Bars & Pubs

Put on your conical hat, your oversized partisan 'button', leave your finer feelings at the door and loosen your tie. It's time for that election. Here are Time Out's picks of the best bars and restaurants to watch the razzamatazz in London

For every boarded-up London local, there seems to be a new gastropub opening, with the usual suspects on the menu, and precious little pub in evidence. But which of these taverns cut the (organic English) mustard? Here are our favourites

There's few things in London to match a pint by the river (or canal). Whether lazing out west, or keeping cozy in what was the industrial east, there's a waterside boozer for you to watch the world go by

While artists themselves have always preferred to mix it in bog-standard boozers, their scenester acolytes prefer something a little more self-consciously self-conscious to make up the creative shortfall. Hence these trendy taprooms

Time Out's resident wine expert Richard Ehrlich answers all your wine-quaffing qualms

Join Time Out's bacchanalian Big Smoke adventure as we lead both beginners and buffs on a quintessential quaffing tour of London with top wine tips for beginners and a comprehensive guide to buying wine in the capital

Time Out's essential guide to the capital's best restaurants and bars with outstanding wine lists

Time Out's Alan Rutter is a confirmed lager drinker, so we put him in the hands of wine expert Joe Wadsack to see how much wine know-how he could garner from a day's instruction

Wine expert Joe Wadsack takes Time Out‘s Alan Rutter on a bacchanalian tour of London, sampling the best glasses costing around a fiver and nibbles to go with them

Forget unadventurous supermarket plonk – London‘s independent wine shops stock some truly exceptional bottles. Time Out rounds up the best outlets

It‘s all about variety says Shaun Given, who plans to do for Freedom Bar what he once did for The Edge

From louche cocktail lounges to swanky hotel bars, secret speakeasies to earthy real ale pubs there’s a capital watering hole for you

Ice is nice, but this winter we‘re warming up to hot cocktails. Time Out puts some brew on the burner and enjoys a fistful of firewater

We begin our seven wonders series by exploring the awe-inspiring architecture of the new Eurostar terminal

Alice Lascelles serves up the sophisticate‘s guide to the capital‘s cork-popping hot spots