# The best cocktail bars in London

London has more bars on The World's 50 Best Bars than any other city. These are the cocktail bars that rankings, Visit London and bartenders rate highest.

- 55 votes · 12 items
- Jan 14, 2025 · Jessica
- https://even.best/en/l/558/the-best-cocktail-bars-in-london

## Top 10

1. **The American Bar at The Savoy** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — London's longest-surviving cocktail bar, with a live pianist every evening.
2. **Tayēr + Elementary** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Old Street duo: a relaxed all-day bar up front and a serious cocktail bar behind.
3. **Satan's Whiskers** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Bethnal Green bar of exposed brick and taxidermy with a menu that changes daily.
4. **Connaught Bar** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Mayfair hotel bar famous for its martini trolley mixed at your table; a fixture of the World's 50 Best Bars top ten.
5. **Artesian** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Bar at The Langham, several times voted the world's best bar in the 2010s.
6. **Scarfes Bar** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Bar at the Rosewood London in Holborn with a roaring fire and Gerald Scarfe caricatures.
7. **Swift** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Soho bar with an Italian-style aperitivo bar upstairs and a whisky lounge downstairs.
8. **Dukes Bar** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — St James's hotel bar whose frozen-gin martinis are linked to Ian Fleming.
9. **Kwant** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Mayfair bar by bartender Erik Lorincz, former head bartender of The Savoy's American Bar.
10. **Nightjar** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Speakeasy on City Road with live jazz and elaborate vintage-style cocktails.
11. **Happiness Forgets** (-2 · ▲1 ▼3) — Tiny Hoxton basement bar, a long-running presence on the World's 50 Best Bars list.
12. **Bar Termini** (-3 · ▲1 ▼4) — Tiny Soho bar serving Negronis and espresso in the style of an Italian railway café.

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