Situated on Kingsland Road this is one of the supposedly trendiest bars in east London at the moment, seems it is really an extension of the Shoreditch independent bar scene moving further north. We got there just as it was beginning to fill up and by 10:30pm it was heaving with people queuing to get in, I wasn't really expecting it to be this busy on the Saturday just two days after new years eve and I don't think they did either because the downstairs bar remained closed. They have a good selection of spirits but the beers on draught weren't much to write home about, I opted to stick with Red Stripe as didn't fancy any spirits straight away but did end up having a Jaegermeister which wasn't freezing cold enough for me. Although this place is uber-trendy I didn't find the atmosphere pretentious if anything it seemed quite friendly but not enjoying the fidgety music we decided to move on.
Passing Clouds, Dalston, E8
This is almost more of an art space than a bar and definitely worth a visit to experience this alternative bar style. Quite an odd mix of art student types with rastas due to the reggae and dub based music policy, usually they have a live reggae band playing downstairs but this wasn't open today due to time of year so only the smallish harem like bar was open. There is no draught beer and no overly corporate products like Coca-cola, we went straight onto the rum and ginger beer which at three quid for decent measure you'll probably not pay less anywhere in east london and they'll stick a dash of Angostura Bitters in too if you ask. I like this place but does seem like watered down version of dub nights I've been to in the past in Leeds, but I find the atmosphere pretty laid back and friendly.
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you need to work on your titles, 4/10. good write up though.
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