London
Hotel cocktail rooms, members' clubs and townhouse bars between Bond Street and Park Lane. Nearest tube: Bond Street, Green Park, Marble Arch.
The pattern: book the hotel rooms in advance, walk between them, and accept the £20-plus cocktail prices as the entry fee for some of the world's most precise drinks. Dress codes are real; jeans-and-trainers will get you turned away at three of the rooms below.
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.
Carlos Place hotel bar that has held a World's 50 Best top-five for six consecutive years. The Martini trolley is the order, prepared at the table from a tincture menu. The Infatuation called it 'the most precise twenty minutes in London drinking'. Bookings open four weeks ahead.