Broadgate Circle

Finally opened. Right next to Liverpool Street Station, a circular open area with restaurants surrounding it on three levels. Great area for corporate parties. Many tastes and cuisines catered for from Japanese, Spanish to pizzas and street food.

Ordered: Peroni
Price:£5
Review: An enjoyable and joyous place to be with predominantly co-​workers in the summer. If you don’t like the bolshy, rambunctious behavior of finance people — probably not the best place to choose for a quiet drink on a hot summer evening. Otherwise, a well-​kept, and clean place for a drink if hygiene and cleanliness are a high priority to people :)

Yes there’s the Ice Rink, here but the bit I love best is the coloured lights in the floor in the square next door. On a dark night with a few drinks inside there’s nothing better than walking over this.

There’s a lot of dramatic and intriguing architecture in this area. This open space is one of the most memorable features and has been dramatically filled with an amphitheatre. An upper level walkway, level with surrounding squares, fills the outer parts of the circle and lets on to steps down to a shopping arcade and Liverpool Street Station beyond. The bottom layer of the circle is home to shops. Above this is the walkway with views through to the middle, then above that a circular layer of raised bars for those that want a drink. The central space is used for various purposes, most notably in midwinter as a skating rink. It’s all very dramatic and striking.
There does seem to be a certain amount of confusion as to whether this is Broadgate Circle, Circus or Arena According to the site given, which seems to be the official one, this is the Circle, and Arena is the name used for the events program, which includes some events held in other parts of Broadgate.