El Aguajal (ex Salisbury), Dalston

pub details:

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location:

Dalston

address:

54 Balls Pond Road, N1 4AP

phone:

020 7923 4883

nearest stations:

Dalston Kingsland Railway station
(250m)

Canonbury London Overground station
(1Km)

Hackney Downs Railway station
(1.2Km)

Essex Road Railway station
(1.4Km) - zone 2

bus routes:

30, 38, 56, 67, 76, 149, 242, 243, 277

how to find it:

From Dalston Kingsland station, exit right and walk down to the junction with Balls Pond Road. Turn right and in a couple of minutes the pub's on your right. You could walk down from Highbury and Islington tube, but its a 15 minute walk, so the bus is easier.

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picture of El Aguajal (ex Salisbury) When we discovered that hidden in Dalston was a South American pub, it certainly intrigued us. And indeed, rather than a plastic commercialised Latino bar, this was a real "Latin Pub", catering for Dalston's Peruvian, Brazilian and Columbian locals. Notwithstanding a recent name change, little else has changed, inside or out. The décor painted in green and white with posters and plastic flowers scattered around is sadly nothing to write home about, but there's a good selection of unusual spirits and at least one Peruvian bottled beer. Our food however was superb and authentic; people in West End restaurants would pay twice as much for food like this, if they could find it. Atmosphere-wise, we suspect it's the crowd who make (or break) this place and although we definitely enjoy eating here, for drinking we tend to go elsewhere.