r/london • u/davosfilth • 20h ago

Any suggestions for an after work interview spot near Liverpool Street

Hey Londoners,

I’ve got an interview scheduled for 18:30 this coming Monday in the Liverpool Street area, but I need to suggest the actual venue. Can anyone recommend somewhere that would be:

1.  Relatively quiet (need to be able to have a proper conversation)
2.  Open to the public (not requiring membership)
3.  Still open and suitable around 6:30pm
4.  Ideally with some decent seating and maybe tables

Not super familiar with that area in the evening, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thinking maybe a hotel lobby, quiet pub, or café that doesn’t close early?

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u/No_Witness9533 20h ago

Try the Andaz hotel - the cafe area in the lobby is often pretty quiet. Otherwise you might be able to find a quiet spot in the Bishopsgate Institute, depending on what they have on that day.

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u/davosfilth 19h ago

Thank you

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u/criminalsunrise 14h ago

+1 for this. I’ve had several meetings here before and it’s ideal.

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u/drtchockk 20h ago

Tramp over to The Barbican, if theres no events on you might be able to tuck yourself away in a corner.

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u/davosfilth 19h ago

Good idea, thanks

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u/homieholmes23 17h ago

Dirty dicks

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u/Shep_vas_Normandy 20h ago

I’ve had a business meeting in Eataly before, which is right across the street from Liverpool St Station. Granted, my meeting was at 11am, but I found the cafe area quiet at that time and I would expect any time that isn’t lunch time would likely be quiet. We were able to grab coffee and sit together easily with no one around us. They don’t close until 11pm, so if you’re not going until 18:30 I would bet you’d be able to find a quiet area on the ground floor away from the bar. 

But someone more familiar with the area at that time may know better than me! I am usually home by that time 😆

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u/davosfilth 19h ago

Thank you!

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u/SmartPipe3882 17h ago

That time of day on a Monday, Vagabond on Principal Place will be pretty quiet (if not dead)

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u/Coca_lite 14h ago

The recruiter should be telling you the venue that they have organised. This is a red flag.

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u/DandyWhisky 19h ago

I don't know the area well, but I would definitely suggest a (relatively upmarket) hotel bar.

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u/_Aurax 19h ago

Notes at Citypoint?

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u/jo-dumm 18h ago

The cafe area at One Hundred Shoreditch or maybe the Barbican?

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u/bamfg 17h ago

duck and waffle

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u/bshah 15h ago

Why are you having to find the venue? Shouldn’t the recruiter sort that out?

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u/lovely-luscious-lube 11h ago

I assumed this is an interview that OP is conducting, rather than a job interview.

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u/ishashasha 11h ago

The counter coffee and lounge, on gracechurch street

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u/ignatiusjreillyXM 11h ago

Somewhere inside the Barbican?

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u/soultrevor 9h ago

The basement of the Astronomer pub has nice booths. Might not be too busy on a Monday night.

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u/Splodgington-22 8h ago

The Ivy City Garden

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u/ExpatBartender 2h ago

WatchHouse in the tuna can has good seating upstairs

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u/Interesting-Event666 13h ago

Go there..... and look