Behold

The Best Bars in London

Bars | Bethnal Green

The Sun Tavern An 1850’s corner house that’s been converted into all day craft beer and cocktail-infused drinking den by the team behind The Discount Suit Company.

Restaurants | Clerkenwell

Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings A beautifully designed house of drinking and dining, with two bars, two restaurants, and private rooms to boot.

Theatre | Wapping

Wilton’s Music Hall A glorious, crumbling old Victorian music hall, home to cabaret, theatre – and a very atmospheric bar.

Bars | London Fields

NT’s Loft A café and terrace by day, with live jazz and DJs by night.

Bars | Battersea

Room 43 Live music, Persian food, and cocktails in Battersea.

Bars | Farringdon

The Piano Works The Piano Works. If you go there and give it a listen, you’ll agree. Plus, you can also choose what the house band plays (for a small tip, of course) whilst you sip on your cocktail.

Bars | Bethnal Green

Satan’s Whiskers Satan’s Whiskers is located in what was previously a closed down Caribbean restaurant, and the perfect place to go when you want to sit down to good, simple, no-nonsense cocktails.

Bars | Brick Lane

Discount Suit Company The journey to a good bar is an experiential cog of fundamental importance, one which ought never be overlooked nor undervalued.

Bars | Spitalfields

The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town Your knowledge of London’s speakeasies is making you more popular than ever. Which is saying something, as everyone loves you anyway.

Bars | South Bank

12th Knot A bar situated on the 12th floor with open air balconies and striking views on the edge of South Bank.

Bars | Fitzrovia

Bourne & Hollingsworth Bar A quirky, teensy cocktail bar in Fitzrovia, combining Impressionist murals with sumptuous banquettes.

Bars | Soho

Ronnie Scott’s A world-renowned jazz club, with intimate cabaret seating downstairs, and a dancefloor upstairs.

Activities | Shoreditch

Bounce Shoreditch A luminous subterranean bunker in Shoreditch housing a restaurant (overlooked by a 25-foot pizza counter and cocktail bar) with a private room and seventeen ping pong tables.

Bars | Soho

Little Italy The Capital Of Fun. Yes, it’s an Italian restaurant, technically. But it’s main job is staying open til 4am, serving thousands of shots and playing cheesy music for you to dance away the night to….

Bars | Embankment

Gordon’s Wine Bar There are a small number of unspoken, detailed and fail-safe rules in the world of dating. Like, for example: 1) Brush your teeth. 2) Be fun. And, 3) Take your date to Gordon’s Wine Bar.

Bars | Shoreditch

Bull in a China Shop Whisky bars. Aside from being a huge, unexploited business opportunity for Cadburys, they’re also one of the world’s most popular niche drinking dens, which makes producing a truly great one all the more difficult.

Bars | Soho

Bar Américain at Brasserie Zédel 1930’s America. It gave us the Wall Street crash, the Great Depression, and cocktails. Totally worth it.