New Cross is the new Shoreditch don't you know! and The Royal Albert, along with the Amersham Arms and New Cross Inn, form the Bermuda Triangle of the hottest street in London right now for cutting edge nightlife. With Goldsmith's Art College a stone's throw away, its likely you'll be sitting next to the next Damien Hirst or Sarah Lucas. The Royal Albert, in a previous incarnation, was the famed if troubled Paradise Bar, that kicked off the entire New Cross Scene, so if you see the Ghosts of Bloc Party, the Rakes, and countless others - don't be alarmed - this is where it happened, and is happening now.