome night! Amazing sound for live bands .

Shannon Low

Full of hipsters . Good new music though.

Louis Bailleul

The gigs worth having a look

Ines Leitao

Great atmosphere

Mark Ashworth

Just the same as any old pub . Don't know why people rave about this place.

DAZED AND CONFUSED

Live shows and DJ performances every night of the week as well as being a great pub Read more

Soner Bilgi

Live music performers

Brydon Cheyney

meeting Susie Marshall - best night. ever.

Ross Groom

Music was decent although rather loud !

Jeremy Mercer-Deadman

great pub just off the beaten track Read more

Katerina Kerr

It's ok here. Has a big reputation but it's like many other trendy shoreditch dives

Peter Vine

Watch out when up top okay? It gets a bit crazy!

Rick Canes

£3.33 drinks before 19:00

Angus Bankes

WiFi : truman1876

Ellie S

The most average, plain pub I've ever been to. No character whatsoever

Think Tank Media

Has some amazing free shows!

Andrew B.

The name's pronounced “the Old Blue Last, yeah?”

Bára Drb

Poor selection of beers , but a nice place for gigs. The bouncer is annoying tho.

Tastebuds

FREE gigs most Fridays...

Sacha

Pear cider on tap , hurrah!

Linda Hlodversdottir

for a dash of rock & roll you should go here ... Read more

Jenni Hayward

Hello spangly toilets !

The Wondering Englishman

Dj's are inconsistent - wtf with electro mixed with shabba ranks? Just because they look the part doesn't make them any good.

Luke Journey

Wow... You've changed. And not in a good way.

Craig

Not bad, used to be better. But aren't they always? Full of city boys and first year at martins wannabes these days.

Alessio

really nice!

Anastasia Sif

Extremely rude staff

Lee Adams

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