Jaguar Shoes, Shoreditch, London

A quirky bar that has a bar upstairs and downstairs.

When we visited this bar it was late on a Wednesday night and it was rammed full.

Whilst I appreciate this is a quirky bar – they have some really awesome decor, some edgy artwork and the bar is well stocked, it was a little like world war 3 in there.

We ventured downstairs as there was a live DJ, but the music was far too loud and it was full of really battered people so we left quite quickly.

The cocktails were very tasty, but having to wait about 10-15 minutes to get to the bar.

I’d really like to go back to this bar when it’s a bit quieter as I believe it has a lot of potential and the staff are very enthusiastic about their drinks.

However till then I will be avoiding this place when it’s busy.

How can you not fall in love with a place called Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes?

Cons: Sometimes the music selection leaves much to be desired and the volume isn't conducive to socialising. The beers can be overpriced.

Pros: Great space, nice staff, good beer selection and I like the team-up with Due Sardi next door for reasonably priced food. The art is always entertaining if not good.

My boyfriend and I were invited for drinks with some friends at this great little place to watch the World Cup a couple of weeks ago. Although the result was disappointing, the Long Island ice teas and homemade pizzas were definitely not!

The staff are super friendly, the drinks and food are affordable and there is a massive basement which is opened in the evening for club nights. We walk past it almost every single day, I can't believe I've never been in before. Definitely one of my favourite new Sunday lunchtime spots.

Great little bar; very accommodating and arty. They have a nice little venue downstairs that could be adapted to quite a few smallish sized events… Staff are friendly, atmosphere is good. Nice little hang-out.

I like this place! the strange decorations captures my eyes there is always a nice crowd hanging around!! The ground floor is a little more buzzy but if you fancy a bit of peace the basement alway seems more relaxed. Drinks are at average prices and food is nice too. I love the pizza which I think comes from the little italian pizza place next door.

interesting decor: black tape marking strange patterns over the white walls. Dark basement is a little more relaxed. £4 house mixers

Slightly scummy, refurbished bag and shoe shop (ooh how quaint!) with art on the walls and an expensive bar...so typically Shoreditch.

This place is always heaving at the weekends with Hoxton tossers and newly born hipsters that have blatantly just moved to London and are either at art college or trying to make it as a musician/ writer/ stylist or something. Not hating, but yes it is very painfully Shoreditch.

That said Jaguar Shoes does make a particular effort to support local artists using the upstairs bar as a rolling gallery, changing from week to week.

I was surprised to read the review about the bar staff being unfriendly because I've always found them to be overly chummy, slightly hysterical and drunk, usually offering to match you shot for shot. But maybe that's a sales technique for the massively overpriced booze.

Seems there is a quite a differing of opinions when it comes to this little bar.
I thought it was great, just what i was looking for on that night. A very chill atmosphere, with seats available and some easy listening music played at a volume where conversation is still possible.
It was a wednesday night in all fairness, had it been the weekend, i think it would have been a very different story.
Funky (if a little weird) interior decorating and a ladies bathroom door that is easily miss-able in the shadows.
Polite and friendly staff and reasonably priced (you know, for London anyway).
Had an enjoyable experience overall.

I visited Jaguar for the first time when I had just arrived in London, and thought- Oh, here is the edge of edgey!
The seeming rent a crowd huddled around the bar’s entrance, carefully positioned as if they were waiting for the right photographic moment, had me a wondering if I should bother.
Turns out I would bother time and time again! Get past the posers and get inside, it’s a lovely bar, supporting local artists, serving quickly and efficiently. It can get a bit overheated in the winter- but the alternative isn’t preferable. Class bar that proves cool can be as simple as a misleading name.

I like this bar. There is an exhibition on the walls which showcases the work of local artists and changes weekly. Really intimate downstairs area with cozy seating and good lighting! A good selection of drinks at the bar, all of which are reasonably priced. In my opinion this is more of a 'starter bar’ for a night out rather than a night out in itself, but all in all a pretty good place!

“The staff genuinely are rude - they do not care about customer service and even the manager treats people with absolute contempt. I have never been anywhere that had left me feeling quite so angry. Given the fact I was not a drunk, trouble-making punter, but a 5 foot 2 smiling girl simply asking a question (I won’t bore you with details). Having been in the industry myself for many years, I feel it a great shame that a space where the art work challenges your perceptions, seems to forget that it is just one in a few dozen on that strip that can offer that. Once the novelty of the surroundings wares off, there is nothing there to keep you coming back. I will simply take my custom elsewhere. Bad attitude, bad management, bad experience - A true disappointment!”

Can you say 'trendy’?

Ths place is Shoreditch to a tee. It used to be two shops - one called Dream Bags and one called (you guessed it) 'Jaguar Shoes. They closed won, someone (probably with at least three haircuts and wearing incredibly skinny jeans) bought them, knocked them through, did something oh so ironic with the name and called it a bar.

The whole place screams 'Nathan Barley’. I probably sound like someone’s Grandad when I say this, but there are far better places to go for a drink around here.

One of the best bars in Shoreditch. Certainly the best bar-cum-exhibition space: each Monday the art adorning the walls changes giving you a new slice of the east end arts scene each week. Quietish during the day and great for food. Busy on weeknights and weekends with a massive smoking contingent outside.

Pretentious, loud, and full of teenagers having fashion offs with each other. The place is a crumbly hole but incredibly popular with the Hoxtonites…

Yes this is the ultimate Shoreditchy type joint. Usual low level service but a good place with nice art on rotation.

I like the twist on the name.

Strange name, a combination of past shops (one called Dream Bags and the other, well you get it).

This place is full of the Shoreditch types, maybe not for everyone. But it has a huge window so you can look in from the outside and wish you were all as cool them.

Exhibitions feature within the bar which is always a nice touch, and the occasional free party means that this place is always heaving.

It’s a little grotty, but hey, what do you expect?!

Quintessentially Shoreditch, Jaguar shoes manages to strike just the right balance between unbearably trendy and slightly shabby chic. A really good place to start a night out - and the drinks will make you very happy.

You will always find a gaggle of Shoreditch punters posing around the door of this bar but don’t be put off. Inside, the decor is typical of the area, that is funky and minimal. On weeknights, Jaguar shoes is great for meeting up with buddies for a few drinks and at the weekends it’s the perfect place for a few drinks before heading next door to Herbal for a dance. The atmosphere is comfortable with sofas, chairs and tables available on quieter evenings. Drinks are not cheap but the bar staff can put together some serioulsy sexy cocktails.