Ridley Road Market Bar

Always plays the best music and has a reasonable mix of fun cocktails and ‘trendy’ beers. Has a kitsch vibe - imagine your nan returning from a holiday to Miami in 1982 and dedicating her shed to a tropical chill out room. Slice girls pizza is delicious and although it often gets busy you’ll deffo feel like it’s ‘your little place’. I love it here.

Good vibes going on here with mainly 20s-40s age group. Beers and cocktails, great Mojitos 😉! It gets packed on the weekends, so if you don't mind major shoulder rubbing, you will love it here. Only bad point I'd say is the location of the toilets, you have to squeeze your way through the busy dance floor everytime. Good points - No entrance fee, smoking area outside

Disappointingly I'm leaving a negative review of this place. I wanted to go because it's unique to have a place like this in a location with so much (potentially unknown) history.

There was a very long queue at 11:45pm with thorough security. For what? I do not know... After going inside after waiting for about 20 minutes, the music wasn't fun, there was a very long queue at the bar, and it was just very boring... We left after one drink.

If you want to be around people who are pretending they're having a good time, this place is for you.

Good for a dance. Shame they switched to horrible san mig. Means I have to drink spirits coz they’ve no normal booze I like any more.

What was once considered great destination has now become the skid mark on the underpants of Dalston nightlife. If you want to be harassed by attendees while bobbing along to unimpressive and nondescript music then this is the place for you.

Cheap, local, a safe place where to shop fruit and veg not worrying about the cost of living crisis

Really good atmosphere and good choice of music. It's just way too busy and quite cramped in there, but won't stop me from visiting again

Love this place! The Taiwanese Dumplings are the best I’ve ever had in London!
It was such a surprise to eat pot sticker mapo tofu dumplings. On another level!