Gay Bars in London · Page 11

East End gay sensibility ventures south of the river

A south London venture for the people behind the sadly departed Nelsons Head pub in Bethnal Green, who in January...

Southeast · 340 Kennington Road, Kennington, London

• trans-friendly
• 20+
• 30+
• mixed LGBTQ+
• pub
• $$

A juicy bite of the alternative

During renovations to 5 Mount Pleasant, The Apple Tree temporarily resides nearby at 30 Clerkenwell Green EC1R 0DU....

Central · 5 Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell, London

Mascara, booze and song

East London's ever increasing gay thing swelled to even greater proportions in May 2018, when the people behind...

East · 95 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London

• drag
• karaoke

LGBTQ+ bar/club by the Thames

A big, party-minded extension of loungey Circa Soho [see entry], this two-floor 500-capacity venue (formerly Opal...

Central · Hungerford House, London

• 20+
• dancing
• drag
• go-go boys
• leather
• cruising
• $$$
• themed

Zero-compromise gay dance party

This occasional (formerly monthly) DJ-driven party does move around, but since October 2021 it's been at the the...

East · 29–32 The Oval, Bethnal Green, London

• 20+
• 30+
• dancing
• after hours

Membership-only, mostly straight fetish club in the underground style

A strict and serious and modern-thinking enterprise catering to sexually adventurous followers of fetish and...

East · London

• leather
• mixed LGBTQ+
• mixed gay/straight

Spanish heat

Party venture of Spanish-born DJ Alejandro Asencio, who describes himself as "fierce and fabulous, cheap and...

East · 2–44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London

• trans-friendly
• mixed LGBTQ+
• pub

Outrageous fortune

Billing itself as a real East End working men's club since 1953, this establishment stages "regular social events each...

East · 42–44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London

• dancing
• mixed gay/straight
• cabaret

A bar to dive for

A queer-friendly initiative in Dalston (still über-hip in 2016), located in a 100-capacity basement space under...

East · 58 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, London

• dancing
• outdoor seating
• mixed gay/straight
• dive

Darker side of dance

Monthly, DJ-heavy club night with an urban party sensibility (neo-R&B, hip-hop, dancehall, Afrobeat, trap,...

Vauxhall · 66 Albert Embankment, London

• dancing
• mixed gay/straight