CuisineWine bar
Price£££
Neighborhoodkennington
HoursTue-Sun 17:00-23:00
Last verified

Food program: Mediterranean small plates

Tip: Walk-up only Tue-Thu. Friday-Saturday books two weeks ahead. The wine focus is on growers Hodge knows personally.

Book at Diogenes the Dog

Location

Address: 96 Brixton Road, London SW9 6BE

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Top Cuvee ★ 4.0

Wine bar£££islingtonWed-Sun 17:00-23:00

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.

Signature pour: Whatever German Pinot Noir is on

Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic wines from independents

Food: Small plates and Sunday roast

Tip: Sunday roast at £25 books a week ahead through Resy. The wine subscription delivers six independent bottles a month.

177-179 Blackstock Road, London N5 2LL Book →

40 Maltby Street (wine) ★ 4.5

Wine bar£££borough-bermondseyWed-Sat 12:00-23:00

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.

Signature pour: Whatever Loire chenin blanc is open

Wine focus: Natural wines from Gergovie Wines

Food: Daily-changing kitchen chalkboard

Tip: Open Wed-Sat only. Walk-up at the counter from 12:00. Closed Sun-Tue; the Saturday market crowd from 10:00 anchors the day.

40 Maltby Street, London SE1 3PA Book →

Brilliant Corners ★ 4.1

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

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.

Signature pour: Whatever Jura or Loire red is on by the glass

Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention from European growers

Food: Casual Japanese small plates

Tip: The downstairs hi-fi room books a week ahead; bar counter takes walk-ins. The kitchen runs late on Friday and Saturday.

470 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AE Book →

P. Franco ★ 4.8

Wine bar£££hackneyMon-Sat 17:00-23:30

Liam Kelleher's natural-wine room on Lower Clapton Road in Hackney London, opened 2014, runs a wall-of-wine shop by day and an evening counter.

Signature pour: Whatever Italian skin-contact white is on by the glass

Wine focus: Natural wine, all-region with strong Italian and French focus

Food: Small plates from a rotating chef-in-residence

Tip: Walk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday at 17:30 is the easy slot; Friday-Saturday queue 30 minutes for a counter seat.

107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP

Sager + Wilde ★ 4.6

Wine bar£££hackneyTue-Sun 17:00-23:30

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.

Signature pour: Whatever German Riesling is on by the glass

Wine focus: International natural and low-intervention wines

Food: Small plates and a famous grilled cheese sandwich

Tip: The grilled cheese sandwich is the marquee bar snack. Wednesday and Thursday nights run a £25 menu pairing.

193 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL Book →

Forza Wine ★ 4.4

Wine bar£££peckhamWed-Sun 17:30-23:00

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.

Signature pour: Whatever Italian skin-contact orange wine is on

Wine focus: Italian growers and natural-leaning

Food: Italian small plates

Tip: Walk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday from 17:30 walks in; Friday-Saturday queue runs to 90 minutes for the rooftop seats.

133a Rye Lane, London SE15 4BQ

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