Bars & Pubs

Charles Dickens

You would have to know it's here, this unprepossessing freehouse by the mainline rails heading out from London Bridge station, but regulars can always be found as you...

London Bridge: 160 Union Street, SE1 0LH

Distance: 0.2 mls

Wine Theatre

Disappointing wine bar

Bermondsey: 202-206 Union St, SE1 0LH

Distance: 0.2 mls

Lord Nelson

A drab 1950s council estate façade hides one of the funkiest little pubs in south London. Kitsch and cosy thanks to a wall-length beach theme, the Nelson's decor also...

London Bridge: 243 Union Street, SE1 0LR

Distance: 0.3 mls

Black Friar

This curiously wedge-shaped pub at the north end of Blackfriars Bridge lures significant numbers of people away from their desks at 6pm - particularly in summer, when...

City: 174 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4EG

Distance: 0.4 mls

Boot & Flogger

A marvellous anachronism, the Boot & Flogger was until recently the only hostelry in the UK that had the right to sell wine without having a licence, thanks to a...

London Bridge: 10-20 Redcross Way, SE1 1TA

Distance: 0.4 mls

Baltic

An unlikely find on Blackfriars Road, the Baltic is sleek, chic and discreet. The exceptional north-east European restaurant is a bright and airy Grade II-listed...

Waterloo: 74 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8HA

Distance: 0.4 mls

Mustard Bar & Lounge

The sleek, black interior of this swish City bar - all sweeping banquettes, beaded curtains and globe lights - conjures up images of '60s sci-fi classic Barbarella....

City: 2 Old Change Court, Peter's Hill, EC4M 8EN

Distance: 0.4 mls

Lord Clyde

A marvellous neighbourhood boozer. Through a red-curtained entrance, cherry banquettes surround a neat bar counter, a fireplace, timeless pub paraphernalia and no...

London Bridge: 27 Clennam Street, SE1 1ER

Distance: 0.4 mls

Wine Wharf

There are many places to grab a drink while at Borough Market, but none has a better wine list than this temple to the grape. Leather sofas are stuffed in among wood...

Borough: Stoney Street, Borough Market, SE1 9AD

Distance: 0.4 mls

Wine Wharf

Wine Wharf is housed in a beautifully renovated warehouse that is all exposed bricks, high ceilings and big windows, creating an airy and stylish space that is packed...

London Bridge: Stoney Street, SE1 9AD

Distance: 0.4 mls

Wine Tun (branch of Davy's)

City: 2-6 Cannon Street, EC4M 6XX

Distance: 0.4 mls

El Vino

City: 30 New Bridge Street, EC4V 6BJ

Distance: 0.4 mls

Rake

We awarded this compact drinking den the Best Bar prize in the Time Out Eating and Drinking Awards 2007, and we’re still taken by the mind-boggling array of beers...

London Bridge: 14 Winchester Walk, SE1 9AG

Distance: 0.4 mls

The Anchor & Hope

Waterloo's most famous gastropub remains a good place for a drink, though dining is certainly the main event, and it can become impossibly busy. Nibbles such as polish...

Waterloo: 36 The Cut, SE1 8LP

Distance: 0.4 mls

Davy's at Creed Lane

Although this chain of wine bars was launched in the 1960s, many of its sites look as old as the founding date of Davy’s wine merchants: 1870. Now owned by the fifth...

City: 10 Creed Lane, EC4M 8SH

Distance: 0.4 mls

Market Porter

Few market bars have this range of beers or ambitious quality of cuisine. In an invariably cramped main bar area - there'll be more room in the back - market traders...

London Bridge: 9 Stoney Street, SE1 9AA

Distance: 0.4 mls

Balls Brothers

London Bridge: The Hop Cellars, 24 Southwark Street, SE1 1TY

Distance: 0.4 mls

Katzenjammers

Bavarian-themed beer hall in SE1

Borough: The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark St, SE1 1TY

Distance: 3562.8 mls

Bar Bourse

Unexpected delights await at Bar Bourse. The mood is elegant yet friendly, service is slick but fuss-free. Lunchtime crowds see the place filled with chummy banter and...

City: 67 Queen Street, EC4R 1EE

Distance: 0.5 mls

King's Arms

On one of central London’s last remaining terraces of Victorian workers’ cottages, this corner pub is now firmly on the tourist map, but also remains a firm...

Waterloo: 25 Roupell Street, SE1 8TB

Distance: 0.5 mls

Apostle (branch of Jamies)

City: 34 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7DE

Distance: 0.5 mls

Crown

A thoroughly successful pub renovation, the Crown is worth the walk down bleak Blackfriars Road. Often less crowded than nearby locals, it's a comfortable, vaguely...

Waterloo: 108 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8HW

Distance: 0.5 mls

George Inn

Part pub, part museum piece, the galleried George Inn consists of a number of interconnecting bars, upstairs function rooms and a wide courtyard where you expect...

London Bridge: 77 Borough High Street, SE1 1NH

Distance: 0.5 mls

Jamies

City: 5 Groveland Court, EC4M 9EH

Distance: 0.5 mls

White Hart

Popular with employees from South Bank media offices, this bustling corner pub has big windows looking onto the short cut to Waterloo station. As well as several wheat...

Waterloo: 29-30 Cornwall Road, SE1 8TJ

Distance: 0.5 mls

Dion St Paul's

City: Paternoster House, 65 St Paul's Churchyard, EC4M 8AB

Distance: 0.5 mls

Bowine Vaults

Resting in the most atmospheric of all the Square Mile's nooks and crannies, Bow Wine Vaults has seen to City thirsts for more than a quarter of a century. That decor...

Mansion House: 10 Bow Churchyard, EC4M 9DQ

Distance: 0.5 mls

The Gladstone Arms

This may just be the coolest little pub in south-east London. The landlord has form, having run the equally bijou (and largely undiscovered) Smersh in Shoreditch and...

London Bridge: 64 Lant Street, SE1 1QN

Distance: 0.5 mls

Bell

This may well be the oldest area of London, but it seems to embrace contemporary style like no other - something that's made an endangered species of the old-school...

Mansion House: 29 Bush Lane, EC4R 0AN

Distance: 0.5 mls