Sketch
The Bar

Sketch is not one bar. It is an ecosystem of rooms, each designed by a different artist or designer, spread across a Georgian townhouse in Mayfair. The Bar specifically sits on the ground floor and occupies the most social, most accessible corner of the Sketch world. It runs late, it gets loud on weekends, and it attracts a crowd that has paid attention to what they are wearing. None of that is a complaint.

The cocktail programme matches the room's energy. The list moves seasonally, built around unexpected flavour combinations and a bar team that understands technique. The Afternoon Tea service during daylight hours is a draw of its own, turning the bar into a slightly surreal space where cucumber sandwiches arrive alongside Champagne and elaborate cocktails. The room's India Mahdavi interiors set the tone from the moment you walk in: bold, deliberate, unapologetic.

For London visitors who want to combine a genuinely impressive room with above-average cocktails and a crowd that is actually interesting, Sketch delivers. Our editors visit quarterly and the drink quality has remained consistent. The late Friday and Saturday DJ sessions are polarising but honest about what Sketch The Bar becomes after midnight. If that is not what you want, arrive early and leave happy.