14 editor picks in London.
London is one of the world's great cocktail cities, with a deep bench that spans hotel grandeur and back-street craft bars. The Connaught Bar and Dukes Bar in Mayfair represent the classic hotel school, Dukes built around its tableside martini, while east London rooms like Satan's Whiskers in Shoreditch and Spitalfields and Three Sheets in Hackney push the modern, drink-led end of the scene.
14 cocktail bar places in London we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in London · Cocktail Bar across every city.
Drink Connaught Martini (trolley-poured)
Agostino Perrone's hotel cocktail bar inside The Connaught in Mayfair London, opened 2008, runs the trolley-poured Connaught Martini table-side.
Drink Whatever Mr Lyan ingredient feature is on the menu
Ryan Chetiyawardana (Mr Lyan)'s cocktail bar inside the Sea Containers hotel on the South Bank in London, opened 2019, runs an ingredient-driven menu.
Drink Irish coffee at the upstairs bar
Mia Johansson and Bobby Hiddleston's two-floor cocktail bar on Old Compton Street in Soho London, opened 2016, runs an upstairs Irish-coffee bar.
Drink Vesper Martini (trolley-poured)
Salvatore Calabrese's hotel cocktail bar inside Dukes London in St James's, trading since 1908, claims to have inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond Vesper.
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Drink White Lady (or any 1920s recipe from the Savoy Cocktail Book)
The Savoy hotel's American Bar on the Strand in central London, trading since 1893 and the world's oldest surviving cocktail bar of name, codified the modern.
Drink The daily-changing menu (printed at 17:00)
Daniel Bovey's east-London cocktail bar on Cambridge Heath Road in Bethnal Green London, opened 2014, runs a daily-changing menu of classic and modern.
Drink House Old Fashioned
Justyna Kosinska's basement cocktail bar in a former 1900s tailor's storeroom on Wentworth Street in Spitalfields London, opened 2013, runs a focused.
Drink Perfect Storm
Alastair Burgess's basement cocktail bar on Hoxton Square in Shoreditch London, opened in 2010, runs a small handwritten menu of cocktails consistently.
Drink Whatever house-mix of the season is
Max and Noel Venning's neighbourhood cocktail bar on Kingsland Road in Dalston London, opened 2016, runs a daily-mixed-on-site cocktail menu and a small wine.
Drink Calvados-based drinks (the bar's house ingredient)
Chris Moore's French-influenced cocktail bar on Bethnal Green Road in east London, opened in 2018, runs a Calvados-heavy menu and ranks regularly.
Drink Breakfast Martini (Salvatore Calabrese)
Salvatore Calabrese and Federico Pavan's hotel cocktail bar inside Brown's Hotel in Mayfair London, named for the photographer Terence Donovan.
Drink Batched Bauhaus-blind-tasted martini
Remy Savage, Paul Lougrat and Maria Kontorravdis's Bauhaus-themed cocktail bar on Kingsland Road in Dalston London, opened 2022, runs blind-tasted spirit.
Drink Caffe corretto and Negroni
Tony Conigliaro and Marco Arrigo's Italian cafe-and-cocktail bar on Old Compton Street in Soho London, opened in 2015, runs an aperitivo menu and one.
Drink Flintlock cocktail (gin, tincture of gunpowder tea)
Tony Conigliaro's hotel cocktail bar inside the Zetter Townhouse on St John's Square in Clerkenwell London, opened 2011, runs a Victorian-styled drawing room.
