Best Bars in Covent Garden, London
Speakeasies and heritage cocktail dens hidden inside the tourist piazza.
Covent Garden gets dismissed as tourist territory — and the central piazza absolutely is — but the streets one block in any direction hide some of London's best cocktail bars. Speakeasies behind hot dog shops, listening rooms below Theatreland, and the bar that taught half of London's bartenders.
Eight Covent Garden picks worth threading through the crowds for.
The best bars in Covent Garden
Tayer + Elementary
Colombo Street cocktail laboratory from Mr Lyan team. Two-room concept — quick aperitivo upstairs, full tasting downstairs.
The Sun Tavern
Bethnal Green Road pub with the deepest Irish whiskey list in London. Heritage pubbing without the tourist tax.
Lyaness
Sea Containers cocktail bar from Ryan Chetiyawardana. World-class bar program, single ingredient menus, river view.
69 Colebrooke Row
Tony Conigliaro's tiny Islington bar. 32 seats, technical cocktails, World's 50 Best Bars regular.
The Lamb & Flag
Rose Street pub from 1772. Charles Dickens drank here. Heritage Covent Garden pubbing in a courtyard.
Cahoots
Underground London-Underground-themed cocktail bar. Reservation-only, full 1940s aesthetic, cocktails in tube tickets.
Beaufort Bar at The Savoy
The Savoy's second bar (less famous than the American Bar but quieter). Black-and-gold deco room, live cabaret.
The Charlotte Street Hotel Oscar Bar
Charlotte Street hotel bar from Kit Kemp's Firmdale group. Theatreland post-show favourite, polished cocktails.
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