The Old Truman Brewery

I visited the Old Truman Brewery for the London Coffee Festival and after visiting last year and being offered a VIP Press ticket this year, I couldn’t wait to be back. The huge structure of the Brewery lends itself perfectly to events like the festival and its being a fairly simple layout allows for an interesting setup for the exhibitors and traders.
I imagine your experience of this place would vary considerably depending on what it is that you’re visiting for but I’ve loved the Coffee Festival both years now and definitely think the venue is perfect for it. Only a ⁴⁄₅ review as I’ve not experienced the Brewery for anything other than the Coffee festival.
Highlights for me were the Coffee Masters Latte Art Competition; the Bailey’s Bar serving Coffee Freakshakes made in collaboration with Molly Bakes and the various stalls selling baked goods: Crosstown Doughnuts and Cakesmiths.

Nice large venue for conventions, festivals and markets. Seems very well laid out and quite large. I think your experience will vary greatly depending on what’s organised inside the buildings, but the venue itself seems great.

Came here for the Foodies Festival Christmas today and, my, what a treat! Granted, it’s not even December and usually I’m very anti-being-in-Christmas-spirit-when-it’s-not-even-December-yet, but I made the exception here. Did NOT know how HUGE this place is! When you first enter, you’re like «oh cool, a few really nice stalls with amazing flavoured marshmallows (the hot chocolate was amazing), free samples of blood orange cider, and some other yummy things to try». But then wait! You go up some stairs and realise that was NOTHING yet! Enter a set up piano bar, go past THAT and BAM! You encounter like 6 different hall areas with sooooo many stalls! We spent 3 hours there just trying all the samples and being informed about the foods. We didn’t even do any of the live cooking shows or presentations… we would have been there all day. Needless to say, some great deals, some delicious everything (one room was just full of baked goods and chocolates…) and you can easily get rosy with all the alcohol samples they have… Great event and am glad I got to go! A foodies paradise.

The vast area that is the Old Truman Brewery can be, on any given day, great or awful. It all depends on what sort of event/​sale/​fair/​etc. is happening in the open spaces. However, as a whole, it’s an interesting venue and they’ve made some updates in recent times to make the spaces a bit less dirty/​worn and slightly more accessible, which is nice. Most of the more permanent businesses renting on the brewery premises are independent, and I quite like that. All in all, an interesting place to see art or grab a bit from a food stall or go to a craft fair, etc. etc.

Great venue and had some delicious catered food there also. I was impressed and would definitely keep in mind for future events.

There’s so much going on in what’s left of the Old Truman Brewery which consists of several massive buildings — except beer brewing. I don’t think many of the artists studios that used to dominate the area are left, but you can still enjoy plenty of art with regular art fairs and pop-​up galleries. The annual Art Car Boot Fair in the yard is an absolute favourite!
Other parts of the building offer shopping and food, this is probably the heart of Brick Lane and also serves as a dividing line between the rows of Indian restaurants at the Southern end and the more varied shops and cafes at the top end.

I have been to The Corbet Place few times, specially on Thursday when we have a Brazilian Forro night. It is always a pleasure to meet very nice people and dance forro till late.

I love this place. Always make sure to come here on Sundays after visiting the market. I just love the vibe there especially on a nice day in London.

Really like this bar. Good Atmosphere. Been there for minibar meeting and salsa. Good place to spend the evening. Rave on! Character!

Head to Truman Brewery and the sunday market if you’re in London. You get a great mix of local artists, vintage, antiques, and local putting up impromptu flea market items along the street.

Ahhh the hub of Brick Lane. Amongst all the curry houses and hipster bars is this fantastic space.
Encompassing a bunch of different organisations it’s played host to hundreds of fantastic art exhibitions, including graduate showcases to more established names.
On the weekends it transforms into a mecca for arty types with your usual Brick Lane garb– overpriced vintage clothes and handmade jewellery. The well known Upmarket, though it may come over a little pretentious, does give people the opportunity to flog their handmade wares with competition for stalls being fierce, so your bound to find some unique nik naks.

arty, trendy, edgy and fun — in the heart of Brick Lane the Old Truman Brewery stands as a meeting place and home to all that is cool in east london.
the bars, cafes, shops, markets and galleries that are within its confines are all worth a visit
i’ve seen numerous exhibitions down here and it’s a great place to hang out

Old Truman Brewery is in an über alternative trendy area with lots of fantastic pubs nearby. Very close to Liverpool Street station means that getting there is quite easy. Talk about artist central! All sorts of artsy fartsy businesses are housed here. On the occasion I had to visit the space, I was checking out Free-​Range 2009, where students from various art programmes from around London have an opportunity to show their work at this massive exhibition. This old brewery is perfect for it! Lots and lots of natural light combined with the starkness of the space means that it’s a blank canvas ready to take on anything. It’s got a stark gutter rat sort of feeling to it, and as you wander through, you really feel as though you’ve fond a hidden London treasure. If you’re looking for a great art-​filled Saturday afternoon, and want something off the beaten trail, check it out.

The renovated brewery buildings make an excellent art space in a trendy part of town. I’ve seen Bodyworks (the plasticated corpses displayed by Professor Gunter von Hagens) on one side, and recently seen new-​graduates’ exhibit Free Range on the other side. The rooms are huge, warehouse-​sized, and make it easy to wander around. The roughness of the loft-​style rooms, and their proximity to the markets, music shops, vintage clothing, and bars of the Brick Lane area fit the vibe perfectly. Go see what’s on!

It’s fantastic here. Currently being used for the Free Range exhibition, it’s one of the best ‘spaces’ in East London. The free range show spans over the next two months and is well worth the trip as there is so much going on — the exhibitions change each week too which is fun. My arty side is going to be very happy in the coming months.
As for the other stuff, well pop down on Sunday and you’ll find the upmarket. Which is a pretty cool pace to hang out. It’s very ‘Brick lane’ so expect vintage stuff and people that are far cooler than you. There’s always a lot of food being sold. I actually do prefer it to Spitalfields, it seems to have a nicer vibe. Less tourists too.
There’s lots of other stuff going on throughout the year and loads of different buildings that are all part of the same company. Go. EXPLORE. You’ll have a great time.

this place is a spacious bar around the old truman brevery, this is, off brick lane. they do a range of cocktails with friendly staf working behind the bar, that gets very busy usually.
ther are comfy sofas all over the place where it gets easy to unwind the most of the days, unlike in the neighbours big chill and my loved 1001. the music is not very well defined and it may ranks from latin to electronic or dub.
it seems that one of the most succesful parties is the gay bingo. i’m not aware what is the price to call a bingo but it may worth a try, well, depending on you.
the terrace is a sound garden-​like set of benchs where to chill if either the music is too loud or awkward or the day is sunny enough. the drinks are hardly cheap, but i guess they are pretty much london prices

A recently opened bar on The Old Truman Brewery site. Cool atmosphere, great location, and a well-​decorated bar with sofas and a small garden. The owners are really friendly and the bar is a great venue for holding parties. My friend had her 21^st there and it was a big success — we danced the night away!
Just off Brick Lane, you couldn’t really be in a trendier area, so the bar is a great place to kick off your night before heading on to Brick Lane’s nightclubs.