12 editor picks in London.
12 wine bar places in London we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in London | Wine Bar across every city.
London's wine-bar boom has been driven by low-intervention bottles and railway-arch rooms that treat the kitchen as seriously as the list. Hackney is the dense centre of it, with P. Franco, Sager + Wilde and Behind clustered across the borough, while Noble Rot in Bloomsbury and 40 Maltby Street in Bermondsey carry the format into other corners of the city.
Andy Beynon's one-Michelin-starred fish counter on the edge of London Fields in Hackney London, opened October 2020, runs an 18-seat kitchen table.
OrderWhatever Cornish day-boat fish opens the menu.
TipOne sitting per service; book six weeks ahead. The relaxed wine bar at the front takes walk-ins and pours from the same list.
The Lower Clapton Road natural-wine room in Hackney London that traded as P. Franco from 2014, relaunched as 107 in 2023, wine shop by day, counter by night.
TipWalk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday at 17:30 is the easy slot; Friday-Saturday queue 30 minutes for a counter seat.
Michael Sager and Charlotte Wilde's bar on Hackney Road in east London, opened 2013, ran the bridge between London's old wine-bar scene and the natural-wine.
TipThe grilled cheese sandwich is the marquee bar snack. Wednesday and Thursday nights run a £25 menu pairing.
Bash Redford's wine bar atop the Peckham multistorey carpark in south London, opened 2018, runs Italian-leaning natural wines and small plates with a rooftop.
TipWalk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday from 17:30 walks in; Friday-Saturday queue runs to 90 minutes for the rooftop seats.
Daniel Keeling and Mark Andrew's wine-magazine-meets-bistro on Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury London, opened 2015, runs serious old-world wines.
TipLunchtime three-course is £45 with a glass. The Greek Street Soho sibling has longer hours and the same list.
Will Lander's wine shop and bar next to Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road in Clerkenwell London, opened 2019, runs a focused natural-leaning Continental.
TipBuy a bottle and drink it in the bar for £15 corkage. The lunch sandwich menu from Quality Chop House is half-price.
Sunny Hodge's neighbourhood wine bar on Rodney Road in Walworth London, opened 2017, runs a serious natural-wine list and Mediterranean snacks at the counter.
TipWalk-up only Tue-Thu. Friday-Saturday books two weeks ahead. The wine focus is on growers Hodge knows personally.
Mike Garrett and Bryan Connell's natural-wine bar on Blackstock Road in Highbury London, opened 2019, runs a small-plates kitchen and a wine club delivery.
TipSunday roast at £25 books a week ahead through Resy. The wine subscription delivers six independent bottles a month.
Gergovie Wines's importer-run wine bar and kitchen inside a Maltby Street railway arch in Bermondsey London, opened 2010, the home address of London.
TipOpen Wed-Sat only. Walk-up at the counter from 12:00. Closed Sun-Tue; the Saturday market crowd from 10:00 anchors the day.
Amit and Aneesh Patel's vinyl-and-natural-wine bar on Kingsland Road in Dalston London, opened 2013, runs a casual Japanese kitchen, Klipschorn speakers.
TipThe downstairs hi-fi room books a week ahead; bar counter takes walk-ins. The kitchen runs late on Friday and Saturday.
Will Lander's wine shop and bar next to Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road in Clerkenwell London, opened 2019, the city's smartest neighborhood wine-shop.
TipBuy a bottle off the shelf, then drink it at the bar for £15 corkage. The lunch sandwich menu comes from Quality Chop House.
Gergovie Wines's importer-run wine bar and kitchen inside a Maltby Street railway arch in Bermondsey London, opened 2010, the home address of London chef.
TipWed-Sat only; closed Sun-Tue. Walk-up at the counter from 12:00. The kitchen rewrites the chalkboard every service.
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