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The modern London wine bar is a wonderful thing: low lighting, a blackboard of bottles you have never heard of, a small plate of something perfect. It asks nothing of you but to sit and stay a while, which is exactly the point.
We have gathered the best in our guide to the best wine bars in London, and if you want to keep the night going, our guide to the best bars in Soho is the natural next step.
Trust the person behind the bar. That is the whole game.
Bars A short, clever list and a few good plates: the London wine bars worth a detour.
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Bars Six London pubs where the kitchen works as hard as the cellar, from Fulham game to a scruffy Waterloo dining room that started it all.
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Bars Battersea drinks well: riverside terraces, a theatre above the bar and a country boozer hiding behind the square.
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Drinking
Nobody really needs a reason for champagne. That is the secret of it. A glass of something cold and serious turns a Tuesday into an occasion, and the only thing standing between you and that small ceremony is the deciding to do it. London understands this better than most cities. We will toast a promotion, […]
16 Jun 2026Read →
Drinking
London does not do summer by halves, but it does do it briefly. For a few weeks the city forgets itself: the light stretches past nine, the pavements warm up, and everyone you know suddenly has plans that involve being outside. This is the season the rest of the year is quietly jealous of. It […]
11 Jun 2026Read →
Drinking
There is a particular thrill in a bar you have to earn. Not the velvet rope and the clipboard, which only test your patience, but the door that gives nothing away. A buzzer beside a barber’s chair. A bookshelf that turns out to be a hinge. A telephone box at the back of a hot […]
29 May 2026Read →