10 of the Finest Cocktail Bars in London, Simply in Time for London Style Week

As a metropolis, London excels on the subject of resort bars—exhibit A: The American Bar at The Savoy—but it surely additionally over-delivers on the subject of horny, cozy dives. Right here, as London Style Week kicks off this weekend, Vogue rounds up 10 of the most effective cocktail bars in London to go to between reveals.

The very best cocktail bars in London

Bar With Shapes For a Title

This Bauhaus-inspired spot at 232 Kingsland Street in Dalston is small however completely fashioned. Its again bar is famously restricted, with simply 20 bottles of spirits, whereas the cocktails are usually pre-batched and persistently glorious, together with classics resembling lychee and espresso martinis. (Additionally value noting: it stays open till 4 a.m. on weekends, so count on queues.) If you happen to’re hooked on the vibe, you can too discover Warehaus at 538 Kingsland Street; Shapes founders Remy Savage and Paul Lougrat have turned the area, which they initially used for prep, right into a extra reasonably priced bar, with drinks priced at lower than £10 every.

Scarfes Bar

Impressed by the gents’s golf equipment that used to fill the capital (however with none of the incumbent snobbery), this resort bar at The Rosewood London is well-known for its wild sense of enjoyable. Be aware the greater than 1,000 vintage books that line the partitions, all artfully chosen by a Portobello seller, and the caricatures by British artist Gerald Scarfe all over the place you flip. The cocktails are impeccable, with the menu’s uncommon pairings by some means making excellent sense on the palette. Working example: the Gimlet on the Vine, infused with tomatoes, capers, and raspberries.

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Soma

This modern and subtly horny speakeasy from the workforce behind Kricket sits instantly beside the beloved Indian-inspired restaurant’s Soho outpost. Behind a nondescript black door and down a slim flight of stairs, you’ll discover a low-lit basement with cave-like cubicles the place the main target is firmly on the drinks: traditional cocktails with an Indian twist (“Soma” is a Vedic Sanskrit phrase which means “to distill and extract”). Because of this, the daiquiri is made with banana rum, Aphrodite bitters, and spices; the gimlet accommodates Opihr gin, curry leaves, and pink peppercorns; and the martini combines vodka, Kashmiri chili, and pickle brine.

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Decrease Third, Dram, Three Sheets

This trio of Soho bars is ideal for hopping between on a Friday or Saturday evening. Begin on the W1 outpost of Dalston favourite Three Sheets, the place the menu consists of the likes of Pisco Sours infused with jasmine and White Russians made with miso, earlier than heading to Decrease Third to observe some dwell music in between rounds of House Oddities, their citrusy, spicy tackle a traditional daiquiri. And to complete the evening? Discover Dram, which sprawls over three flooring of a Seventeenth-century townhouse, earlier than cozying up within the 12-seater bar downstairs for a nightcap; we’re followers of the moreish Plum & Whey, manufactured from Kentish plums, Excessive Weald whey, El Dorado 3 and aquavit.