Knowingly kitsch, and hopefully tongue-in-cheek, Trailer Happiness serves impressively traditional rum cocktails committed to the Californian bartending scene of the 1960s. Read more.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't, so order the "Last Chamber of Hell" anyway. It's gin, dry/sweet vermouth, G. Marnier, maraschino & Campari w/ a flaming twist of lemon. Read more.
Exuding prohibition era speakeasy in every detail – from the jazz to the cutesy diner-style staff uniforms – Barts is a priceless gem beneath the faceless glitz of South Kensington. Read more.
"This glass-panelled venue on the 31st floor of Centre Point boasts views up and down Oxford Street and beyond, and is one of the finest and most criminally underused spaces in London..." Read more.
Experimental Cocktail Club is perhaps the closest we have to a genuine hidden drinking den, and the fact it's on the tourist strip of Gerrard Street makes it even more interesting. Read more.
You could walk past the door of this Soho speakeasy every day and never know it was there, and that's just how the owners like it. Read more.
Walk up to the expansive rooftop to find deckchairs, wrought-iron furniture and and benches filled with a sun-seeking crowd from the Shoreditch brigade. Read more.
Tucked away in a courtyard accessible via an alley at the foot of Pentonville Road, this rustic, Andalucían-themed bar is dedicated to sherry. Read more.
As part of the architect George Gilbert Scott's 1873 Midland Grand Hotel, The Booking Office is an awe-inspiring bar. Read more.