London’s best bars
Our pick of London’s best bars — the cocktail rooms that made 50 Best call the city Europe’s undisputed cocktail capital, cross-referenced across the global, continental and local rankings rather than copied from any one of them. Sources: The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 https://www.theworlds50best.com/bars/best-in-the-world/list/1-50 · Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 https://www.theworlds50best.com/stories/News/europes-50-best-bars-2026-the-list.html · Time Out London’s 50 best bars 2026 https://www.timeout.com/london/bars-and-pubs/the-best-bars-in-london. A favourite.place selection.
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Connaught Bar
4.6(1,297)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 1297 people on GoogleCocktail Bar
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #6 · Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #10 — Best Bar in the UK
The Connaught, 16 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2AL, UKSatan’s Whiskers
4.7(1,208)rated 4.7 out of 5 by 1208 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #21 · Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #11 · Time Out London #35
Satan's Whiskers, 343 Cambridge Heath Rd, London E2 9RA, UKWaltz
4.9(160)rated 4.9 out of 5 by 160 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #23 · Time Out London #5
28 Scrutton St, London EC2A 4RP, UKScarfes Bar
4.6(1,555)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 1555 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #31 · Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #47 · Time Out London #16
252 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EN, UKKwãnt Mayfair
4.7(379)rated 4.7 out of 5 by 379 people on GoogleBar · ££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #79 · Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #40
52 Stratton St, London W1J 8LN, UKThree Sheets Soho
4.5(241)rated 4.5 out of 5 by 241 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #80 · Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #41 · Time Out London #31
13 Manette St, London W1D 4AP, UKA Bar with Shapes For a Name
4.6(942)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 942 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #73 — Bauhaus-minimal Hackney cocktail room
232 Kingsland Rd, Whitmore Estate, London E2 8AX, UKUmbrella Workshop
4.9(190)rated 4.9 out of 5 by 190 people on GoogleLiquor Store
Time Out’s No.1 cocktail bar in London 2026 · Time Out London #4
10, Cleeve Workshops, Boundary St, London E2 7JD, UK69 Colebrooke Row
Time Out London #38 — Tony Conigliaro’s laboratory-precise Islington original
69 Colebrooke Row, London N1 8LN, UKLyaness
4.6(2,247)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 2247 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
Mr Lyan’s South Bank room, built around house-made ingredients
20 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PD, UKNightjar
4.6(2,781)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 2781 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
Vintage spirits and live jazz in a City Road basement
129 City Rd, London EC1V 1JB, UKSwift Soho
4.6(1,813)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 1813 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
Aperitivo upstairs, a 300-whisky lounge below Old Compton Street
12 Old Compton St, London W1D 4TQ, UKBar Termini
4.6(1,551)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 1551 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
Miniature 1950s Roman coffee-and-negroni counter in Soho
7 Old Compton St, London W1D 5JE, UKCoupette
4.7(692)rated 4.7 out of 5 by 692 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
French spirits and apple-led drinks in Bethnal Green
423 Bethnal Grn Rd, London E2 0AN, UKAmerican Bar at The Savoy
4.6(1,110)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 1110 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
The city’s oldest surviving cocktail bar, open since the 1890s
Strand, London WC2R 0EZ, UK
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