The Hoop and Grapes in City of London, Westminster

I prefer white meat in my chicken pie

Recommended in the area the best

Great food, fun environment, excellent service - Denys took great care of us from the time we walked in to the time we left. We will be back.

Bravi e gentili.....bella musica e mussa suena!! Birra di qualità ed ottimi cocktail....e ti puo capitare pure la musica dal vivo!!

Thank You Dhiral for your very kind service!

First night in London. Have to be honest, could not have start our weekend any better. Dhiral is a super nice hostess who made us feel really at ease. Accompanied by her colleague Leah we had a great night. Great food, wonderful recommendations for beer and perfect ambiance incl. the live music. Thanks so much. Much recommended.

The Pub has got a very nice atmosphere,the food was delicious and we didn't have to wait long. Much thanks to Dhiral,who served us suberbly that evening.

Typical English dishes and ambiance. Thank Dhiral for the kind and nice service 🙏

Great service from Dhiral and Lea! Would definitely reccomend. Great ambiance and great pie!

Great pub with lovely seating and great service. Dhiral was so nice and knowledgeable about the beer selection.

Everything was very good and the Food was delicious. Our waitress Dhiral was very attentive and thanks to her we felt very comfortable.

Between the City and Whitechapel, a very typical pub, with a very warm welcome, abundant decoration just as we like them. The draft beer is good and the food is plentiful and tasty (we had a burger and a fish pie). Perfect reward after a long day exploring London on foot!

Sausage & Mash was amazing. Great atmosphere and super friendly staff. Recommend it.

Myself and some friends came in for some food and a couple of drinks and we had such a great time! The service was fantastic and we had a lovely meal. Would highly recommend!!!

Good food, great beer and very friendly staff. Thursday, Friday and Saturday there is also a live band, what more could you want

Standard Nicholsons pub. Beautiful, loads of history and authentic costruction, but a little lacking in atmosphere. Granted it was mid afternoon but still. Good choice of beers in ok condition. Staff running around a bit,

Great vibes, great drink selection, wonderful hosts. Special thanks to Nicole she was attentive and sweet. 100% recommend

Very cozy pub, delicious food and live music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There were also many different types of beer to try. Highly recommended.

Lovely old pub but very hot and noisy. Food was disappointing as the steak and ale pie was burnt on the inside. However they did give us free drinks with our meal.

Spent a week in London close to this pub and visited a few times. Hazy IPA was great as well as the live music and overall atmosphere. Was a little disappointed in having to order through the app while seated, but it turned out ok. Saw other tables ordering through the server so I guess it’s hit or miss. Overall a nice experience. Thanks to the young lady at the bar for recommending the Hazy. Shawn and Stacy Williams.

Terrific pub and excellent service! We had a wonderful dinner and beers at this historic pub on the Aldgate High Street. Even though it was a Wednesday night, the pub was heaving and we didn't have a booking. The wonderful Damian recommended some beers, found us a table and served our meals. The beers were terrific, we loved our fish and chips, and fish pie, and Damian's service was super friendly and professional. Note that there is a 10% service charge for table service but Damian earned every penny of it!

We had a wonderful dinner and beers at this historic pub on the Aldgate High Street. Even though it was a Wednesday night, the pub was heaving and we didn't have a booking. The wonderful Damian recommended some beers, found us a table and served our meals. The beers were terrific, we loved our fish and chips, and fish pie, and Damian's service was super friendly and professional. Note that there is a 10% service charge for table service but Damian earned every penny of it!

Lovely old pub, a bit spoilt by a screen with rugby on while I was there, no one was watching it and it made the room really dark. We moved tables to behind screen where we could read the menu and had a very nice time

Lovely pub near the tube station. Love the vibe and the interiors but you need to be aware that it tends to be noisy and very busy

Lovely place, great food and team with relevant advices. We had a great moment with our 2 kids.

Me and my Grandma visited this place after we were told it was the oldest pub in London during a walking tour. We had dinner already but we got some fudge cake dessert. The inside is very cool- old brick and wood. The atmosphere was a bit loud but it’s a pub after all. We sat ourselves down and we had to go to the bar to order, it was around 9pm. The history was fascinating and the pictures- especially of the Great Fire of 1666 were so cool to look at (wish I took a picture of it). I highly recommend coming here.

Excellent service, even though the place was packed both evenings we were there. Fish and chips are excellent. Good range of beers.

Typical chain pub close to my hotel. Decent choice of drinks, nice local history lessons on the wall. But the second time I went there, the woman drawing my pint emanated a strong odour of old sweat. That's just unacceptable.

Sunday lunch prior to rugby. Staff so accommodating went out of their way to make our table in view of the screens, even put the big screen up so that we could have a Birds Eye view. Food was lovely ( could recommend the pies) a really nice afternoon thank you

Outstanding visit. Denys was sooo accomdating and we can be difficult to please. Food was outstanding and the staff honestly excelled themselves to make our visit exemplary 11/10 thankyou

A real London pub as we like them. 1 nice frame. 1 generous kitchen. I recommend

While it is a beautiful, historic building it is entirely ruined by the chain who own it. It's just another, bland, characterless copy.

Great place to eat friendly staff good food not recommended for a quiet place to eat as it is lively

Great food, nice selection of drinks and lovely staff! Niki was amazing!

We were celebrating two of our colleagues 50th birthdays, and had a great space in the restaurant. Love the staff here, they are so helpful and friendly and super responsive on email questions. I can't think of anything that needs improvement - fabulous pub and staff.

Great place with great vibes. Must visit

A great range of ales available. Nice pub atmosphere. Lovely food that came quickly and hot.

good food, nice ambiance and great service especially by nikol and team.

Came for a last minute staff party and everything was perfect. Carmen and Kazi where amazing!

Great team, came in last minute on a Monday as part of our staff party, we were looked after so well. Thank you- special shout out to Carmen and Nicole for looking after us so well

Nicole, Carmen, Shrushti were brilliant! Took care of me and my team

Denys was very attentive and helpful, I felt so at home even though I was so far away 🇮🇪🇬🇧❤️will definitely be back for Denys!

the staff were really attentive and friendly , I really enjoyed my boar and chorizo pie , it was hot , with appropriate servings of mash , freshly cooked vegetables , and gravy. the two beers I had were also enjoyable , with Wainwrights Amber taking the edge , so i had a second pint of that . a pub isn’t s pub unless it looks after its ales. final point , the atmosphere and ambience works , even with the massive TV screen .

Perfect pub for a nice English experience with good food and a nice atmosphere. The live music is definitely a plus

Got the feeling of a classic and genuine English pub. The staff was friendly and helpful. The food was very good, I had the Rabbit pie. Got the feeling that many locals were there after work, good atmosphere. Recommended, I will be happy to come back.

The staff was really friendly and the food was delicious. I really like the camden pale ale.

Great pub and atmosphere- food was lovely went for lunch one day and re booked for dinner the next it was so nice!

Lovely old building with a nice choice of beers. The menu looked really nice but I didn't have time to try it.

Very good atmosphere, typical English cuisine, all ordering and payment via telephone, a little expensive

Had the chicken pie and the fish pie. Both taste really good. Come hot and fresh!

Great staff, great atmosphere and they pull a decent pint 🫡

Very nice pub, with very good food. Fish and chips were excellent, the cod was very tasty. The drinks were very tasty. Service was very nice, patient and accommodating. Please reserve!

Really nice experience, great food, staff and beer. Whats not to like.

Perfect place if you want to experience real public life. Cozy atmosphere, nice staff and fantastic food. Highly recommended and therefore gets my full ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amazing food & service. Very historic pub with lots of old photos of the area which is very cool

Nice atmosphere, good drinks and decent prices

Another good Nicholson's pub in London (12/2024). Considerable large beer and cider selection, including good casks and drafts (+ guest ones)

Really great food and atmosphere

If you're in the mood for delicious food and a cool IPA in London, you've come to the right place. A pub as you would imagine. Fish and chips were juicy in a thin batter coating The pork pie was a decent portion but cost 17 pounds (very tasty) Really good value for money for London.

An experience not to be missed in London. Two hours of live music on Fridays (8:30 p.m.), Saturdays (8:30 p.m.) and Sunday evenings (7:30 p.m.) with exceptional musicians. Thank you for this moment. Ps: their snacks are excellent and of high quality. Nothing to complain about other than, go for it!

Big crush on this address! We came for a drink to spend one last evening in London and we were won over by the pub atmosphere of this bar with quality live music. We tasted their snack to share for which they offer an interesting formula. Even more so when we see the quality of what we ate for pleasant prices for London! We end our stay with a wonderful moment. Thank you again for this beautiful moment!

The place is great, the drinks are great, but the food (chicken and chorizo) is not nice : too much cooked and too oily ! The potatoes are not enough cooked and the brocolis are cold !

The pub is in a lovely old building and alludes to great things. Unfortunately the food is a bit formulaic and not what you might hope for. My son called the Nicholsons burger the worst burger that he had ever had, the fish pie was all cheese sauce and little fish. Overall this is a ‘could do better’ review

my husband and I visited this pub. Very pleasant atmosphere, pleasant and helpful staff, clean. The food is super fantastic. My husband ate pork sausages and I ate fish and fries. The dessert was more than excellent!

We had Christmas dinner and everything was as expected. Good food, no rush, welcome drinks as booked and pleasant staff. Complimentary drinks to finish as last coffee and tea had finished.

My wife ordered the pie and later she had to vomit all night. The girl with African heritage needs training. She didn’t know the items on their menu so she treats you like you are idiot.. their beer selection is good … final thoughts: go for a drink don’t order food and don’t have high hopes…

Our regular meeting place for our Christmas get together. A lovely pub with great choices of beers. Didn't eat but the food looks amazing.

Denys very good manager served my pints extra fast

Live music, tasty meat pies, and good location.

Hosted a Christmas meal for 35 BT people, The booking was easy, the service and food excellent, staff very friendly and attentive, food order all correct. It was such a nice evening. Would definitely book again. A big thank you for Hannah / Nikki for helping through with the booking and Damian for his excellent service on the night. service and food excellent

Horrible service drops candle on customer. Not even a soft drink offered, shameful!

Nice, friendly place. Good pub food, live music Friday to Sunday.

Perfect, a real pup like you want. Food and drinks are good. Service quick and nice. Atmosphere unbeatable!

We went here on Saturday night as a group of 10. We had preordered our food ordered our meals in advance. Initially service was slow when we sat down, but once we were given Elle as our server it was great. The kitchen were clearly having a clunky night, Elle was great at chasing them up and keeping us appraised. One of the desserts didn’t arrive but Elle was honest about them not having vegan custard-this was appreciated. The food was tasty but it was just a shame it was so long between courses and not all the food came together. Elle made up for it, she really is an asset to your establishment. The live music was a bit loud if you’re trying to chat over food.

Great little pub. Gets very busy so get there early :-) Food was great value and staff were great.

Damien was amazing while dealing with the customers

A beautiful historic pub with a wide range of beers. I had a beef shin and brisket pie that was delicious! The staff were friendly and there was a warm atmosphere

**bias review** we went for dinner on Saturday night, we had 2 brisket burgers and 1 chicken schnitzel. Reason for going - my son has just started working there:) the food was lovely, honestly - the servers were swift and polite. There were many booking and many happy faces. We ( obviously) will be going again. Well done team

History in the walls from the really old days. Perfect for those who like beer and old pictures on the walls when you go to the bathroom

The food was good. The staff were friendly and helpful. However, the evening was slightly ruined by a keyboard player who was murdering some of my favourite songs.

Excellent meal - beef rib, shim and brisket pie, and also a fish pie. Servers were very nice, atmosphere was pub perfect.

The best service I have ever had. Atmosphere and food is to die for.

had a lovely time, really good food

Amazing service! Lea is so great.

The food was great, it has a nice atmosphere, Lea was awesome.

The pub was extremely overcrowded. We went there for a work socialisation. One of our colleagues got his bag stolen with his work laptop and credentials. The food was really bad. The sandwiches were plain bread with maionese or mustard. And the salads didn't look fresh.

Some pub this, fantastic service and a great atmosphere in some exceptionally fine surroundings.

Lazy staff, they don't take orders at the table. Average beer. Family pub.

Great place, good food, fast efficient and friendly service.

Beer? It's worth having a drink here.

We came with a group of 15 people and were accommodated without any problem. Denys was really nice host, he served us promptly and kindly. 5 stars very well deserved!

Lovely pub with great food and great staff!

Being a west country boy no cider and the prices were London but the pub was nice the staff friendly and the beer nice

Good pub with nice vibes but food it’s too expensive and not worth what you pay

It was great till I went to the toilet and a man dressed like a chef. Came out of the stalls, Didn't wash his hands and went upstairs presumably to the kitchen. Made the delicious food very suspect

All very festive and good atmosphere, decent pint of Gypsy Hill Hepcat

It had been a pleasure to us, to enjoy the dinner, the drinks and the atmosphere at The Hoop&Grapes. We all were satisfied and will recommend this wonderful place.

I always go here with my boyfriend to listen to live music.

I recently visited The Hoop & Grapes and was captivated by its historic charm, being one of the few timber-framed buildings to survive the Great Fire of London. I've added it to my barguide.london site too!

Really nice traditional pub. Only issue is lack of staff, which took forever to get served.