Dabbers Social Bingo is a bingo show bar under Iron Gate House on Houndsditch, a short walk from Aldgate. Comedians and drag performers host, a custom-built ball machine draws the numbers, and the bar keeps going between games. Its second club in Hackney has closed, so this is the only Dabbers left.
Here’s what’s on each week, what it costs, where to sit and whether it counts as gambling.
Club Details
| Bingo Hall: | Dabbers Social Bingo City (Houndsditch) |
| Address: | 18 – 22 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7DB |
| Phone Number: | 020 3176 3139 |
| Email: | dab@dabberssocial.co.uk |
| Website: | dabberssocial.co.uk |
Session schedules may change without prior notice. Contact the club for the latest information.
What’s On Each Week
Dabbers runs a different show most nights rather than one fixed session. This is the pattern on its events list for November 2026, with the cheapest ticket we saw for each.
| Day | What’s on | From |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Pick N Mix Bingo | £16.50 |
| Thursday | Pick N Mix Bingo on selected weeks | £22 |
| Friday | Themed nights such as AfroJingo, Mixr Bingo and Bollywood Bingo | £28.60 (Bollywood) |
| Saturday | Bottomless Bubbles Brunch at 4pm, then Jackpot Bingo or Musical Bingo | £19.80 |
| Sunday | Family Brunch Bingo at 1.30pm (selected Sundays) | £16.50 |
| Monday and Tuesday | Private hire and advance group bookings | On request |
The cheapest seats on the main Dabbers Bingo listing start at £7.70, and most standard tickets cost between £16.50 and £22. These prices include your bingo card, dabber, and all the entertainment during the session. Each ticket gets you one card per game.
From late November, the calendar turns festive. Sleigh Bae Bingo runs as a daytime show for office parties, the Friday Xmas Bingo Voyage starts at £60, and you can add the Gospeloke choir or Ms Claus handing out Secret Santa gifts. The club shuts from 24 to 26 December.
Where You Sit
Your ticket decides your seat, and staff allocate it when you arrive. Social seating is long trestle tables with padded stools on the lowered floor around the stage, where most of the shouting happens. The Snug is a private table for up to eight with a restricted view of the stage, so it’s cheaper, and it sits right by the bar. For a group, the two Belaire Baller Booths take five and twelve people with their own table and a clear view.
Bottomless Brunch Bingo
Saturday’s brunch show has doors at 3pm and runs from 4pm to 6pm. The brunch package was £38 plus a booking fee for three games of bingo, 90 minutes of bottomless fizz and one brunch dish. A ticket for the three games alone was £18 plus the booking fee. Brunch dishes are only served during the brunch show, so you can’t order them at an evening session.
Family Bingo on Sundays
Most Dabbers shows are strictly over 18 and include strong language and adult themes. Sunday’s Family Brunch Bingo is the exception. Doors open at 12.30pm, the show runs from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, and the November listing is priced from £16.50 to £25.30. Under-3s go free if you tell them in advance; there are high chairs and baby changing, and a slime station runs before the show from 12.30pm to 1.15pm. Mocktails come with every family show, and the kids’ menu is only served then.
Food, Drinks and Bar 22
Burgers are £16.50 (beef, panko chicken or Beyond Meat), fries start at £5.50, and cocktails run from £12.50 for a Negroni to £15.50 for a Pornstar Martini. Ten shots cost £60 if your table is in the mood. Every bill carries an optional 12.5% service charge, and the menu covers vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diets.
Bar 22 doesn’t need a bingo ticket. It’s the club’s own bar, and on Thursdays and Fridays from 8.30pm to 10pm it does bottomless tacos and a glass of bubbly for £15. Its karaoke area is free from 8pm until late, Tuesday to Saturday, for groups of up to 40. You pick songs by scanning a QR code.
Is Dabbers Gambling?
Only a tiny bit when compared to a standard bingo hall, and the terms say so. Each ticket includes a “stake”, normally 50p a game, which goes towards the prizes. The rest of the price pays for the show. With one card per game and no big cash prizes, Dabbers calls itself “competitive socialising”, not gambling.
The paperwork has changed over time. Bingo Forever Limited, which traded as Dabbers Social Bingo, held a Gambling Commission bingo operating licence from August 2017 until it was surrendered in April 2024. The current terms, dated March 2024, are issued by Kinzo Limited of Chelmsford, formerly known as Bingo Forever (H) Limited. Hackney’s family show ran under the council’s prize gaming permit.
The usual protections still apply. You can’t pay for bingo tickets by credit card; there’s a self-exclusion scheme lasting six to twelve months, and gambling disputes go to IBAS. Cancel at least three days before the show for a refund.
Dabbers Membership and Discount Codes
Dabbers’ own site has no public discount code. Instead, it sells a £95 membership. That buys six tickets to any show (Dabbers puts the normal price at £100 to £130), 15% off food, drink and future tickets for up to six people, two birthday tickets with a cocktail each, and a booth upgrade when one’s free. Members also get emails when last-minute free tickets come up.
Dabbers Social Bingo Reviews
On TripAdvisor, the City Club had 177 reviews when we checked, and 126 of them gave five stars. Twenty-four were poor or terrible, so it isn’t universally loved. The October 2026 reviews mostly name individual bar staff and hosts for keeping the night going, and one thanked the team for looking after a disabled friend. One guest found the atmosphere flat until the staff got it going.
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About Dabbers Social City, Houndsditch
Located at the base of Iron Gate House in Houndsditch, this vibrant venue gives the traditional game a modern, energetic twist. With cheeky number calls, disco balls, dancing, and plenty of laughs, Dabbers offers an experience that seamlessly blends partying with bingo.
Food and drink are, of course, available throughout each event from two well-stocked bars. So, whether you’re celebrating a birthday, planning a hen or stag do, or just fancy a night out with a twist, we think Dabbers is certainly well worth a visit!
Aldgate tube is a two-minute walk and Liverpool Street is about five. Check before you book if anyone in your group uses a wheelchair, because the club says there’s currently no disabled access down to the bingo hall. Service dogs are welcome if you ring ahead, and pet dogs are only allowed at Doggie Bingo.
Private Hire and Pop-Up Bingo
Dabbers hires out the whole club for work parties and private events, and it rents the room as a conference space with a game of bingo to finish. If you can’t come to Houndsditch, its pop-up team brings portable bingo machines, hosts, DJs and confetti cannons to your office or venue. The Shuck Shack is a separate bar on wheels serving East End-inspired edible cocktails. Planning a bingo night on a smaller budget? Our guide to running your own starts with the card and the caller.
London Bingo Halls
The old Dabbers Hackney page is kept as a record of the Mare Street club. If you’re after a similar night elsewhere in London, Hijingo runs its own show bar in Shoreditch, and our drag bingo page covers Ginger’s at The Joiner and the other drag-hosted shows. The bingo nights guide compares the touring party brands.
Traditional clubs within reach of the City include:
- Apple Bingo Sydenham
- Mecca Bingo Dagenham
- Buzz Bingo Cricklewood
- Buzz Bingo Tooting
- Mecca Bingo Eltham Hill
The rest are in our London bingo hall directory.