Doña
Live music bar · Stoke Newington ·
Mezcal bar with spicy margaritas, pink feathers, velvet chaise
Mezcal bar with spicy margaritas, pink feathers, velvet chaise
"If you’re sick of speakeasies that look like they’re owned by that bloke from Peaky Blinders, Doña is for you. The walls at this underground Dalston drinking den are carmine red, the bar is covered in pink feathers like Big Bird is living his best Barbie fantasy, and the spicy margaritas are our personal benchmark for sexy mezcal consumption. Even if you come here for one little bottle of Modelo, you’ll struggle to leave before midnight." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"This underground bar in Stoke Newington looks like the interior of our minds after watching a Sofia Coppola film—and the excellent mezcal-heavy cocktails scratch the same ‘we’ll be fun forever’ itch. There’s an abundance of pink feathers on the bar, velvet chaise longues, and the live DJ sets are the perfect combination of low light and high-energy tracks. The schedule shimmies from cabaret performances to female-led jazz, but honestly, we’ve never had a bad night here." - rianne shlebak, jake missing, sinead cranna, daisy meager, heidi lauth beasley
"Perfect for people who are officially entering their sexiest era. Those who can, do, those who can’t, teach, and those who write about restaurants full-time must confess when a member of their team picks this flirty, frivolity-forward bar for their own 30th birthday party. Guilty as charged. What can we say, we like red fringing, spicy mezcal margaritas, and being ushered onto a mini dancefloor for a spontaneous boogie as a DJ plays something delightfully funky. This underground Stoke Newington spot is also one of the few bars in London to have a velvet chaise longue and themed event nights that are actually fun (CC: Huns N’ Roses)." - heidi lauth beasley
"If you’re sick of speakeasies that look like they’re owned by that bloke from Peaky Blinders, Doña is for you. The walls at this underground Dalston drinking den are carmine red, the bar is covered in pink feathers like Big Bird is living his best Barbie fantasy, and the spicy margaritas are our personal benchmark for sexy mezcal consumption. Even if you plan on coming here for one little bottle of Modello, this is a bar you’ll struggle to leave before midnight. You’re in the presence of a velvet chaise longue, it would be rude not to stay. " - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager
"Doña, a female-owned basement bar in Dalston, has opened a full-blown restaurant just above on the ground floor. The Latin American-inspired food will include things like chicken empanadas, cassava fries, and tamalitos. We recently checked out Doña. Read our first thoughts here. " - sinead cranna, rianne shlebak