Club No.8

You'll find Club No.8 tucked away on Stoke Newington Road, in one of those characterful Victorian buildings the neighbourhood's full of. It's a basement bar—the kind where you actually have to duck slightly through the doorway—with exposed brick and the kind of moody lighting that makes you want to linger over a drink for hours. The place has that lived-in feel; no velvet ropes or doormen, just people who know their way around a cocktail menu but aren't going to make you feel bad about ordering a beer instead. It's the sort of bar that's become a proper local haunt without trying too hard.