Bars & Pubs

Golden Eagle

Every year, we like this pub a bit more. And every year, it seems a bit more agreeably out of place. Sure, a paint job has brightened it up, but the Golden Eagle...

Marylebone: 59 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2NY

Distance: 0.2 mls

Coach Makers

Marylebone gastropub

Marylebone: 88 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2PY

Distance: 3563.6 mls

Duke of Wellington

Since its makeover by the owners of the Brown Dog in Barnes, the Duke has attracted a moneyed clientele happy to splash out £30 on a decent Pouilly-Fumé or £55 on a...

Marylebone: 94A Crawford Street, W1H 2HQ

Distance: 0.3 mls

Moose Bar

I can't imagine anyone not liking this place. The latest venture from the Vince Power Music Group, opened late last year, is a rarity in the West End: cosy, reasonably...

Marylebone: The Moose, 31 Duke St, W1U 1LG

Distance: 0.3 mls

Wonder Bar

Anyone who professes to not liking wine is liable to be converted here. Selfridges Wonder Bar, overseen by their sommelier and wine buyer Dawn Davies, is one of...

Marble Arch: Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, W1U 1AT

Distance: 0.9 mls

Temperance

The Temperance exudes a welcoming calm from its large, dark wood interior. Wine is the top drink, with a range that includes a humble Portuguese Santo Isidro de...

Marylebone: 74-76 York Street, W1H 1QN

Distance: 0.3 mls

Mason's Arms

One of just three London pubs operated by the Dorset brewery Hall & Woodhouse, the Mason's Arms isn't one for showing off. There's no stripped pine and no farmer's...

Marylebone: 51 Upper Berkeley Street, W1H 7QW

Distance: 0.3 mls

Imbiss

Austrian bar big on beer and food

Marble Arch: 14 Seymour Place, W1H 7NF

Distance: 0.3 mls

Occo Bar & Kitchen

This quiet Moroccan-inspired venue, subtly lit by flickering lanterns, is more of a restaurant than a boozer, which is in keeping with its laid-back feel. There's an...

Marylebone: 58 Crawford Street, W1H 4NA

Distance: 0.4 mls

Salt Whisky Bar & Dining Room

If you can find a better selection of whisky anywhere, the chances are you're seeing double, such is the overwhelming array of malts, bourbons and blends here....

Edgware Road: 82 Seymour Street, W2 2JE

Distance: 0.4 mls

Windsor Castle

Landlord Michael Tierney's obsession with British history and the royal family manifests itself in this absurd pub, apparently popular with every minor celebrity you...

Marylebone: 27-29 Crawford Place, W1H 4LJ

Distance: 0.4 mls

Artesian

Breathtaking is the word for Artesian’s list of cocktails: order any three, add service, and you won’t get much change from £50. At least you’ll be drinking...

Marylebone: Langham Hotel, 1C Portland Place, W1B 1JA

Distance: 0.5 mls

Balls Brothers

Mayfair: 34 Brook Street, W1K 5DN

Distance: 0.5 mls

Claridge's Bar

When we visited Claridge's on a Thursday night, they were standing three-deep at the bar - eager, it seems, to pay, as we did, £19 and £20 respectively for glasses...

Mayfair: Claridge's Hotel, 49 Brook Street, W1K 4HR

Distance: 0.5 mls

Chopper Lump (branch of Davy's)

Mayfair: 10C Hanover Square, W1S 1HN

Distance: 0.6 mls

Trader Vic's

It's hard to know quite who this place is aimed at: it's too far from any of the major rail terminals or theatres for the bridge-and-tunnel crowd, and hardly somewhere...

Mayfair: London Hilton, 22 Park Lane, W1K 4BE

Distance: 0.6 mls

Royal Exchange

One of the best boozers within easy striking distance of Paddington, this is a cosy old school gaff with a dedication to fine beer and fine horses. By day, screens...

Bayswater: 26 Sale Place, W2 1PU

Distance: 0.6 mls

Audley

This Mayfair institution has a lot going for it: a splendid, high-ceilinged Victorian interior with the requisite panelling and chandeliers, cask ales (Young's, London...

Mayfair: 41-43 Mount Street, W1K 2RX

Distance: 0.6 mls

Coburg Bar

Luxurious, elegant and discreet, this is everything a good hotel bar should be. From the criminally comfortable, grey velvet, wing-backed chairs and chic, black glass...

Mayfair: The Connaught, Carlos Place, W1K 2AL

Distance: 0.6 mls

Connaught Bar

Latest glam bar in The Connaught

Mayfair: 16 Carlos Place, W1K 2AL

Distance: 0.6 mls

Annex 3

This is one of a trio of innovative enterprises run by Malaysian-born Hassan Abdullah, Frenchman Michel Lasserre and Swede Stefan Karison: the others, both in...

Marylebone: 6 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JE

Distance: 0.6 mls

Social

Nearly a decade young, the much-loved Social remains faithful to its mission to provide proper cocktails, decent global beers, fab jukebox tunes, cutting-edge DJs and...

Fitzrovia: 5 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JD

Distance: 0.6 mls

Argyll Arms

The clientele at the impressive, historic, frosted-glass-and-mahogany Argyll Arms is almost as transitory as Oxford Circus, a stone's throw away. The pub was just as...

Soho: 18 Argyll Street, W1F 7TP

Distance: 0.6 mls

Crown & Sceptre

Choice is king at this busy and well-run pub, so steer straight for the horseshoe bar and start making your mind up. The beer options span Timothy Taylor Landlord,...

Fitzrovia: 26-27 Foley Street, W1W 6DS

Distance: 0.7 mls

Market Place

Still going strong, Market Place, just off Oxford Street, is packed with a loyal crowd who spill out on to the pedestrianised thoroughfare throughout the year, hungry...

Fitzrovia: 11-13 Market Place, W1W 8AH

Distance: 0.7 mls

Lees Bag (branch of Davy's)

Marylebone: 4 Great Portland Street, W1W 8QJ

Distance: 0.7 mls

Jetlag

Japanese-style international sports bar in Fitzrovia

Fitzrovia: 125 Cleveland Street, W1T 6QB

Distance: 3563.6 mls

Guinea

Tucked away in an attractive West End mews, the Guinea is a proper boozer - and there aren't many of those in this part of town. The largely besuited punters sup from...

Mayfair: 30 Bruton Place, W1J 6NL

Distance: 0.7 mls

Aqua Spirit

High-end cocktail bar above Oxford Cirus

Oxford Street: Fifth Floor, 240 Regent St (entrance in Argyll St), W1B 3BR

Distance: 3563.6 mls