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Swig fancy pink cocktails and saying the word fabulous a lot.

A local vibe and decent cheap pizzas.

Late-licence cocktail gem in the Gore Hotel

Comfy sofa-d bar that's a playground for Clerkenwell arty types.

Cheap tapas,cocktails and a garden for summer drinking

Disturbingly impressive church renovation bar with class.

Hole in the wall bar/club playing to the cutting edge set.

Still one of the least up itself members bars in town.

Pub for the more discerning drinker.

Very, very authentic African bar and restaurant.

Late drinks and cocktails below the Red Fort restaurant.

Strolling through the back streets of Barnsbury can feel a bit like...

Sophisticated pre-theatre bar

Buzzing bar with impressive decor and a Brazilian inspired food menu.

"Play it again Sam" etc, a dickie won't go amiss.

Riverside drinking for tourist types

Great bar with an untouched, authentic feel and Caribbean food and tapas.

Reasonable prices, classy pub grub.

Traditional boozer for getting stuck into a pint.

Impressive, Victorian pub - an oasis of calm

You'll find straight boys sipping martinis and girls gasping with the joy of it all.

Cool Gallic wine bar.

Proper boozer.

Handy traditional pub for meeting friends.

Wicked pub that is great Winter or Summer. Sunday Lunch central - 12pm 'til it turns £10.

Swanky 'til 3am

On-the-Med style Gastro pub.

Your classic dodgy 'It's a Scream' pub.

A low-key night out with spot-on music.

Popular local bar with a studenty, kitsch feel.

Brasserie open 'til 1am.

Excellent food with a dash of Essex charm... whatever that is.

Balham This pub is a like an adult version of those big...

City boy wine bar.

Slick as you like bar with plenty of vodkas

Former dive gets a refurb but still needs some soul.

A hit with the visiting TV and movie fashionistas, everything about Bar...

Arguably the smartest gay bar in town with a crowd to match.

Lively Thai restaurant where fun, it seems fair to posit, will be had.

Bar which gets 10 out of 10 for literal naming.

Bar and restaurant with salsa dancing lessons

Even if you can get your hands on the outside seating, you should stay inside for the buzz.

Top drinking den with an on-the-continent feel.

Bar with late licence but lots of better options around

Spanish themed bar that's open 'til 3am.

Café/bistro/bar that's a staple for local workers.

Local trendy bar. Not trendy, but OK.

Small, laid back and very hip bar.

No wankery in the Barley Mow. No sir.

Fairly standard boozer with great views of the river.

Novel classical music bar - cool and classy.

Plain and simple boozer with a great wine selection.

Ideal meeting place bar - slap-bang opposite the tube.

Not a bad pub the choices area.

Funny little French pub in the heart of London.

Bar that's an absolute vision in ethnic, a bit dull and dark.

Funky, unpretentious bar with bed in corner.

Top riverside boozer come rain or shine and mouthwatering pub fodder to boot.

Make some new Guatamalan friends whose names you've forgotten by morning.

Where else can you find 7 deadly sins cocktails served in test...

This is clever – combine the rather obvious pairing of beer and an...

Laid-back gay cabaret bar.

Not a touch of class in sight but great for cheap drinks

Friendly gay cafe /bar.

A welcoming boozer with a wood fire to top off a laid back afternoon

A fab pub, plain and simple. Tranquility for post-work drinkers.

Pub with a bistro/wine bar.

Sate your Kray-vings for local gangster history.

This is an alright pub and round these parts, that's really saying something.

Gals pad gay bar that's great for lounging in.

One of the best bars in all Hoxtonia

Gastro-esque food washed down with decent wines.

All manner of artistic delights to augment that pint of bitter.

Stylish gay bar ideal for just hanging out.

Good value shiny bar, perfect for weekend all day sessions.

The trendy bar chain arrives in Wanstead.

Top pub, roof garden, woodfired pizza.

Amazing beer garden and some good events. Excellent Sunday Lunch 1pm-4pm for around £8.50.

Quality boozer with a buzzing bar downstairs and fancy restaurant upstairs.

Decent boozer filled with the W1 after-work crowd.

Caribbean food, jazz and cigars

The Bug Bar IS Brixton.

You'll be tucking into gastro food with models, actresses and heirs to spectacular fortunes.

As distinguished and well-preserved as its fine ales.

There’s interesting beers to work your way through, booze-soaking bar food.

Rough diamond of a boozer

Classy Mexicana till midnight.

Your average refurbed old boozer

A random taste of North Africa in Clapham North.

Grab a café-latte whilst browsing their vast, second-hand book collection.

Gastro-pub that's new to the scene.

They might only serve Worthington Bitter at three quid a plastic pint...

A hidden beacon of booze and brilliance.

Traditional pub; good for sport and comedy.

Part of the Tup chain and good for footy.

Hugely successful seven nights a week lesbian bar.

Handy for the tube.

Tapas bar for rugger buggers

Pretty average boozer by the tube. Good for pool.

Arty and chilled out Camberwell bar...

Late night in Hoxton without wanting to top yourself or others.

Fine wines and posh, tapas style snacks in this stylish bar.

Slick lounge bar and diner in deepest Hackney.

Dingy bar with outdoor terraces and a late licence.

Warm and friendly Moroccan-themed bar on Globe Road.

Good for watching sport or for cocktails, but a friendly local, it ain't.

Drink in the Americana themed bar. If you must.

Shabby but cool south London bar.

Laid back pub - good food, good beer.

Gem of a bar, perfect for after-work drinks or pool.

Itchy and our droogies popped down here in the mood for a...

Outdoor seating and excellent food in the midst of the market.

Proper Soho boozer for proper Soho folk.

Fine boozer complete with beer garden

Great pub for a Guinness or people-watching on a Summer evening.

Pub/hotel to take your parents to.

Posh food, wicked beer garden.

A proper pub with an attractive crowd and TV for footy.

Your basic average boozer.

Market traders' 6am beer and fry-up.

Part cafe, part bar this is a venue with a lot on offer.

Fancy city wine bar for booze and breakfasts

Cool venue good for food and wine.

Boulevard wine bar.

One of your typical gourmet burger/vodka/late licence bars.

Modern and sharp bar in the Radisson Hotel, good for a quiet drink.

Compact pub that serves beer and bar food and shows football. Problem? Didn't think so.

Crazy, bizarre, wierd...a late bar/sports pub/thai restaurant/patisserie in one.

Posh pub restaurant

The best boozer in these parts. A 'just like they used to be' pub without the pervy old men.

Perfectly placed watering hole for tired shoppers.

Fantastic Islington pub with candlelit atmosphere and good food.

Old-skool Camden gastro-pub.

Lolling around somewhere in the murky area between a pub and style-bar. Average.

Lovely pub that has retained the feel of a traditional pub, yet...

Fine organic pub.Good roasts.

Cuban cocktails til 12 am.

Get the drinks in at this top boozer

A real discovery of a bar and great cheap food.

Good food, good booze, good times...

London's only Dutch pub.

Two-tiered, rip-off factory resembling a bright red asylum cell.

Bar with a chilled, friendly feel and a dangerous shot list.

Camden's only authentic goth pub.

3 floors of beer and pizza.

Digress in here for a swift one and stay all afternoon.

Excellent new Hackney bar with a focus on music.

Traditional boozer - proper beer and old men with pipes.

friendly staff and grea service at the Dog & Fox

Impressively cheap.

Done up studenty boozer open 'til late.

Belgian beers and beer soaked sausages for a discerning crowd.

Table football anyone?

Chilled bar with loungey sofas and fish tank tables.

Drunken Monkey HOXTON 222 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, E1 6PJ 020 7392...

Laid-back Brixton pub with beer garden.

What you imagined pubs were like when you were little

Table footy, big screen TV and Thai menu

Boho but cool pub.

Once a Rat & Parrot now restyled. A massive pub with pool on offer.

Late drinking and the burger menu of your dreams.

The original gastro pub.

Kids are welcome at this pub on the corner that's been done up a treat

Underwhelming local full of underwhelming locals.

Refurbishment politics have been resolved and all types are now getting on famously at this top bo

A very well kept secret.... erm, d'oh!

Small boozer with real ales and tons of Edgar Wallace memorabilia. He wrote thrillers - tons of 'em

Bar that's a corner stone of London's gay village.

Great for summer (or anytime) drinking.

Pool, drinks & dancing

Get in here quick and claim you discovered it.

Great name, decent enough boozer.

Islington's coolest bar. Late drinks, great DJs.

Gastro pub whose pretentions are kept in check by a mixed clientele.

Primrose Hill gastro-pub. Great for Sunday lunch.

Hi tech bar with a mixed/gay crowd enjoying funk, soul and live entertainment.

Just 10 mins walk from Victoria on Connex tube station.. ESCAPE is not just an ordinary bar.

Generic boozer minus the freaks. A decent pub for a quiet pint.

Arsenal pub right by Highbury & Islington tube.

Small locals pub good for watching footy.

Bar & brasserie that makes a good choice for functions and private parties.

The regulars treat everyday as Paddy's day here, well worth joining in.

Top-notch venue denying all knowledge of its past.

This trendy Habitat style bar's a bit formulaic, but enjoyable enough.

Although this modern bar is a little bit off the beaten track...

Predominantly lesbian cafe/bar: a hive of alcoholic activity

Popular tavern that used to be frequented by Dylan Thomas.

Very popular breakfast joint

Top quality pub with a dining room offering Mediterranean cuisine.

Local late gig venue.

Long-established and well-loved bistro.

Pub that's a welcome relief from Covent Garden shopping.

Proper old timer packed with modern day authors.

Freaky clientele, typical Firkin decor.

Home from home pub with lively atmosphere.

Open 'til 2am Mon-Sat.

Umm, slightly dodgy pub...by that we mean scary.

Not exactly a revolution in public houses, but gets the job done.

It's a Firkin...need we say more. Good for sport though.

Irish pub brimming with character

Intensely fun tacky debauchery.

Proper underground club/pub home to some legendary techno.

Great beer garden.

Bog standard pub with cheap food

Gay girls night out on a Battersea Barge

A comedy club/bar that used to be an underground toilet

Right on the river and good for watching sport

Lesbian bar on the heavy side of naff but good for a laugh.

Licensed internet cafe with outside seating.

Spacious, average but handy.

Pub that's a favourite with locals and passing football fans.

Chilled out gay pub with views of the park.

An impressive layout of inter-connecting snugs give this pub a cosy feel.

The most perfect place for lounging the weekend away

Drunken students till 2am.

Stylish venue for breakfast

Riverside pub with someone for everyone, even the kids.

Boozer full of girls in tight jeans and boys with Hoxton Fins. Right by the canal.

Thames side old-style pub.

Shoot some pool at this traditional boozer

Pub with views of Kew Green.

Notting Hill's answer to a Yates's - meat market.

Arsenal pub where football is king.

Great venue, great atmosphere, great food.

Great venue, great atmosphere, and most significantly great food.

Great brunch menu.

Gig pub with pool tables.

Cheerful local alehouse

Popular with beer-loving locals.

Utterly classless bar, but never question its soul.

Big screens, students and drinks promos.

BRB pub open till 12am.

Wine bar that has managed to exist for at least 14 years since its breed died out. Wines a-plenty,

Boisterous banter till the early hours

Live music, great Thai food.

Bit of a hike but open 'til 2am.

Boozer to drown your sorrows in or celebrate...

Cheap, cheerful and a little bit odd.

Top boozer, top beer garden.

Yet another chain of pubs intent on re-creating 'ye-olde-ale-houses'.

No more girly cocktails with this friendly boozer

The Holy Drinker CLAPHAM 59 Northcote Road, SW11 1NP 020 7801 5044...

Basic boozer - footy, ale, bangers & mash.

Muso pub open late with pool tables

Best behaviour is in order at this slick gastro pub.

Modern bar with friendly staff.

The importance of being local...

Striking bar on Blackfriars Road with a fab outside beer garden

Great summer venue with outside seating and tacky mermaid theme.

Proper pub despite the tacky location.

Small, arty, perfectly formed.

Slightly cheesy dance bar with no door charge.

Good for an unpretentious and fairly relaxed chuckle in Leicester Square.

The crowd here don't just dig rock - they are rock.

A footy and drinking sessions pub for 20-somethings

Rough and ready jazz café offering not entirely unreasonable cocktail jugs and food 'til 2am.

Great offers before 9pm.

Classier and more sophisticated than your average wine bar.

How shall we put this? A ' rough diamond'.

Pretty small and innocent looking but enter and you'll be lucky to...

Seedy old basement bar to some, proper old school live music joint...

Clapham gay bar with lots of promos.

Totally traditional pub here we're told Bob Dylan once played.

Spacious textbook boozer, complete with food and students.

Top choice for a pint.

Bizarre late pub below the theatre

Eye up the Muscle Mary of your dreams.

Try-before-you-buy (in bulk)...

You like a nice bit of Italian now and again don't you?

Tequila fans, here's a place where you can knock 'em back while...

The best choice for cocktails this side of Soho.

Design, atmosphere and amazing cocktails.

Good for outdoor drinking

Cool post-work hiding drinking place.

Don't judge a book by its cover.. or a pub by what it looks like... you know what we mean.

Club open till 3am on Fridays.

Small and intimate bar with sushi tapas.

The only live gypsy jazz/swing bar in London

Log fire kind of pub, quiet during the week, packed at weekends

Swanky bar/restaurant combo with expansive outdoor seating area.

No cheapskates allowed at this boozer

Little known venue for a perfect post show shandy.

Light everywhere but on the purse.

Late bar with a relaxed attitude.

Possibly the smallest drinking hole of all time, Liquid is more of a barette.

Get horizontal in this chilled out bar.

Average, soulless expanse of a pub. OK for footy or pool.

Open 'til 2am, Fri-Sat 4am (admission Fri/Sat).

Gigantic and soulless chain bar.

Beer garden, roof terrace, Sunday roasts, cocktails, wine-list, beers and spot-on fabulous DJs.

The perfect place to drown your sorrows when it hits you that you'll never afford a pad in SW10.

Drinking den for the very beautiful and the very rich.

If are reading this then you aren't cool enough to drink here.

Cosy, basement bar

Scary local pub vaguely redeemed 'cos it shows the footy.

Your proper, no frills, local boozer.

The Naomi Campbell of bars...

A celebration of all things Belgian

Yer average boozer with ok Sunday lunch.

Expensive but open 'til 2am.

Three floored, music-orientated restaurant and bar in Islington.

Raucous nights out and Saturday afternoon drinking.

Open and serves food 'til 1am Thu/Fri/Sat.

Decent pub with posh food menu - not a place to soak up British boozer atmosphere.

Average boozer with friendly vibe and drinks promos

Real ale and football in a top old boozer.

Swanky homebrew 'til 2am.

A nearly new /bar/pub/restaurant/cafe?? with an airy, rough and ready feel.

Cool bar, top DJs, refreshing drinks prices

Over 700 whiskeys and not enough time. It's always the problem when...

Crazy little old-skool pub.

Drop in and chill on the leather sofas with a cocktail

If cheap prices are your priority, this is the perfect choice.

Tiny back street Polish vodka bar.

Revamped and trendy bar with a beergarden

Very average pub, not really any good reason to step inside.

Proper boozer where you can watch the sport.

Cheap, tacky, late on Fri/Sat.

Late opening student pub

Three floored, historic boozer.

Small, inoffensive boozer offering award-winning pies and pints.

A sultry little basement bar that puts the Champagne in the supernova...

A bar that's doing great despite its odd location.

They've finally unveiled their enormous 'organ'...

Fuss-free and down-to-earth boozer

Honest, fuss-free boozer for honest fuss-free boozing.

Trendy Clapham bar populated by late twenty-somethings.

Raucous booze-ups, guaranteed snog.

Traditional style drinking hole with fab homemade pies.

Average, soulless drinking den.

A good all-rounder for a decent pint.

A theatre and pub in one the ORL offers edgy new productions. productions

Massive boozer with oudoor seating for sunseekers

Part city bar, part locals pub.

The newest of the Oneill's Pubs...

Snooty door staff, luxurious interior, late licence and a central location.

Another pub for Shoreditch's jaded types to sulk in. Watch them trying...

Open 'til midnight, which some would say is at least an hour too long.

"Are you looking at me? There's no one else here..." etc.

Farringdon tube If Postman Pat really did run over his cat, it...

Nice pub with nice atmosphere. And fit, too.

Late night drinking on Clapham High St.

Best Covent Garden pub for Sunday lunch. Served 12.30pm-4.30pm for a nice round £10.

A gastro pub that could probably start its own fan club.

Late opening theatre bar with relaxed feel

Cosy drinking spot for intimate murmering among chums.

Brixton's latest bar-cum-club - great stuff

Loud, boozy and full of twentysomethings having fun.

Small, dark and sexy-cool bar.

East End bar with decent local DJs on offer.

Walk in beauty like the night, erm... in this pub.

Stylish venue anytime of day

Cool bar + tunes

Pub for suits, but great food and selection of ales.

A haven of a bar with great food and cocktails.

Often touted as the inspiration for The Black Cross in Martin Amis's London Fields

Very average pub near the station

Traditional non-trendy pub in Spitalfields.

Old fashioned boozer.

Special doors for midgets.

Free from ponce, cheap as they come round here.

The Prince of Wales is a fine place to drink

Airy, down to earth and loud pub.

Tufnell Park local with DJs and late drinks

Excellent historic old pub.

Chart heavy bar with lots of drunken ladeez.

Artist owned bar in a former underground public toilet.

Boozer with a balcony overlooking the hub of Covent Garden.

Tiny but hyper cool bar in the Sanderson hotel - not cheap.

Studenty gig bar.

Pub on a boat.

Legendary beer garden. Nothing to do with Eastenders.

Decent pub, fantastic beer garden.

Lovely pub right next to Primrose Hill.

Distressed decor, mixed crowd of local traders and muso hip kids and massive array of Belgain beers.

Kick back and relax at this old skool boozer

Look beyond the generic boozer facade and find the generic boozer with occasional live entertainment

Over-priced bar/restaurant frequented by pop kids with more money than sense.

Chilled boozer with 80s music and decapitated Barbie dolls.

Small, old boozer.

Gay bar that's a homage to alternative music.

The vodka chain reaches Soho. Knock 'em back

Vodka shots and hardcore cocktails.

The music is pants and the crowd consists of drunks, tourists and...

Swanky bourbon and cocktails in the Hilton's new hotel bar.

Balham "Hmmm, loads of places to sit…" is probably what you'll think...

Gay friendly boozer that's great for theme nights and quizzes

Ten minutes in here and you'll feel like you're in a zoo.

Old boozer, old timers.

Cheap food and booze.

Wicked pub, decent nosh.

A well-earned pint.

Late opening gay bar and club

Brunch with style.

Skanky bar but good for playing pool or watching footy.

Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant with a bar for late drinking.

Bar with a low-key, up-for-it atmosphere

Posh gastro pub.

Impressive upmarket gastro pub.

Unremarkable

Indulgent bar with tough weekend door policy.

Upbeat, New Nexico style restaurant/bar.

Pub quizzes (tue & sun), roasts and the friendliest landlord in town.

Cramped but charming Spanish basement bar.

Big, traditional pub just off Carnaby Street.

Excellent bar/venue open 'til 2am Fri/Sat.

Part of the cool, London sports bar chain

Faith in British boozing is restored at this friendly boozer

a little slice of paradise under our grey skies, complete with heated pool.

Chain pub that can't shake off its Club 18-30 holiday feel.

Late opening chain bar that's actually pretty fine.

At the King's Arms public house.

An off-the-beaten-track bar, restaurant. Very nice.

Damn good pub serving some fine food.

Classy boozing.

Riverside drinking.

Life your spirits with this-, sorry, sorry...

The premier bar in Tooting. I imagine that's not their slogan.

Pub that's the Queen Vic for the Range Rover set.

Good for watching footie and with an up-for-it crowd.

A proper old East End boozer, for want of a much better cliché.

A dodgy, muso pub/bar with DJs most nights.

Antipodean pub with big screens, and pool tables.

Local boozer with plenty of hiding space to escape locals.

Late-opening bar below a youth hostel.

A godsend for the gentile gay gal.

Decent enough boozer for low-key drinking

Hotel bar with tons of class.

Tucked away down a very nice little mews, this compact but cosy...

Who'd have thought it? Great view.

A haven of potential debauchary, book the next day off.

Pub oozing the proper boozer vibe.

Pub with a clubby vibe, packed with a young crowd.

An all round good-egg of a pub. Sunshine remains context dependent, mind.

Mediterranean-style pub with a cool courtyard.

Old fashioned boozer good for watching sport.

In a direct contradiction to the Alexandra pub located opposite, SW4 is...

Pub well known for cask beers and ales.

Swanky boozing 'til 1am.

A diamond in the rough on the Holloway Road.

A buzzy boozer.

A long way up Brixton Hill, but if you can face the climb, you'll find plenty of rewards at the top.

Stop the press! It's somewhere stylish in Ladbroke Grove!

The Approach Tavern BETHNAL GREEN 46 Approach Roach, Bethnal Green, E2 9LY...

This is a massive pub but it needs the space, The Bedford...

Pub for football fanciers.

Big spacious city pub

Amiable boozer complete with sun trap to enjoy the multitude of beers whilst slowly turning brown.

Low key vibe boozer: best for winter days

Camden's finest pub we reckon.

The Camel. With a name like this Itchy was expecting either something...

The Clapham North CLAPHAM 409 Clapham Road, SW9 9BT 020 7274 2472...

A thoroughly nice place. Stay away if you feel you'd lower the tone.

Pub that takes off at the weekend with its comedy nights.

This Clerkenwell boozer has had the changing Rooms crew in again, and is all the better for it.

Spirited Ikea-clad pub suitable for Essex folk on a mission (no car parking for the Ford Capri)

1976 – Brazil get Ronaldo, we get The Dickens Inn – did we get...

An old-school Sarf London boozer of the highest order that can...

It’s amazing what a quick spruce can do, and trust us, they...

An old Clapham favourite, great beer garden.

Although part of a chain, this tasteful bar is a relaxing alternative...

Small and simple Irish boozer

Founded in 1723, this is one of the Strand's oldest pubs and...

Virtually nothing can beat this huge pub for crashing out on a...

Alright, so you can't actually see the Thames from here, but you...

Some might accuse this pub of tasting like chicken. Un-garnished, grilled...

After hours of scrubbing with Brasso you hurry down to Christie's to...

The Griffin HOXTON 93 Leonard Street?EC2A 4RD (020) 7739 6719 Old...

Large boozer with sofas a big screen for the football.

Ace gastropub.