Bars & Nightlife in London
- 136A Hoxton Square, London N1 6NN, UK
- 235 Charles St, London W1J 5EB, UK
- 3The Berkeley, Wilton Pl, London SW1X 7RL, UK
- 440 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7HL, UK
- 51 Piccadilly Circus, London W1J 0DA, UK
- 61st Floor, Empire Casino, 5-6 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7NA, UK
- 770-88 Oxford St, London W1D 1BP, UK
- 836 Hanway St, London W1T 1UP, UK
- 91 Dover St, London W1S 4LD, UK
- 1022 Park Ln, London W1K 1BE, UK
- 11203 Wardour St, London W1F 8ZH, UK
- 1237 Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX, UK
- 13411 St John St, London EC1V 4AB, UK
- 146 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA, UK
- 154-6 Glasshouse St, London W1B 5DQ, UK
- 16Strand, London WC2R 0EZ, UK
- 1757 Frith St, London W1D 3JG, UK
- 1885 Piccadilly, London W1J 7NB, UK
- 19The Beaumont Mayfair, 8 Balderton St, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF, UK
- 2022 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JP, UK
- 2147 Villiers St, London WC2N 6NE, UK
- 2213 Kingly Ct, Carnaby, London W1B 5PW, UK
- 232 Bateman St, London W1D 4AE, UK
- 2447 Chandos Pl, London WC2N 4HS, UK
- 256 Villiers St, London WC2N 6NQ, UK
- 26129 City Rd, London EC1V 1JB, UK
- 272 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7LB, UK
- 284 Dover St, Greater, London W1S 4LB, UK
- 2920 Great Windmill St, London W1D 7LA, UK
- 3020 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PD, UK
- 3124-26 Russell St, London WC2B 5HF, UK
- 3262 Petty France, London SW1H 9EU, UK
- 3351-52 Chandos Pl, London WC2N 4HS, UK
- 3480 Cleveland St, London W1T 6NE, UK
- 3512 Old Compton St, London W1D 4TQ, UK
- 3668 King William St, London EC4N 7HR, UK
- 371 Bull Inn Ct, London WC2R 0NP, UK
- 38Aldermary House, 10-15 Queen St, London EC4N 1TX, UK
- 39Evans & Peel Detective Agency, 310c Earls Ct Rd, London SW5 9BA, UK
- 40The Connaught, 16 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2AL, UK
- 419-10 Jerusalem Passage, London EC1V 4JP, UK
- 42Strand, London WC2R 0EZ, UK
- 4322 Sherwood St, London W1F 7ED, UK
- 44234 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 9NN, UK
- 4591 Jermyn St, London SW1Y 6JB, UK
- 4614 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7NG, UK
- 4738 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7DX, UK
- 4840 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DJ, UK
- 49Hotel Café Royal, 10 Air St, London W1B 5AB, UK
- 5036 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 7EP, UK
- 51284-302 Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8RQ, UK
- 52Old Barrack Yard, London SW1X 7NP, UK
- 53Heron Tower, London EC2N 4AY, UK
- 54Rooftop Terrace One, New Change, London EC4M 9AF, UK
- 5514-16 Rupert St, London W1D 6DD, UK
- 56119 Kensington Church St, London W8 7LN, UK
- 57174 Queen Victoria St, Greater, London EC4V 4EG, UK
- 5846 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LU, UK
- 5933 Rose St, London WC2E 9EB, UK
- 6019 Henrietta St, Greater, London WC2E 8QH, UK
- 6158 St Martin's Ln, London WC2N 4EA, UK
- 6222 High Holborn, London WC1V 6BN, UK
- 636-8 Mill St, London W1S 2AZ, UK
- 6412 Gate St, London WC2A 3HP, UK
- 6548 Charing Cross Rd, Greater, London WC2H 0BS, UK
- 6620 Bedford St, London WC2E 9HP, UK
- 6728a Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LE, UK
- 681A Bedford St, London WC2E 9HH, UK
- 6910 Stafford St, Greater, London W1S 4RX, UK
- 706, Medici Courtyard, London W1S 1JY, UK
- 712 Shepherd Market, London W1J 7QA, UK
- 7249 Dean St, London W1D 5BG, UK
- 7353 Greek St, London W1D 3DR, UK
- 7415 Denman St, London W1D 7HN, UK
- 7550 England's Ln, Greater, Belsize Park, London NW3 4UE, UK
- 761 Westgate St, London E8 3RL, UK
- 7735 Earlham St, Seven Dials, London WC2H 9LD, UK
- 7842-44 Hanway St, London W1T 1UT, UK
- 79224a Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8EB, UK
- 8053 Carey St, London WC2A 2JB, UK
- 8130 Portman Square, London W1H 7BH, UK
- 82Trafalgar Square, 21-24 Cockspur St, London SW1Y 5BN, UK
- 83Terminus Pl, London SW1W 0RP, UK
- 8445 St Martin's Ln, London WC2N 4HX, UK
- 8516-18 St James's Pl, London SW1A 1NJ, UK
- 868 St. Martin's Pl, London WC2N 4JH, UK
- 87The Connaught, 16 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2AL, UK
- 886 Waterloo Pl, London SW1Y 4AN, UK
- 891 Hamilton Pl, London W1J 7QY, UK
- 90The Berkeley, The Berkeley, Wilton Pl, London SW1X 7RL, UK
- 9157 Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX, UK
- 922 Whitehall Ct, Whitehall Pl, London SW1A 2EJ, UK
- 9333-37 Wardour St, Greater, London W1D 6PU, UK
- 94134-146 Curtain Rd, London EC2A 3AR, UK
- 9521-22 Maiden Ln, London WC2E 7NA, UK
- 96194 Fleet St, London EC4A 2LT, UK
- 9766 Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DS, UK
- 9891-92 Strand, London WC2R 0DW, UK
- 9911 Macclesfield St, London W1D 5BW, UK
- 1001 Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ, UK
- 10163-66 St Martin's Ln, London WC2N 4JS, UK
- 10210-12 Bear St, Greater, London WC2H 7AX, UK
- 10324 James St, Greater, London WC2E 8NS, UK
- 1042 Craven Passage, London WC2N 5NF, UK
- 10581 Wardour St, London W1D 6QD, UK
- 10637 Great Windmill St, London W1D 7LT, UK
- 10716-18 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY, UK
- 108127 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JE, UK
- 10939 Dartmouth St, London SW1H 9BP, UK
- 110Hotel Saint, 14th floor, 9 Aldgate High St, London EC3N 1AH, UK
- 11118 Bateman St, London W1D 3AJ, UK
- 1121, Sky Garden Walk, London EC3M 8AF, UK
- 1138 Woodstock St, London W1C 2AD, UK
- 11420 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PD, UK
- 11531 Endell St, London WC2H 9EB, UK
- 11610-11 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP, UK
- 11711-15 Minories, London EC3N 1AX, UK
- 1184 Great Portland St, Oxford St, London W1W 8QJ, UK
- 11926-27 St Martin's Ct, London WC2N 4AL, UK
- 12022 Leake St, London SE1 7NN, UK
- 12115th Floor, 1 Electric Blvd, Nine Elms, London SW11 8BJ, UK
- 1225 Lisle St, London WC2H 7BG, UK
- 123Zero Aldwych, Wellington St, London WC2E 7DN, UK
- 12420 Garlick Hill, London EC4V 2AU, UK
- 12579 Wardour St, London W1D 6QA, UK
- 1262-4 Wharfdale Rd., London N1 9RY, UK
- 12739 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 0PS, UK
- 12829-31 New Oxford St, London WC1A 1BA, UK
- 12910 Bridge St, London SW1A 2JR, UK
- 130Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2HR, UK
- 13140 The Market, London WC2E 8RF, UK
- 13290 St Martin's Ln, London WC2N 4AP, UK
- 133351 Strand, Greater, London WC2R 0HS, UK
- 13445 Great Windmill St, London W1D 7NE, UK
- 13510 James St, London WC2E 8BT, UK
- 13640 Commercial St, London E1 6LP, UK
- 13739 Bow St, London WC2E 7AU, UK
- 1388-10, Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0HG, UK
- 13922 Neal St, London WC2H 9PS, UK
- 1401 Garrick St, London WC2E 9BF, UK
- 14130 Argyll St, London W1B 3BR, UK
- 142191 Drury Ln, London WC2B 5QD, UK
- 14319 Babmaes St, London SW1Y 6HD, UK
- 14437 Bow St, London WC2E 7AU, UK
- 14540 Monmouth St, London WC2H 9EP, UK
- 14625 King St, London SW1Y 6QY, UK
- 1472 Duke of York St, London SW1Y 6JP, UK
- 14850 Rupert St, London W1D 6DR, UK
- 14934 Southampton St, London WC2E 7HF, UK
- 15010 Northumberland St, London WC2N 5DB, UK
- 15148 Parliament St, London SW1A 2NH, UK
- 15252 Victoria St, London SW1H 0NP, UK
- 15329 St Martin's Ln, London WC2N 4ER, UK
- 15467-77 Charterhouse St, London EC1M 6HJ, UK
- 15541 Maiden Ln, London WC2E 7LJ, UK
- 156Royal London House, 22-25 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1DX, UK
- 15744 Glasshouse St, London W1B 5DP, UK
- 15839 Broadwick St, Carnaby, London W1F 9QJ, UK
- 15920 Wardour St, London W1D 6QG, UK
- 160Floor 12, 7 Pepys St, London EC3N 4AF, UK
- 161Drury House, 34-43 Russell St, London WC2B 5HA, UK
- 162W, Leicester Square, 10 Wardour St, London W1D 6QF, UK
- 163200 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7UT, UK
- 1643 Lower Thames St, London EC3R 6AH, UK
- 16533 Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX, UK
- 16623-25 Old Compton St, London W1D 5JL, UK
- 167Colechurch House, Bridge Walk, London SE1 2SX, UK
- 16815-16 Gerrard St, London W1D 6JE, UK
- 1697 Oxendon St, London SW1Y 4EE, UK
- 1705 Leicester St, London WC2H 7BL, UK
- 171300 Oxford St, London W1C 1DX, UK
- 172Above Assembly Hotel 31, Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0LS, UK
- 173Floor 16, 14-15 Langham Pl, London W1B 2QS, UK
- 17413a Gerrard St, London W1D 5PS, UK
- 17557 Rupert St, London W1D 7PL, UK
- 176146 Clapham High St, London SW4 7UH, UK
- 1771 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7NA, UK
- 17830 Argyll St, London W1B 3BR, UK
- 179161 Borough High St, London SE1 1HR, UK
- 180Melcombe Pl, London NW1 6JJ, UK
- 18183 - 85 Wardour St, London W1D 6QE, UK
- 18210 Godliman St, London EC4V 5AJ, UK
- 18313-16 Allhallows Ln, London EC4R 3UE, UK
- 184Hyde Park, The Rooftop, London SW7 1NR, UK
- 185336-337 Strand, London WC2R 1HA, UK
- 186The Rooftop, Selfridges, 400 Oxford St, London W1A 1AB, UK
- 18739 Woburn Pl, London WC1H 0LW, UK
- 1884th Floor, Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7JH, UK
- 18977A Charterhouse St, London EC1M 6HJ, UK
- 19036 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 7EP, UK
- 191203-205 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD, UK
- 19213-17 Bear St, London WC2H 7AQ, UK
- 19319, 21 Great Marlborough St, London W1F 7HL, UK
- 194300 Oxford St, London W1C 1DX, UK
- 19532-37 Cowper St, London EC2A 4AP, UK
- 1963-4 Archer St, London W1D 7AP, UK
- 19749 Greek St, London W1D 4EG, UK
- 198Nine Elms, London SW11 7BA, UK
- 199Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch, 335-337 Old St, London EC1V 9LL, UK
- 200215, 217 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HN, UK
Guide to Bars & Nightlife in London
London's bar scene offers something for every kind of night out — from craft cocktail lounges and craft beer bars to rooftop venues with panoramic city views, live music spots, and late-night dance clubs. For solo travelers, bars in London are one of the best places to meet locals and fellow travelers in an informal, social setting. The city's nightlife is welcoming to newcomers, and striking up a conversation over a drink comes naturally.
Traveler Tips for Bars & Nightlife in London
- Solo bar etiquette: Going to a bar alone in London is completely normal and socially accepted. Sitting at the bar counter rather than a table signals openness to conversation.
- Happy hours: Many London bars offer significant discounts during early evening happy hours (typically 5–8pm). This is a great time to try multiple venues without overspending.
- Local vs tourist bars: Venture beyond the main tourist strip to find London bars frequented by locals — usually better prices, more authentic atmosphere, and more interesting people.
- Craft beer scene: London has a growing craft beer movement with excellent local breweries. Look for bars that stock local taps.
- Safety: When exploring London's nightlife alone, always tell someone your plans, keep your phone charged, and arrange return transport in advance.
London's bar scene comes alive after dark, and solo travelers often find it the easiest place to meet new people. Use Nomax to plan your evening — see which other travelers are out in London tonight, join group bar crawls organized through the app, or suggest a meetup at your favourite spot.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best bars & nightlife in London?
London has 200+ bars & nightlife tracked by Nomax. The top-rated options are listed on this page, sorted by rating and traveler reviews. Use the interactive map to explore venues by neighborhood.
How do I find bars & nightlife in London on a map?
Use the interactive map on this page to see all bars & nightlife in London as numbered markers. Click any marker to see ratings, opening hours, address, and contact details. You can also search and filter venues in the left panel.
Are there any tips for solo travelers visiting bars & nightlife in London?
Yes. Solo travelers in London recommend arriving at bars during peak social hours to meet other travelers. Download Nomax to connect with fellow travelers before you arrive — many users coordinate meetups at specific venues.
What is Nomax and how does it help travelers in London?
Nomax is a free travel companion app that helps solo travelers find each other in cities around the world, including London. You can see who else is traveling in London, join group activities, and chat with travelers at the same spots you visit.
Is Nomax free to use in London?
Yes, Nomax is completely free. Download it on iOS or Android to instantly see travelers near you in London, join activities, and make travel friends without any subscription or fees.
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