Bars & Pubs

Boisdale

From the labyrinthine variety of bar and restaurant spaces to the overstated tartan accents, there's something faintly preposterous about this entire operation. Rest...

Victoria: 13 Eccleston Street, SW1W 9LX

Distance: 0.6 mls

Pacha

There's been talk of refurbishing this club by the Victoria bus depot, but nothing looks likely to happen until the new Pacha Terrace (a five-floored members' club...

Victoria: Terminus Place, SW1E 5NE

Distance: 0.6 mls

Ebury

Drinks are still a reason to drop by this popular and spacious gastropub: the wine list proffers a good selection of wines by the glass, and pride is taken in crafting...

Pimlico: 11 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8NA

Distance: 0.6 mls

Albert

The former Blue Coat Boy was rebuilt in ornate Victorian style in the mid-19th century, its parliamentary connections illustrated by the portraits of past PMs up the...

Victoria: 52 Victoria Street, SW1H 0NP

Distance: 0.6 mls

Ebury Wine Bar & Restaurant

Not to be confused with the Ebury gastropub in nearby Pimlico, this slick, continental-style place has charms aplenty. Chief among these is the well-made dishes – a...

Victoria: 139 Ebury Street, SW1W 9QU

Distance: 0.6 mls

Balls Brothers

Victoria: 50 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W 0RN

Distance: 0.7 mls

Tapster (branch of Davy's)

Victoria: 3 Brewers Green, Buckingham Gate, SW1H 0RH

Distance: 0.7 mls

Cinnamon Club

Divided between an upscale Indian restaurant, a buzzy DJ basement and sedate, study-like cocktail bar by the main entrance, this former local library has a...

Westminster: The Old Westminster Library, 30-32 Great Smith Street, SW1P 3BU

Distance: 0.7 mls

Thomas Cubitt

Two years after its opening, this upmarket brasserie still fills up every mealtime with a civilised Belgravia clientele. They're happy to venture in the direction of...

Belgravia: 44 Elizabeth Street, SW1W 9PA

Distance: 0.7 mls

Zander Bar

Sister to the Bank Aldwych restaurant, this cocktail bar was all the rage in the early 1990s. Times have changed but not the long, gleaming zinc counter and service...

Victoria: 45 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6BS

Distance: 0.7 mls

Cask & Glass

Hanging baskets of flowers and the kind of pub frontage usually associated with villages in Kent compose a very pretty picture here, especially when incongruously...

Victoria: 39-41 Palace Street, SW1E 5HN

Distance: 0.7 mls

Orange

Posh Pimlico gastropub

Chelsea: 37-39 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8NE

Distance: 0.7 mls

Plumbers Arms

Good ales attract a slew of regulars to this unassuming pub in a quiet Victoria street. Quiet, that is, except for one night in 1974 when Lady Lucan burst in to tell...

Victoria: 14 Lower Belgrave Street, SW1W 0LN

Distance: 0.7 mls

bbar

The choice at this South African bar is staggering. Some 75 cocktails, more than 100 wines (a third of which are available by the glass) and 20 beers (nearly all...

Victoria: 43 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W 0PP

Distance: 0.7 mls

Fox & Hounds

This tiny piece of 'Little England' started life as one of the many front room pubs that flourished in the 19th century. Originally beer was served by the landlady...

Chelsea: 29 Passmore Street, SW1W 8HR

Distance: 0.8 mls

Royal Vauxhall Tavern

The grand dame of this so-called 'gay village', the RVT is a true icon. Gloriously faded, a bit louche and with a colourful past (the gay Kray used to drink here, and...

Vauxhall: 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY

Distance: 0.8 mls

Zeitgeist at The Jolly Gardeners

German pub grub near Lambeth Wall

Vauxhall: 49-51 Black Prince Road, SE11 6AB

Distance: 0.8 mls

Bar Estrela

If it wasn't for the trouble that wearing a bikini and sarong on the mean streets of Stockwell could cause, a sunny afternoon spent at one of the pavement tables...

Stockwell: 111-115 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1UZ

Distance: 0.9 mls

Fentiman Arms

This gastropub has got it covered whatever the season, with lots of snug corners for winter boozing sessions and a compact back garden, brimming with potted and...

Vauxhall: 64 Fentiman Road, SW8 1LA

Distance: 1 mls

Royal Albert

Set well off the main drag, this is definitely a those-in-the-know local. Loads of gentlemen's club style leather sofas with hairy cushions and stacks of board games...

Stockwell: 43 St Stephen's Terrace, SW8 1DL

Distance: 1 mls