Kensington & Hyde Park
This beautiful bar/pub in the heart of Chelsea is a hit – from the red banquette in the stylish dining room to the elegant terrace for summer evenings,…
Must-see nightlife in London
Notting Hill & West London
Gin and alluring cocktails are on the menu at this former pub, refreshed into a nifty, narrow cocktail bar. There's live music every Thursday from 7.30pm,…
North London
We're going out on a limb and calling this London's best Irish pub. The staff are sharp, the Guinness is good, and the live entertainment is frequent and…
The West End
If you are seriously into singalongs, head for this attractive free house in Marylebone, where the keys of the old 'goanna' (piano) get tickled by Tony …
North London
Enjoy a fine selection of real ale in this cosy, eclectic, nautical-themed award-winning boozer. Regulars keep the bar propped up and the dimly lit…
North London
The hair of this particular dog is craft beer, with around 20 different brews on tap. BrewDog's own brewery is up in Scotland, but more than half of the…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
It’s a distinctly bohemian crowd that mixes in the cosy, traditional interior of this brilliant Spitalfields pub, famous as the watering hole for the…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
The bar is named after the pre-existing signs on the two shops whose space it now occupies, a nonchalance that typifies Shoreditch chic. The street-level…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
This low-lit, basement bar with good-value cocktails is relaxed and intimate, overseen by dapper-looking staff in white shirts and colourful suspenders…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
This 1950s-themed basement cocktail bar in Holborn is the self-declared home of ping pong, reputedly located in the exact spot the sport was invented. At…
Notting Hill & West London
With just the right mix of shiny gastropub, rough-and-ready local appeal, good Grand Union Canal location (with waterside terrace) and a really strong…
The West End
This Soho favourite attracts a cross-section of the good, the bad and the beautiful. Fairly attitude-free, it's perfect for pre-club drinks or just an…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
With its lively vibe, Kick is a fab place to watch big football games. The flag-adorned ground floor features four foosball tables, downstairs has leather…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Stripped back to bare bricks and smartened up with potted plants and industrial light fixtures, this corner pub serves an interesting selection of wine,…
Notting Hill & West London
Don’t come here for the selection of beer or ales or the expensive nosh; this place, hard by the Grand Union Canal in Little Venice, is all about location…
The West End
This abandoned Victorian public toilet got a flush of new life when this coffee shop opened here in 2013. The restroom has been sensitively restored (and…
London
The Hack & Hop is the best place for craft brews this side of the City, usually pouring pints for suited Fleet St workers after 5pm. Friendly staff can…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
It doesn't look like much from the outside, but shuffle into this eastern Mediterranean–style cafe-bar and you'll find an Aladdin's cave. Upstairs is…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Simple yet elegant oak decor, an astonishingly comprehensive wine list and amiable service make this a popular choice with suited City workers and local…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Part of the Old Truman Brewery complex, this venue has a courtyard, two big rooms and an outdoor terrace that gets packed with a cool crowd on sunny…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Part of the great Antipodean takeover of London cafes, this distant outpost of a New Zealand brand serves perfectly crafted coffee from its neat-as-a-pin…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Just far enough from Hoxton Sq to avoid being overrun by weekend blow-ins, the Red Lion has a local-pub vibe – but given this is Hoxton, the locals are…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Frequently crammed with a hip teenage-and-up crowd, this scuffed corner pub’s edgy credentials are courtesy of Vice magazine, the bad-boy rag that owns…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Housed in a striking little round building, this hip cafe serves top coffee, cooked breakfasts (until a decadent 5pm and all day on weekends) and then…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
A bare-boards bar with a Continental European feel, where the action centres on a handful of foosball tables. The bar is big on any and all kind of sport,…
London
Marooned among a sea of soulless office blocks a short walk from Tower Hill, this slim, nautically themed 1802 pub has an ornately decorated facade and…
London
At the central crossroads of Victorian iron-trussed Leadenhall Market, the Lamb Tavern is an old-school boozer owned by the Young's pub chain. There's an…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
This industrial-chic bar has a games room, basement and varied music nights (including oddballs such as hip-hop karaoke and ukulele jamming sessions), but…
The West End
With around 60 different Polish spirits on offer – from hazelnut- and wheat-flavoured vodkas to slivowica (plum brandy) – every devotee of strong liquor…
The West End
Quite possibly the oldest wine bar in London (it opened in 1890), cavernous, candlelit and atmospheric Gordon’s is a victim of its own success – it's…
London
Rebuilt in 1667 after the Great Fire, this is one of London’s most famous – and most crowded – pubs. It has strong literary connections, with Mark Twain,…
The West End
In the years before and after WWII, the Fitzroy was a hangout of literary giants like George Orwell and Dylan Thomas and the sculptor Jacob Epstein. Since…
The West End
As welcome (and unexpected) as sunshine in November, this secluded little pub from 1938 in the heart of Bloomsbury is like a step back in time to the…
North London
Egg has a superb layout with two vast exposed-concrete rooms, a wooden loft space, a garden and a roof terrace in an old Victorian warehouse. It…
London
Prices at this decidedly average rooftop bar are a little on the steep side (spirits from £9.50; beers from £6), but it's got the best views in the…
The West End
This quiet, friendly pub in London’s most exclusive neighbourhood has something of a gentlemen’s club feel about it, with shiny brass fittings, heavy…
The West End
Once famous as the unreconstructed boozer where Spectator columnist Jeffrey Bernard drank himself to death amid a regular clientele of soaks, writers,…
North London
Named after the old hansom cabs (horse-drawn carriages) that once waited in this very place to pick up distinguished guests of the hotel, this elegant…
Booking Office Bar & Restaurant
North London
As the name suggests, in a former life this was the booking office of St Pancras train station. The space has been transformed into a show-stopping bar,…
The West End
Named after the doctor who established that cholera was a waterborne disease (a replica of the culprit water pump, the key to his discovery, is across the…
