The Bar at the Dorchester

A posh bar crawl is not complete without a trip to the Dorchester. I love the name of this place, it rolls off the tongue and after having had a cocktail or two before entering the premises I find myself saying the name of the venue out loud as we are [...]

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Outside the illustrious Berkley hotel sits a smattering of uber deluxe vehicles the likes of which I have never seen before and so my expectation of the blue bar is that it will be shrouded in prestige, unmatched service and class. Stepping through the glass entrance of the hotel we are ushered to the left [...]

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Aqua Bar and Restaurant

Aqua is one of my favourite London Venues. The entrance is a red curtained hallway, rather inconspicuous on Argyll street near Oxford Circus station. The lifts at the end of the hallway go up to the fifth floor where customers are met with a greeting from several hostesses before being led into [...]

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The Winchester Bar

One of the better venues that Upper Street/Essex Road has to offer, the Winchester is venue I have had a couple of rather epic evenings inside. Looking rather like a gastro-pub from the outside the interior consists of a walkways with tables either side following an entrance through a porch. This is followed [...]

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Detroit Bar

So I went on a night out after work one fine Friday evening fully intent on visiting the best bars in London, so imagine my surprise to find online that fifteen minutes away from my office was one of the best bars in the world (according to one unmentioned website), I simply had to [...]

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The Light Bar

One of the most exclusive bars in central London is the prestigious Light bar of the St Martin’s Lane hotel. The bar is accessible by entering the hotel and striding forth up to the bar entrance, there is always some kind of guest list so preparation is essential, it doesn’t usually cost anything to [...]

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The Rockwell Bar

The Rockwell bar at the Trafalgar hotel is a spacious and a beautiful welcome to the guests. Entering literally from the corner of the Trafalgar square until Nelson’s watchful gaze and steps and a heavy modern style set of doors. Inside the polished floors bounce the light around inside the hall-like bar which [...]

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24 London Club

Looking like a plush exclusive advertising agency from the outside during the day, 24:London transforms at night as kingly street fills with luxurious cars, well dressed trendy types and bouncers. The open doors to 24:London take us down a blue neon lit corridor into a large L shaped room beyond. With a capacity [...]

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Cellar Door Cocktail Bar

A somewhat cramped but wonderfully stylised bar in Covent Garden and just off of the Stand, Cellar door (rumour has it) used to be an old underground public toilet. Today it sells itself off as a jazz and cabaret bar, dark and alluring at the bottom of a set of stairs but [...]

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Vanilla Bar

Sitting silently on the road outside, where even on a busy London Friday night, few souls are to be seen, sits the smart entrance to vanilla. Inside, a small room with a staircase down to the basement, silence is dominating. At the end of the steps another doorway into a very heavenly lounge. Purest [...]

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