Stories is the newest bar from Mothership Group, the folks behind the Queen of Hoxton and The Book Club in Shoreditch. Following in the same tradition as its older siblings, Stories fuses daytime brunching, cocktail-swilling afternoons and a thought-provoking programme of cultural events and contemporary art.
Stories
Bar in Hackney
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7 / 10 from 4 reviews
Address
Stories
30 Broadway Market
Hackney
London
E8 4QZ
Stories
30 Broadway Market
Hackney
London
E8 4QZ
Telephone
020 7254 6898
020 7254 6898
Region
Hackney
Hackney
Category
Bars
Bars
Opening Summary
Daily 10am – 12am
Daily 10am – 12am
Venue Facilities
Food Served
Children Welcome
Credit Cards Accepted
Music Played
Private Area
Stories Picture Gallery
Stories Bar
All In London Review
Freelancer cafe by day, hip hangout by night...
Billed as the venue the area needs, Stories looks to be a multifaceted project that will appeal to local freelancers by day and by night, well, it will be appealing to the same people probably – just with added alcohol and music and less laptops. The over publicised focus on creating a freelancer friendly space might lead even the least cynical person to do a little sick in their mouth, but wait up. On inspection the amount of power points is a helpful addition (they are EVEYWHERE), so we’ll put the slightly overt work talk down to attracting custom.
The space has been opened up from what was here before and a new system of stylish bench seating works. Considering we’re here on the day after the opening everything seems to have bedded in well. Colourful metal supports white washed wood, high stools create informal seating at random pillars and at the back of the place there’s even an oversized terrarium of sorts, with a wall of green shrubbery and hanging baskets making it almost tropical up in here.
The all day brunch is what it is… Which is the likes of eggs Benedict, bacon and sausage on brioche buns and avocado on toast. In the evening it’s about the choice of burgers. Think beef & chorizo, sweet potato & chickpea and most unusually, the prawn cocktail burger. Desserts come in the form of ‘spiked’ milkshakes and juices. So for afters you can expect to see bourbon added to milk, honey and nutmeg or fresh strawberry and pineapple juice with golden rum. The bar serves draught beers like Asahi and Brooklyn and there is an emphasis on cocktails – although not on tap as various other ill informed websites would have you believe. We like the sound of the ‘Sob’, a mixture of Beefeater Gin, mango puree, sugar, lemon and chill. And at under £7.00 a cocktail, they’re already undercutting the other established cocktail bar on this short street. Fiiight!!
Bearing in mind the concise menu, reasonable prices and excellent coffee (the flat white was top notch) Stories might even be having, stories - get it? - told about it for years to come.
Reviewed by T.A.O
Published on Jun 12, 2013
User Reviews
Matt Rawlings
from London
from London
Sep 30, 2013
The food was good, but the service was pretty haphazard & apathetic. When we got sick of waiting we ordered at the bar and were charged service for the privilege. Breakfast arrived in 10, great, but we waited another 20 for our coffees. It wasn't a busy morning, so there really wasn't any excuse, but it's always entertaining watching a barista make a coffee very very slowly. No wonder the Kiwis and the Aussies have the coffee market cornered, they can multitask... the machine is built for more than one Dude, crack on. Go, check it out, don't wait around.
T.A.O
Sep 4, 2013
Agree with the user below - the space definitely needs wearing in. After visiting on the opening day I headed back recently to find Stories was settling in nicely.
With the doors open and the summer breeze flowing through it felt more like the South Bank than Broadway Market.
We had a good Aperol Spritz - as the self respecting locals we are - and filled up with excellent whitebait and risotto balls.
With the doors open and the summer breeze flowing through it felt more like the South Bank than Broadway Market.
We had a good Aperol Spritz - as the self respecting locals we are - and filled up with excellent whitebait and risotto balls.
Selina
from Hackney
from Hackney
Jun 12, 2013
I booked an area here after work with colleagues last week as I'd heard good things. And we weren't let down! Really nice atmosphere, good cocktails and yummy bits to eat. The bar just needs to be worn in a bit as it looks really new at the moment.
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