The Connaught Bar is a speakeasy in Mayfair, London.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Order the martini trolley, the choice of vermouth and bitters at the table is the experience. Reservations open one month ahead.
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Address: The Connaught, Carlos Place, Mayfair, London W1K 2AL
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TipSit at the bar, the conversation with the bartenders is the menu's commentary track. Saturday afternoons are the quietest slot.
The 1893 cocktail bar inside the Savoy is the oldest surviving American-style cocktail room in London, with the legacy of Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book still on every back-bar shelf.
TipListen for the live piano from 18:30, the room transforms. The age limit is 14 plus accompanied, dress code is enforced.
The Wentworth Street basement opened in 2014 in a former tailor's stockroom, with a Northern Soul and rock and roll soundtrack and a price list that undercuts the rest of the central speakeasy scene.
TipWalk in early, the room is small and they do not take bookings past 19:00. Cash and card both work.
The 1979 club under the railway arches by Charing Cross remains the central gay nightclub in London, hosting both club nights and a live programme that runs from MUNA through G-A-Y Saturdays.
TipG-A-Y Saturday is the long-running pop room, Porn Idol on Thursdays is the institution night for first-timers.
The Grade II listed Victorian pub on Kennington Lane is the oldest surviving LGBTQ+ venue in the country, with the Friday Duckie cabaret since 1995 and a programme that protects what Vauxhall used to be.
TipDuckie on Saturdays is the institution. The Sunday Bingo Lingo and panto seasons sell out months ahead.
The Kingsland High Street two-floor bar and basement club is the east London queer institution, with a calendar that runs from Horse Meat Disco-school disco nights through underground techno parties.
TipThe upstairs bar is the warm-up, the basement does not really get going until midnight. Sundays are the lock-in.
