The Best Happy Hours In East London

From Shoreditch to Hackney, London is full of renowned establishments offering a plethora of Happy Hour tipples. Follow our guide through East London’s best places where you can enjoy reduced price drinks and start your night off in style.

1. The Well

Bar, Cocktail Bar, Pub, Restaurant, British

Located in Clerkenwell, this pub and restaurant offers a special cocktail happy hour as a perfect way to taste the last of the summer. After 7PM, you can continue enjoying their 2-4-1 offer in the lounge cocktail bar downstairs for an additional hour, where the drinking menu will not leave you disappointed. Don’t miss their drink ‘Shrubs'(Prosecco and fruit syrup), or forget to taste some of the specials, like the Lavender and Cherry Julep. In addition, every Tuesday evening the pub organises a proper British pub quiz, so grab a table with friends and don’t miss out on the fun.

100 Hoxton

With an incredible variety of drinks featured on their cocktail menu, 100 Hoxton offers outdoor tables allowing you to spend your happy hour enjoying the sun, or reveling in the nighttime views. Throughout the week, you have the opportunity to try two cocktails for £10, chosen from a selection designed with Asian flavors in mind. Spices, herbs and liquors are combined, permitting you to experience different zesty notes.

100 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SG

Barrio East

Latin vibes are ready to welcome you into one of Shoreditch’s best cocktail bars. Barrio East is the kind of place where you could start your weekend early, enjoying post-work drinks and dancing all night long. The tropical and colourful decor will put you in the mood for a fiesta whilst you enjoy a fresh Mojito or Margarita. The happy hour – or ‘Amigo Hour’ – features cut-price drinks for only £5 on selected cocktails and bottles of wine, whilst only £3 for beer.

141-143 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JE

Café Kick

With walls covered with bank notes from across the world as well as football scarves representing different teams, Café Kick is an easy-going bar where you can enjoy the happy hour without the usual evening crowd – even on a Friday afternoon. Situated near Exmouth Market, you can indulge in one of their cocktails of the month for only £4.85 whilst you play table football. An extra cold house beer can be purchased for £2. Choose between one of their vegetarian dishes, tapas, cheese boards and sandwiches, made mainly using Spanish and Italian products.

43 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QL

Adam & Eve

Adam & Eve’s Happy Hour offers selected pints, Bloody Marys and a selection of house wines for just £3. Stepping inside the garden, you will find an inviting space with a peaceful atmosphere and colorful plants, perfect for enjoying the last of the summer.

155 Homerton High Street, London E9 6AS

2. The London Cocktail Bar, Shoreditch

Bar, Cocktail Bar, Pub Grub

Your Mondays will never be gloomy again if you start the week at LCC. Not far from Shoreditch BoxPark you will find a basement hosting Happy Hour all night long. During the week, you will have the chance to indulge in post-work drinks until 8PM, enjoying a selection of American whiskeys. Twice a month, a live band will bring some rock ‘n’ roll to your Thursday night.

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