Price££
NeighborhoodClapham
HoursMon-Tue 17:00-01:00, Wed 17:00-02:00, Thu-Fri 17:00-02:00, Sat 17:00-04:00, Sun 16:00-02:00
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Tip: The Friday and Saturday late shows are the draw, get a wristband for the back room before midnight.

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Address: 114 Clapham High Street, Clapham, London SW4 7UJ

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She Soho ★ 4.4

££ SohoMon-Thu 17:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 17:00-00:30, Sun 17:00-23:00

The Old Compton Street basement is the only dedicated lesbian bar on the Soho strip, run by Ku Bar with a vaulted basement sound system and a calendar of community nights for women and non-binary people.

TipWednesday Butch Please and the weekend basement parties are the regular highlights, the upstairs bar is the chat room.

Brilliant Corners ★ 4.8

££ DalstonMon-Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-01:30, Sun 16:00-00:00

The 2013 Kingsland Road room founded by Amit and Aneesh Patel is the original London listening bar, built around a horn-loaded vinyl-only sound system and a Japanese-influenced izakaya menu.

TipBookings open six weeks ahead, the bar stools take walk-ins. Sundays are the quietest, the playing is at its most adventurous.

Spiritland ★ 4.7

££ King's CrossMon-Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri 17:00-01:00, Sat 12:00-01:00, Sun 12:00-23:00

The 2016 King's Cross flagship with a custom Living Voice sound system and a programme of guest selectors built the audiophile-bar template that is now copied across the country.

TipThe Friday all-night selector sessions are bookable, the standard evening is walk-in. Sit on the velvet bench, the speakers are aimed at it.

mu ★ 4.6

£££ DalstonWed-Thu 18:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 18:00-00:30, Sun 18:00-23:00

The Kingsland Road sister room to Brilliant Corners from the Patel brothers and Giant Steps adds live performance to the listening-bar formula, with a Japanese-leaning food menu and a tight gig calendar.

TipThe Wednesday and Sunday live sets are the most adventurous, weekends lean to DJs. Bookings open three weeks out.

Nine Lives ★ 4.7

££ BermondseyTue-Wed 17:00-23:00, Thu-Fri 17:00-00:00, Sat 15:00-00:00, Sun-Mon closed

The Holyrood Street basement just off Bermondsey Street pairs a custom-built sound system with a Mexican taco kitchen and a cocktail programme that has won regular World's 50 Best Bars recognition.

TipThe mezcal flight at the bar is the way in, the booth at the back of the room is the listening spot. No bookings, walk in early.

The French House ★ 4.7

££ SohoMon 11:30-23:00, Tue 11:30-23:00, Wed 11:30-23:00, Thu 11:30-23:00, Fri 11:30-23:00, Sat 11:30-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30

The Dean Street pub run by the de Gaulle-era Free French in the 1940s still pours half-pints only at the bar, hangs the Sylvester Stallone portrait behind it, and remains the central Soho writers' room.

TipHalf pints only, no phones, cash welcomed. The upstairs dining room runs lunch and dinner if the bar gets too tight.

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