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Discover Dalston’s 3 best spots for your trip in London

From the classic Three Sheets Dalston and Batch Baby, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.

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Three Sheets Dalston1
🍸Drinks$$ · Mid-range

Three Sheets Dalston

4.7 · 457 reviews

Discover Three Sheets Dalston, the original home of this beloved London cocktail group. Settle into a friendly neighbourhood bar and sip thoughtfully crafted drinks without the queues found at its Soho sibling.

Reasons to go

  • This is the original Three Sheets location, opened before the group's now better-known Soho branch.
  • The Dalston site runs its own distinct cocktail menu separate from the Soho sibling.
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Typical visit

1h15

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Best time

early evening, evening or late night

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Batch Baby2
Coffeebreak$ · Budget-friendly

Batch Baby

4.7 · 423 reviews

Discover Batch Baby, a De Beauvoir Road favorite for filter coffee lovers. Compare rotating single-origin batch brews like Colombian and Ethiopian, chatting with staff about the flavor differences as you sip.

Reasons to go

  • Specialises in batch brew, usually offering two single-origin choices such as Colombia and Ethiopia side by side.
  • Staff will walk you through the flavor differences between the day's batch brew origins.
  • A neighborhood favorite near De Beauvoir Road for filter coffee drinkers seeking more variety than typical espresso menus.
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Typical visit

25 min

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Best time

early morning, morning, lunchtime or afternoon

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Dalston3
🚶NeighborhoodsFree

Dalston

Discover Dalston, East London's scrappy nightlife hub. Wander Kingsland Road's cluster of live-music pubs and DJ bars, browse Ridley Road Market's Caribbean and Turkish stalls, and grab cheap grills on the side streets.

Reasons to go

  • Ridley Road Market has traded since the Victorian era, stocking Caribbean, African, and Turkish groceries.
  • Kingsland Road forms one of East London's densest clusters of small clubs and DJ bars.
  • A long-settled Turkish and Kurdish community supplies some of London's cheapest grill and mezze restaurants.
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Typical visit

1h15

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Best time

early evening or evening

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Walking intensity

Active — lots of walking