Side Hustle, St. Pauls, EC2

David Walton left this review about Side Hustle

Visited 01/07/26. Visited previously as Dirty Martini on 15/05/23.

No cask. Keg offering of Guinness, Madri, Alpacalypse Coors, Blue Moon, Felt peach lager from Salt, Aspall.

New sports bar, materially a long rectangle from the glass frontage. Flooring a mixture of tiles and original concrete. Some booth tables down the right-hand side at the front of the venue each with their own TV screen ahead of the long bar counter off that wall in the middle of the venue. Some red leather banquettes on the left-hand wall mid venue opposite the bar counter serving tall tables with tall unbacked stools the other side thereof. There are a good number of TV screens on the wall behind the bar counter and on the wall opposite the bar counter. There is a raised area at the rear of the venue with some bench seating and a dartboard on the rear wall. Down a flight of steps opposite the bar counter is another seating area with the same red leather banquettes along the two longer walls serving regular tables with a large screen TV on one of the shorter walls. Not surprisingly sport is shown with commentary, ongoing during my visit and there is a lot of sports memorabilia dotted around the place. Ceiling is painted black in a modern industrial way and there is a lot of red neon lighting in the venue. With another large sports bar a couple of minute walk away, owners of this venue must feel there's more call for this type of venue rather than more traditional bar or pub in this part of the City.

On 23^rd September 2026 - rating: 4
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