15 cocktail bar rooms in London we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in London | Cocktail Bar across every city.
The Connaught Bar ★ 4.8
mayfair · The Connaught, Carlos Place, Mayfair, London W1K 2AL
Agostino Perrone's hotel cocktail bar inside The Connaught in Mayfair London, opened 2008, runs the trolley-poured Connaught Martini and has topped.
Lyaness ★ 4.7
covent-garden · Sea Containers London, 20 Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PD
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.
Swift Soho ★ 4.7
soho · 12 Old Compton Street, London W1D 4TQ
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.
Dukes Bar ★ 4.6
mayfair · 35 St James's Place, London SW1A 1NY
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.
The American Bar at The Savoy ★ 4.6
covent-garden · Strand, London WC2R 0EZ
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.
Satan's Whiskers ★ 4.5
shoreditch-spitalfields · 343 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9RA
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.
Discount Suit Company ★ 4.2
shoreditch-spitalfields · 29A Wentworth Street, Whitechapel, London E1 7TB
Justyna Kosinska's basement cocktail bar in a former 1900s tailor's storeroom on Wentworth Street in Spitalfields London, opened 2013, runs a focused.
Happiness Forgets ★ 4.5
shoreditch · 8-9 Hoxton Square, Hoxton, London N1 6NU
Alastair Burgess's basement cocktail bar on Hoxton Square in Shoreditch London, opened in 2010, runs a small handwritten menu of cocktails consistently.
Three Sheets ★ 4.4
hackney · 510B Kingsland Road, London E8 4AE
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.
Coupette ★ 4.3
shoreditch-spitalfields · 423 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 0AN
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.
Scout ★ 4.2
hackney · 93 Sclater Street, London E1 6HR
Matt Whiley's hyper-seasonal cocktail bar on Sclater Street in Shoreditch London, opened 2018, builds the menu around local UK ingredients and zero-waste.
The Donovan Bar ★ 4.3
mayfair · Brown's Hotel, 33 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BP
Salvatore Calabrese and Federico Pavan's hotel cocktail bar inside Brown's Hotel in Mayfair London, named for photographer Terence Donovan, runs.
A Bar with Shapes for a Name ★ 4.1
hackney · 232 Kingsland Road, London E2 8AX
Remy Savage, Paul Lougrat and Maria Kontorravdis's Bauhaus-themed cocktail bar on Kingsland Road in Dalston London, opened 2022, runs blind-tasted spirit.
Bar Termini ★ 4.1
soho · 7 Old Compton Street, London W1D 5JE
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.
The Zetter Townhouse Bar ★ 4.0
clerkenwell · 49-50 St John's Square, London EC1V 4JJ
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.