Noble Rot Lamb's Conduit Street Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Wine Led Bistro Magazine Room Noble Rot Lamb's Conduit Street Bloomsbury $$$ The wine-magazine bar, Mark Andrew and Daniel Keeling's Bloomsbury original since 2015
The French House Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Classic Intimate Literary The French House Soho $$ Dean Street's no-music, no-mobiles holdout, the Soho the audience first read about in the 80s
3 Greek Street Bar Bar Confronta Whisky Speakeasy Merchant Bar 3 Greek Street Soho $$$ Milroy's reborn under the No. 3 door, Greek Street's whisky merchant and bookcase-speakeasy bar since 1964, rebranded 2024
Happiness Forgets Bar Bar Confronta Intimate Moody Convivial Happiness Forgets Hoxton $$$ Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010
José Bar Bar Confronta Lively Convivial Neighborhood José Bermondsey $$ Bermondsey Street's standing-room Spanish bar since 2011, José Pizarro's pintxos counter
Swift Soho Bar Bar Confronta Chef Led Intimate Candlelit Swift Soho Soho $$$ Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below