East Village

In the space formerly occupied by Shoreditch institution the Medicine Bar, East Village is a small club with a big sound system – something of a rarity in London. There’s a cosy bar, filled with a stylish but slightly older crowd on the ground floor, while people pack into the throbbing basement club downstairs – all exposed brickwork and flashing disco lights – to shake their stuff to the house and techno played by an impressive roster of big-name DJs.