Bars & Pubs

Does a strong Euro spell the end of that great British institution, the booze cruise to Calais? Not necessarily, reckon the cross-Channel wine experts. Time Out investigates whether there are still wine bargains in France

Our selfless critics have drunk their way around London to find the best places to get cheap drinks in central London and the West End

Our glorious capital isn't known for its late-night drinking spots, so to help you avoid the hapless plod around town looking for more liquor, here's our guide to London's best late-night bars and after-hours drinking

Never mind the prevailing gloom, the capital always gives of its best at New Year. Here's our pick of the best New Year's Eve events in London: clubs, parties, gigs, comedy, cabaret and a whole lot more

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