Lyaness Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Modern Waterfront Elegant Lyaness Bankside $$$ Mr Lyan's South Bank flagship, the first 3-PIN bar in the Pinnacle Guide, Thames at the window
Ronnie Scott's Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Classic Intimate Literary Ronnie Scott's Soho $$$ Frith Street's 1959 jazz room, the canonical London jazz club, two sets a night, low ceiling, red lamps
The Devonshire Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Lively Classic See & Be Seen The Devonshire Soho $$$ UK's No.1 gastropub 2026, the Soho Guinness pour and the dining room above it
3 Greek Street Bar Bar Compare Whisky Speakeasy Merchant Bar 3 Greek Street Soho $$$ Milroy's reborn under the No. 3 door, Greek Street's whisky merchant and bookcase-speakeasy bar since 1964, rebranded 2024
40 Maltby Street Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Natural Wine No Reservations 40 Maltby Street Bermondsey $$$ A 40-cover kitchen-and-natural-wine warehouse under the Bermondsey arches, chef Steve Williams
Happiness Forgets Bar Bar Compare Intimate Moody Convivial Happiness Forgets Hoxton $$$ Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010