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London's vibrant and varied nightlife will satisfy both the cultured drinker and hardened partygoer (and most other types of night owl in between). While pub culture and drinking to excess sometime seem a national pastime, there are alternatives: Opt for a glamorous night at the opera or a world-class concert at the Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre), followed by a faultlessly mixed cocktail in a stylish bar like Colebrooke Row. Head east to Shoreditch and Spitalfields for a postindustrial backdrop to the capital's coolest bars and clubs, or north from Shoreditch up the Kingsland Road to Dalston for gritty, artsy, alternative venues. Pubs in London used to close at 11 pm, but thanks to a 2005 update to the archaic licensing laws, many of the city's drinking establishments now stay open well into the wee small hours.
This unpretentious Caribbean bar is a stress- and attitude-free way to hit the Hoxton scene. Neither fashionable nor unhip, the crowd's...more
Named for the 360-foot-deep well beneath the floor, this glam bar opened in January 2007. Interiors star David Collins (who perfected his art on the Blue Bar...more
The Dorchester's frumpy old bar is unrecognizable in its fabulous new plumage—all lacquered mahogany and mirrors, with purple velvet banquettes backed by...more
Interred beneath a Moorish cupola next to a churchyard, The Bathhouse is one of London's more esoteric venues, with original decorative tiling, candle lighting,...more
Shoreditch society can get stifling. The alfresco Boundary Rooftop offers valuable thinking space, as well as 360-degree views over the city. Crowning Terence...more
A bar named and decorated after Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky might sound a tad gimmicky, but this Shoreditch venue is delightfully eccentric. Step inside...more
For a taste of members-only Soho House plus the Notting Hill scene simultaneously, come to SH owner Nick Jones's slightly less impenetrable westerly outpost for...more
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