About The Drunken Monkey
The Drunken Monkey dim sum eatery and cocktail bar opened in 2002, pioneering the trend of evening cocktails and dim sum. It was nominated for the Evening Standard Bar Award in its first year, and today it is considered an East End establishment that is recognised worldwide.
With a relaxed New York vibe and Kung Fu kitsch, it is the perfect eating and drinking den for all occasions. Enjoy a last minute bite with friends, an afternoon Bloody Mary and brunch, or cocktails and partying at our now “infamous” Late Night Monkey Sessions featuring a host of amazing DJs.
Each weekend features an eclectic mix of house, soul and funk. Over the years DJs from across the world have graced the decks with a vibrant soundtrack, including Groove Armada, Steve Proctor, Barrie K. Sharpe, Radio Meuh, Giles Smith, Mauriccio Castella, Ronnie Herel, Maya Jane Coles, DIY Soundsystem, Miss Jools, Eddie Pillar, and Femi Fem – to name a few.
Our space is versatile, with a main bar area, dining section and two private areas (Concubine Room and Liang Shan Po). So whether you’re after a private party, large birthday dinner, cocktail masterclass or late night dim sum, look no further than The Drunken Monkey to host your evening.
The Drunken Monkey Description
The Drunken Monkey dim sum eatery and cocktail bar opened in 2002, pioneering the trend of evening cocktails and dim sum. It was nominated for the Evening Standard Bar Award in its first year, and today it is considered an East End establishment that is recognised worldwide.
With a relaxed New York vibe and Kung Fu kitsch, it is the perfect eating and drinking den for all occasions. Enjoy a last minute bite with friends, an afternoon Bloody Mary and brunch, or cocktails and partying at our now “infamous” Late Night Monkey Sessions featuring a host of amazing DJs.
Each weekend features an eclectic mix of house, soul and funk. Over the years DJs from across the world have graced the decks with a vibrant soundtrack, including Groove Armada, Steve Proctor, Barrie K. Sharpe, Radio Meuh, Giles Smith, Mauriccio Castella, Ronnie Herel, Maya Jane Coles, DIY Soundsystem, Miss Jools, Eddie Pillar, and Femi Fem – to name a few.
Our space is versatile, with a main bar area, dining section and two private areas (Concubine Room and Liang Shan Po). So whether you’re after a private party, large birthday dinner, cocktail masterclass or late night dim sum, look no further than The Drunken Monkey to host your evening.
Reviews
Its Friday and you all know what that means... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down our resident DJ Monophunk will be spinning tunes tonight and tomorrow..Saturday will be our last late night session we will be open till 3am . Don’t forget happy hour times this weekend Fri 5-7 Sat/Sun 12-8pm Long cocktails £6 and £10 beer buckets. Only a few table's left Hurry up
Its Friday and you all know what that means... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down our resident DJ Monophunk will be spinning tunes tonight and tomorrow..Don’t forget happy hour times this weekend Fri 5-7 Sat/Sun 12-8pm Long cocktails £6 and £10 beer buckets. Only a few table's left Hurry up :)
2 More day until the weekend everyone but we want to start early. Come down tonight 5-7 we have our monkey happy hour, our resident Thursday night beat dropper Little Lazy Alex be spinning your favourite beats. See you later you cheeky Monkeys 🙈
Its that time again, when we are open until 3am Today and you can come and cause some monkey madness... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down our Special Guest @DJ Max Correnti & Sofia C will be spinning your favourite beats Soul Classic , Disco Boggie . Saturday DJ @John stokes will be spining Disco Tec Dim sum till late - DON'T MISS OUT . Don’t forget happy hour times this weekend Fri 5-7 Sat/Sun 12-8pm Long cocktails £6 and £10 beer buckets. Only a few table's left Hurry up :)
Its that time again, when we are open until 3am and you can come and cause some monkey madness. This Friday we will be opening our dance floor till the early hours so that you can come and strut your stuff. Happy hour until 7pm and Special Guest DJ Max Correnti Due & Sofia C will be spinning your favourite beats Soul Classic , Disco Boggie . Saturday DJ @John stokes will be spining Disco Tec... Dim sum till late - DON'T MISS OUT
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Its that time again, when we are open until 3am and you can come and cause some monkey madness. This Friday we will be opening our dance floor till the early hours so that you can come and strut your stuff. Happy hour until 7pm and Special Guest DJs spinning your favourite beats Soul Classic , Disco Boggie . Dim sum till late - DON'T MISS OUT
Its Friday and you all know what that means... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down our resident DJ Monophunk will be spinning tunes tonight and tomorrow..Don’t forget happy hour times this weekend Fri 5-7 Sat/Sun 12-8pm Long cocktails £6 and £10 beer buckets. Only a few table's left Hurry up :)
Its Friday and you all know what that means... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down our resident DJ Monophunk will be spinning tunes tonight and tomorrow. Don’t forget happy hour times this weekend Fri 5-7 Sat/Sun 12-8pm Long cocktails £6 and £10 beer buckets. Only a few table's left Hurry up :)
1 More day until the weekend everyone but we want to start early. Come down tonight 5-7 we have our monkey happy hour and our London cocktail week Buffalo Fuzzz Cocktail ,with our resident Thursday night beat dropper DJ Monophunk. See you later you cheeky Monkeys 🙊😊
Its Saturday and you all know what that means... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down our resident DJ Monophunk will be spinning tunes tonight . We are welcoming our Italian veteran DJ Max Correnti Due on sunday he will be blowing our minds away.Don’t forget happy hour times this weekend Sat/Sun 12-8pm Long cocktails £6 and £10 beer buckets. Only a few table's left Hurry up Monkeys :)🙈
Its Friday and you all know what that means... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down our resident DJ Monophunk will be spinning tunes tonight and tomorrow. We are welcoming our Italian veteran DJ Max Correnti Due on sunday he will be blowing our minds away.Don’t forget happy hour times this weekend Fri 5-7 Sat/Sun 12-8pm Long cocktails £6 and £10 beer buckets. Only a few table's left Hurry up :)
How we're feeling today after that #Halloween weekend...thanks to everyone who came down to #BigTroubleInLittleChina!
Getting ready for tonight.
Happy Halloween Drunken Monkeys . Don't forget our infamous Halloween party Hurry up only a few table's left :) Saturday 28th we open our doors to special guests Alex Madigan Shea, Von Rind, Taymor Zadeh and Chris Ford alongside the infamous Danny Eagle ▪︎ Johnny Hunter ▪︎ Monophunk ▪︎ Retroquest ▪︎ Plus special effect make-up artist. For dinner & drinks reservations call 020 7392 9606 or email us at info@thedrunkenmonkey.london Happy Hour ... SAT: 12pm-8pm
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Get down and spookoolicious this Halloween @ the Drunken Monkey | Saturday 28th we open our doors to special guests Alex Madigan Shea, Von Rind, Taymor Zadeh and Chris Ford alongside the infamous Danny Eagle ▪︎ Johnny Hunter ▪︎ Monophunk ▪︎ Retroquest ▪︎ Plus special effect make-up artist. For dinner & drinks reservations call 020 7392 9606 or email us at info@thedrunkenmonkey.london Happy Hour SAT: 12pm-8pm
Get down and spookoolicious this Halloween @ the Drunken Monkey | Saturday 28th we open our doors to special guests Alex Madigan Shea, Von Rind, Taymor Zadeh and Chris Ford alongside the infamous Danny Eagle ▪︎ Johnny Hunter ▪︎ Monophunk ▪︎ Retroquest ▪︎ Plus special effect make-up artist. For dinner & drinks reservations call 020 7392 9606 or email us at info@thedrunkenmonkey.london Happy Hour SAT: 12pm-8pm
Its Friday and you all know what that means... Dancing, Drinks and Dim-Sum. So come down we have the legend himself DJ Sol to keep those feet taping from 8:30pm and if that's not enough we have happy hour from 5-7pm tonight. And we don't stop there. Saturday/Sunday we have our extended happy hour from 12-8pm and our Resident DJ Monophunk will be on from 8:30pm on Saturday. Come on Monkeys
Get down and spookoolicious this Halloween @ the Drunken Monkey | Saturday 28th we open our doors to special guests Alex Madigan Shea, Von Rind, Taymor Zadeh and Chris Ford alongside the infamous Danny Eagle ▪︎ Johnny Hunter ▪︎ Monophunk ▪︎ Retroquest ▪︎ Plus special effect make-up artist. For dinner & drinks reservations call 020 7392 9606 or email us at info@thedrunkenmonkey.london Happy Hour SAT: 12pm-8pm
The service was very fast, drinks well priced and well made and the food was delicious. I don't think I can fault it and would go back every time I'm in that area.
My girlfriend and I come very often and every time we enjoy the music the food the atmosphere all combined in to a perfect night out. Good job to the staff!
Got seated straight at a table by a friendly waitress. We hadn’t booked a table on a busy Friday night but they made a table available for us. We were told straight away about the happy hour drinks which we were happy about. The cocktails were delicious and very strong. We ordered 5 dishes to share and the food was amazing, everything came out hot and well prepared. The dips complimented the dishes. When we had finished eating we enjoyed our cocktails and were not hurried out of the door. This was our second visit and we will definitely be coming back again. Thank you.
Food was fab. The chill squid wow, lovely food, good atmosphere, well worth a visit we will be going back.and it helps that prices are reasonable and staff are pretty good
Food was fab, cocktails great and the staff really friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend. We went on a Saturday and was a great atmosphere.
Ordering cocktails during happy hour took forever. We then had a table booked for dinner and the food was great and came out quickly. Reasonably priced too. I was upset they didn't have any desserts on the menu!
Really good food but the service was dire. Happy Hour is restricted , where you can only pick from 5 cocktails. The website says Happy Hour till 8 bit when you get there its only til 7.
I've been here a few times now. Good food and drink. I feel it's a bit over priced, so try go happy hour 👍🏾🍹
Food was hot plentiful and delivered to the table quickly the decor is I suppose quirky- the waitress was either miserable or couldn't understand English properly which is why when she served me beer at room temperature I couldn't be bothered to complain- it was OK but I won't be rushing back
Yummy, waiteress didn't really know what they were handing us, am a vegetarian and ate a pork and prawn dumpling after being told it was all veggie to then realise after the first bite what had happened.. pretty disappointing in that regards.
Well the tables were laid but all had reserved signs on them just after midday, I found the bar stools uncomfortable. The beer I had was well presented and reasonably priced for London. Staff outnumbered customers two to one ready for the big rush late, but meanwhile I noticed potential customers were being deterred by the lack of free tables.
We arrived a group of 8 as friends had been before. Door staff intimidating, music mediocre, atmosphere? Toilets disgusting all in all a pretty rough place!
The food is nice the cocktails are even better very strong 🙌🏽🙌🏽 The staff are very friendly and polite the service is terrible. Half our table had food while the other half waited for ages, they brought the wrong food out and the wrong drinks. Food items was brought to our table that we didn’t ask for then was added to our bill also the card machine wasn’t working and this was my first time eating here and it was on my birthday. I’m not sure if it was just becasue it was a Saturday or if it’s always like this. It was disappointing after waiting all week to visit this restaurant.
Used to be our favourite place to eat. Our last experience here changed our mind. Rude staff, terrible service, average food. What a shame!
It's tragic how bad this place has become. Used to be my favourite place to eat in Shoreditch, but alas, it's gone the same as all the other places in this area, straight down the toilet
I made a booking weeks ago for our anniversary making a simple request for the same table we always have. That apparently is too much of a stretch for these guys. We arrived and were told we would have to wait as our table was in use. After waiting I was taken to our table, which was not our table. I asked again for the original table requested to which I was told this wasn't possible, upon leaving, the manager told me to calm down without trying to rectify the situation. I feel bad that we didn't get to spend our anniversary there, but am so glad I didn't give them any of my money.
I hope they collapse very soon.
P.s If you want amazing dim sum, go to the Panda Cafe in Leytonstone
It's a turist trap. Probably the worst place to have a drink. Bad quality alcohol but expensive, also I saw the barman refilling the bottles with the shots left by the people. DISGUSTING! It's dirty, bad ventilated and stinks. Never again!!
If it wasn't for the company...the birthday night would have been ruined...I don't think this venue can accommodate large groups...the food is lovely if you can actually be served on a table big enough to enjoy it...food came handed over to guests to organise it themselves on the table....never seen that before...even in Won Ki's who have a rep for being rude.....sort your business out Drunken Monkey! You can't carry on like that and expect people to come back!
I love it and i love they vibe everyone that works they so friendly and the food is always on point yummy
After emailing prior to our visit from Inverness the management kindly emailed back welcoming us on Friday night. Unfortunately when we arrived the bouncer was rude and offensive. We then phoned directly and a member of staff read our email and blatantly lied about the content. Please avoid this place at all costs.
The service was very fast, drinks well priced and well made and the food was delicious. I don't think I can fault it and would go back every time I'm in that area.
My girlfriend and I come very often and every time we enjoy the music the food the atmosphere all combined in to a perfect night out. Good job to the staff!
Got seated straight at a table by a friendly waitress. We hadn’t booked a table on a busy Friday night but they made a table available for us. We were told straight away about the happy hour drinks which we were happy about. The cocktails were delicious and very strong. We ordered 5 dishes to share and the food was amazing, everything came out hot and well prepared. The dips complimented the dishes. When we had finished eating we enjoyed our cocktails and were not hurried out of the door. This was our second visit and we will definitely be coming back again. Thank you.
Food was fab. The chill squid wow, lovely food, good atmosphere, well worth a visit we will be going back.and it helps that prices are reasonable and staff are pretty good
Food was fab, cocktails great and the staff really friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend. We went on a Saturday and was a great atmosphere.
Ordering cocktails during happy hour took forever. We then had a table booked for dinner and the food was great and came out quickly. Reasonably priced too. I was upset they didn't have any desserts on the menu!
Really good food but the service was dire. Happy Hour is restricted , where you can only pick from 5 cocktails. The website says Happy Hour till 8 bit when you get there its only til 7.
I've been here a few times now. Good food and drink. I feel it's a bit over priced, so try go happy hour 👍🏾🍹
Food was hot plentiful and delivered to the table quickly the decor is I suppose quirky- the waitress was either miserable or couldn't understand English properly which is why when she served me beer at room temperature I couldn't be bothered to complain- it was OK but I won't be rushing back
Yummy, waiteress didn't really know what they were handing us, am a vegetarian and ate a pork and prawn dumpling after being told it was all veggie to then realise after the first bite what had happened.. pretty disappointing in that regards.
Well the tables were laid but all had reserved signs on them just after midday, I found the bar stools uncomfortable. The beer I had was well presented and reasonably priced for London. Staff outnumbered customers two to one ready for the big rush late, but meanwhile I noticed potential customers were being deterred by the lack of free tables.
We arrived a group of 8 as friends had been before. Door staff intimidating, music mediocre, atmosphere? Toilets disgusting all in all a pretty rough place!
The food is nice the cocktails are even better very strong 🙌🏽🙌🏽 The staff are very friendly and polite the service is terrible. Half our table had food while the other half waited for ages, they brought the wrong food out and the wrong drinks. Food items was brought to our table that we didn’t ask for then was added to our bill also the card machine wasn’t working and this was my first time eating here and it was on my birthday. I’m not sure if it was just becasue it was a Saturday or if it’s always like this. It was disappointing after waiting all week to visit this restaurant.
Used to be our favourite place to eat. Our last experience here changed our mind. Rude staff, terrible service, average food. What a shame!
It's tragic how bad this place has become. Used to be my favourite place to eat in Shoreditch, but alas, it's gone the same as all the other places in this area, straight down the toilet
I made a booking weeks ago for our anniversary making a simple request for the same table we always have. That apparently is too much of a stretch for these guys. We arrived and were told we would have to wait as our table was in use. After waiting I was taken to our table, which was not our table. I asked again for the original table requested to which I was told this wasn't possible, upon leaving, the manager told me to calm down without trying to rectify the situation. I feel bad that we didn't get to spend our anniversary there, but am so glad I didn't give them any of my money.
I hope they collapse very soon.
P.s If you want amazing dim sum, go to the Panda Cafe in Leytonstone
It's a turist trap. Probably the worst place to have a drink. Bad quality alcohol but expensive, also I saw the barman refilling the bottles with the shots left by the people. DISGUSTING! It's dirty, bad ventilated and stinks. Never again!!
If it wasn't for the company...the birthday night would have been ruined...I don't think this venue can accommodate large groups...the food is lovely if you can actually be served on a table big enough to enjoy it...food came handed over to guests to organise it themselves on the table....never seen that before...even in Won Ki's who have a rep for being rude.....sort your business out Drunken Monkey! You can't carry on like that and expect people to come back!
I love it and i love they vibe everyone that works they so friendly and the food is always on point yummy
After emailing prior to our visit from Inverness the management kindly emailed back welcoming us on Friday night. Unfortunately when we arrived the bouncer was rude and offensive. We then phoned directly and a member of staff read our email and blatantly lied about the content. Please avoid this place at all costs.