Best Bars in Mayfair, London
Hotel bars, jazz rooms, dressed-up cocktail rituals — London at its most polished.
Mayfair is where London does its dressing up. The hotel bars between Park Lane and Berkeley Square set the global hotel-bar standard for a hundred years — and most of them are still operating at the same level today.
Eight Mayfair picks for a properly dressed evening.
The best bars in Mayfair
American Bar at The Savoy
Operating continuously since 1893. The Hanky Panky was invented here. The most influential bar in cocktail history.
The Coburg Bar
The Connaught's quieter second bar. Library aesthetic, deep gin and whisky lists, the Mayfair grown-up evening.
Donovan Bar at Brown's
Albemarle Street hotel bar named for photographer Terence Donovan. Black-and-white photography theme, polished cocktails.
Mr Fogg's Residence
Bruton Lane Victorian-themed cocktail bar. Full Phileas Fogg residence aesthetic, theatrical presentations.
Chiltern Firehouse
Marylebone hotel bar from André Balazs. Celebrity-heavy, $25 cocktails, the bar where you might see anyone.
Claridge's Fumoir
36-seat art deco hotel bar inside Claridge's. Cigar humidor, classic cocktails, dress code enforced.
The Punchbowl
Farm Street pub from 1729. Once Madonna's local. Heritage Mayfair pubbing without the hotel-bar prices.
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