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The Best Bars in London

Music | London Bridge

Omeara Mumford & Son’s Ben Lovett has decided to open a music venue in London Bridge. And to be frank, it’s not too shabby at all.

Bars | Shoreditch

The Book Club An aptly Jekyll and Hyde sort of a space, offering coffee and café fare by day, and raucous shindigs for East Londoners by night.

Activities | Bayswater

Queens: Skate, Dine, Bowl Skating, dining and bowling all under one roof, plus – surprise! – curling and ice karting.

Bars | Covent Garden

Champagne + Fromage Adorned with mismatched vintage tables and chairs, the rustic yet classy ambience at this mini-chain of deli/restaurants is sure to tickle your fancy whilst you sip a flute of their 25+ growers’ Champagnes.

Bars | Guildhall

The Trading House Set in the wood-panelled former bank of New Zealand, The Trading House offers live music, Modern European dining, a spread of G&Ts, and cocktails. With ale in them.

Bars | Tower Bridge

The Doodle Bar The Doodle Bar has blank, blackboard painted walls for serious artistic expressionisms. And doodles.

Bars | Blackfriars

City of London Distillery A gin bar overlooking the copper stills pumping out some of the best gin in London.

Bars | Tooting

Tooting Tram and Social It’s the one area of London that actually sounds like it’s blowing its own trumpet. And not entirely without good reason.

Bars | Shoreditch

Callooh Callay A bustling Victorian-inspired bar, inside which lives the actual legitimate speakeasy wardrobe to Narnia.

Bars | Old Street

Old St. Records A two-storey Shoreditch warehouse filled with live bands and DJs.

Bars | Islington

Little Bat A second bar from the people behind Callooh Callay. It’s what we here like to call ‘a success’.

Bars | Brick Lane

CTC Brick Lane Booze from the 1800s and an in-house distillery.

Bars | Pimlico

Clarendon Cocktail Cellar A subterranean basement bar serving up cocktails inspired by iconic literary works.

Bars | Covent Garden

Mr Fogg’s Tavern Mr Fogg’s is what we’d like to refer to as a ‘bar experience’. As in, it’s technically a bar, but you might prefer to think of it as an experience. Plus, there’s a Gran Cave.

Bars | Hackney

Sager + Wilde One of the only places in London you can get exceptional quality Californian wine from sommeliers who know a lot about it, in a cozy date-worthy setting that comes with no snobbery.

Bars | Fleet Street

Humble Grape Fleet Street For the average person, the world of grape hooch can seem deeply impenetrable – something which the people behind Humble Grape aim to help change with their deeply impressive Fleet Street bar/restaurant/shop.

Bars | Marylebone

Zetter Townhouse Marylebone The second townhouse hotel bar from the Zetter group. Unlike the Clerkenwell original, it’s affectionately known as Seymour’s Parlour -and just like the Clerkenwell original, it’s good.