Cafe Kick

Bar in Clerkenwell
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8 / 10 from 2 reviews
Address
43 Exmouth Market
Clerkenwell
London
EC1R 4QL
Map
Telephone
020 7837 8077
Region
Clerkenwell
Nearest Station
Farringdon
0.44 miles
Category
Bars
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Cafe Kick
Opening Times
Monday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Tuesday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Wednesday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Thursday Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Friday Open 11:00 - Closes 00:00
Saturday Open 11:00 - Closes 00:00
Sunday Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30

Cafe Kick serve Mediterranean food and various drinks. They have a football table, a TV plus tables and chairs outside to sit at when the sun shines. Catering for private parties of up to 100 guests is available upon request. CafŽ Kick is also the sole UK distributor for RenŽ Pierre tables. Pavement seating is also provided at this branch.

All In London Review

Strangely idyllic

This small venue started life as a toyshop before turning into a continental sports bar, leaving the foosball tables behind. Similar to its sister bar in Shoreditch, the slightly bigger Bar Kick, it shares the warm welcome on offer around a plethora of nationalities with accents and languages bouncing off the walls like the balls on the table football. Busy all day, its lunch rush then lead into the after work rush that explodes at five every day. Friendly staff involve newcomers with the regular tournaments on the tables and when some form of live sport isn’t being beamed through the TVs there’s an eclectic soundtrack to keep it all buzzing over. Cycling, tennis and rugby have all competed with football to get a more even share of screen time and that alone makes a fresh change. All sound a little too idyllic? Strangely, it is quite idyllic- Exmouth Market is a sweet location, there are more smiling faces here than at most bars and it isn’t over populated by men in the way most football bars are. There’s also no slacking when it comes down to the menus. The range of beers takes in Belgium (Duvel), Brazil (Brazil), Germany (Krombacher) and Peru (Cuscuena) not to mention a good wine list and well priced cocktails, while the food is Iberian influenced with chorizo, mozzarella and merguez sausage featuring heavily in the salads, sandwiches and grills.

This is the place that will convince your boyfriend/girlfriend that watching sport can be more than just the World Cup every four years and what’s more you can dance badly for the rest of the night when it’s done…

Reviewed by T.A.O
Published on Jul 28, 2011


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Café Kick is the choice of international football followers and offers a friendly mix of all nationalities. Partisan crowds are out and the FIFA football family fiesta is in full effect! Much smaller than its Shoreditch cousin, the Exmouth Market bar more than makes up for size with a great atmosphere for football and an awesome range of world beers to boot – get it? To boot!

User Reviews

T.A.O

Aug 29, 2013

Sometimes you want a bar to ram home the reason why you live in London and put up with all the bad stuff that comes with it.

Cafe Kick is one of those bars that does just that. The football tables, the mix of nationalities, the general good vibes and, of course, the live football. It's almost like you're on holiday - in a 'But I Still Heart London' kind of way.

And did I mention the world beers?
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