London
Restaurant bars, basement cocktail rooms and historic pubs between Goodge Street and Warren Street. Nearest tube: Goodge Street, Warren Street, Tottenham Court Road.
The pattern: a hotel-bar opener on Berners Street, a basement cocktail room around Charlotte Street, a pint at one of the surviving literary pubs on the way to the tube. The walks between are under five minutes each.
Hand-picked and ranked by our London editors. Cited prices and hours are current as of May 2026; check the bar's site before a long journey.
Inside the London Edition on Berners Street. Triple-height room hung with 300 framed paintings, a forty-foot bar, and a cocktail list curated by the same team behind The Punch Room next door. Time Out has called it 'the city's most photographed hotel bar'.