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  6. Rank 1285. Benares

    Modern Indian

    A flower-filled pool and a buzzing bar greet you on the way up to this Mayfair Indian dining room, which holds a Michelin star and pulls a crowd split evenly between power lunches and date nights. The chef's cooking takes Indian tradition somewhere more restless and precise, with the sourcing doing a lot of the quiet work. Private rooms make it a favorite with the suits, but the room itself earns the evening on its own.

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  10. A scale model of Concorde suspended from the ceiling sets the tone at this rooftop fine dining room inside The Peninsula, named after the Surrey racetrack and decorated accordingly. Claude Bosi's team turns out precise, unhurried cooking built around British ingredients, Lake District lamb and Cornish squid given the kind of attention that earned the restaurant two Michelin stars. Floor-to-ceiling windows open onto a terrace with views to match the ambition.

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  13. Rank 1285. Carom

    Indian

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  15. From the outside it still reads as a pub, the kind that's been anchoring this Barbican-edge block forever, but step inside and you're somewhere considerably more considered. The Martin brothers have a habit of rescuing tired City boozers and returning them better dressed and better behaved than they found them. Difford's Guide has taken note. The crowd tends toward suits loosening their collars after six, which feels exactly right.

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    1 Dockley Rd, London, Greater London, SE16 3AF, United Kingdom · London
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 4 PM–9 PM

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  24. Rank 1285. Gaucho, Charlotte Street

    Argentine Steakhouse

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  25. Rank 1285. Gaucho, Piccadilly

    Argentine Steakhouse

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  28. Rank 1285. HEJ Coffee

    Swedish Coffee

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  29. Rank 1285. Homeboy Bar - Islington

    Modern Irish Cocktail Bar

    The Guinness is poured properly and the Irish whiskey list is taken seriously, which tells you most of what you need to know about this cocktail bar on Essex Road. Homeboy leans into modern Irish hospitality without winking about it, so expect a crowd that actually knows what they ordered. Live music most nights of the week, DJs on weekends, and rugby on a screen big enough to matter.

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  30. Rank 1285. House of Tippler

    Cocktail Bar

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  31. The crudo bar at this sleek Mayfair spot is the reason to pull up a stool rather than a chair. It's an Italian bar with serious cocktail credentials, Difford's Guide, listed, set inside a room that manages to feel both polished and relaxed. The terrace catches good light. Order something cold, eat something raw, and let the elegant surroundings do what elegant surroundings in Mayfair always do: make you feel you've made excellent decisions.


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  35. Rank 1285. KOL MEZCALARIA

    Modern Mexican Cocktail Bar

    Santiago Lastra's Michelin-starred Marylebone restaurant runs on a single conviction: Mexican soul, British ingredients. Nearly everything on the tasting menu is sourced from the UK, with sea buckthorn standing in for lime where lime won't grow. The wine list leans into Slovakia, Georgia, and Croatia rather than the usual suspects, and the final courses move downstairs to a mezcaleria that smells exactly like you'd hope.


  36. Rank 1285. KPH

    Diner American

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  39. Rank 1285. Lockes

    Cocktail Bar

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    119 Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NR, United Kingdom · London
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–12:30 AM

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  48. Four floors of whisky obsession in the shadow of Spitalfields Market, with a thousand drams on the ground floor and a basement cocktail bar, The Proofing Room, named for the bakery that occupied the space before the war. The cocktails lean on the original Soho location's Vault recipes, so the Coconut Butter Old Fashioned travels well. Above it all, a private members club with a cigar terrace, for those who like their evenings to escalate.

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  49. Rank 1285. Mojo Leeds

    Cocktail Bar

    Rock star prints cover the walls of this packed cocktail bar on Merrion Street, and the music is loud enough that you're basically shouting your order. Mojo has no interest in delicate Martinis or hushed appreciation, and the crowd packing in seems grateful for that. Chunky glasses of fruity, generously poured cocktails do the work, shots fill the gaps, and the whole thing runs on a holiday-bar energy that somehow never feels try-hard.

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    18 Merrion Street , Leeds, LS1 6PQ, United Kingdom · Leeds
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

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  52. Rank 1285. New Bloomsbury Set

    Cocktail Bar

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  54. Rank 1285. Nine Lives

    Mexican

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    8 Holyrood Street, London, SE1 2EL, United Kingdom · London
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  56. Rank 1285. Northcote Records

    Cocktail Bar

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  58. Rank 1285. Nuvo

    Cocktail Bar

    A chrome Buddha greets you at the door of this cocktail lounge and piano bar in the Brindleyplace development, which tells you most of what you need to know about the vibe. Twinkling ceiling lights, comfy chairs, and live piano most nights of the week make it easy to lose track of time. Sink into a seat at the black stone bar and the place wraps around you quickly.

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  68. Rank 1285. Ribiera

    Latin American

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  71. Rank 1285. Same Again

    Cocktail Bar

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  76. The copper and steel stills behind the glass wall are not props. Each one was carried down the stairs by hand, and they all still run, made by German craftsman Christian Carl with the kind of dials and levers Jules Verne would have sketched. This City cocktail bar leans hard into gin, with a menu built around it, though other spirits and a few beers are there if you insist on ignoring the obvious.

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    86 Queensway, London, W2 3RR, United Kingdom · London
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    255 Elgin Avenue, London, W9 1NJ, United Kingdom · London
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    Open now, until midnight

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  88. Rank 1285. The Marylebone

    Cocktail Bar

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    25 Upper Mall, London, W6 9TD, United Kingdom · London
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  96. Rank 1285. The Sun Tavern

    Cocktail Bar

    Raw brick, hanging tankards, and cabinets of curios give this Bethnal Green boozer the look of a pub that's been around forever, which it more or less has. In practice it's a cocktail bar wearing a tavern's coat, and the bartenders know exactly what they're doing. Ten taps pour ales from microbreweries within ten miles for anyone who wants to keep it simple, and punch bowls sit alongside for anyone who doesn't.


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  100. Rank 1285. Timberyard

    Modern British

    The big red barn door on Lady Lawson Street opens into a former warehouse where exposed stone, timber beams, and a working wood stove set the tone for a Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant that takes Scandinavian-influenced, hyper-seasonal Scottish cooking seriously. Fermentation, foraging, and a genuine zero-waste ethos run through everything, including a cocktail list, named Cocktail List of the Year at the 2026 National Restaurant Awards, that makes things from its own meads and ferments.


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