Behold

The Best Bars in London

7.5

Bars | Soho

Little Italy It’s an Italian restaurant, technically… But it’s also open til 4am, serving thousands of shots and playing cheesy music for you to dance the night away.

7.5

Bars | Shoreditch

Bull in a China Shop A unique blend of Japanese Izakaya, Scottish whisky bar, and Midwest America prohibition hide-out.

7.5

Bars | Soho

The Pink Chihuahua This 3am-licensed bar is plastered in Day of the Dead murals, Mexican memorabilia and glass cabinets full of tequila bottles.

7.5

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.

7.5

Bars | Covent Garden

Champagne + Fromage A rustic French bar with cheese, deli delights and… bubbles.

8.0

Bars | Guildhall

The Trading House An impeccably well-stocked, wood-panelled, time-capsule bar in the former bank of New Zealand.

9.0

Bars | Shoreditch

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

8.0

Bars | Brick Lane

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

7.0

Bars | Kentish Town

Ladies & Gentlemen A retro-inspired Kentish Town cocktail bar located in an abandoned underground toilet block.

9.0

Bars | Soho

Milroy’s & The Vault Never judge a book by its cover. Because these ones cover something completely unexpected.

7.0

Hotels | Docklands

Good Hotel London A charitable hotel with workspaces, stylish rooms and a roof terrace, that’s also floating on the Thames.

8.5

Bars | Soho

Basement Sate A dimly-lit, dark wood-panelled subterranean hideout in Soho where you can enjoy music by cutting edge DJs, innovative cocktails… and dessert.

8.5

Bars | Bethnal Green

East London Liquor Company A brand new craft distillery and cocktail bar located in an old glue factory next to Victoria Park that makes its own range of handcrafted spirits in-house.

7.5

Bars | Farringdon

5cc City of London An illicit underground drinking den serving inexpensive cocktails and expensive Champagne.

8.0

Bars | Mayfair

Mr. Fogg’s Residence Stuffed Indian tiger heads; elephants’ feet; wall-mounted busts of old pets and the hot air balloon in which Mr.Phileas Fogg travelled the world for 80 days.

8.0

Bars | Marylebone

Purl Bar This is not for the fainthearted… Expect cocktails with fire, liquid nitrogen and loud noises.

7.0

Bars | Fitzrovia

The Lucky Pig An intimate, ramshackle underground drinking den complete with a rackety old piano, Chinese parasols, and cocktails.