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This is a private members' club for women and their male guests. It offers one of the most activity-filled agendas in London, everything from a "retro-sexual" night to film screenings, even blind dinner dating. Hot meals and snacks are available, along with freshly brewed...
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This is a classy, friendly lesbian bar near the Euston Station, run by a tall Afro-Caribbean woman named Elaine. You'll find good drinks with women of all types, plus live music, comedy, reading groups, films, and even a singles night. Technically, this is a private club,...
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Very much the place to be seen, this has become the hottest bar in London. Mix with the elite of the fashion, TV, and music worlds. A lot of American celebrities, from Demi Moore to Courteney Cox, have been seen here sipping on a martini. Despite the caliber of the...
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The most stylish and luxurious venue for cigar aficionados is sheltered at London's poshest address, Claridge's Hotel in Mayfair. Both sumptuous and moody, this eggplant-colored, leather-clad bar seats only 17. It features the largest selection of Macanudo cigars in the...
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This is an eclectic club featuring more traditional recorded pop, rock, soul, and disco. Ambience wins out over decor. During the week, a social lounge atmosphere pervades; on the weekends, this place is pure dance club. Open Monday to Saturday from 5pm to 3am.
As more and more of hip London heads east, bypassing even Clerkenwell for Hoxton, Vibe has been put on the map. The Evening Standard named it among the top five DJ bars in London. The paper compared it to an "expensively distressed pair of designer jeans." It's a nightspot...
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This is one of the leading clubs of the West End, lying in the vicinity of Oxford and Regent streets. It's a stylish rendezvous, drawing a crowd in their 20s and 30s to its plush precincts. The young Mick Jagger or aspirant Madonna of today might be seen lounging on one of...
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The Happy Hour here lasts from noon to 9pm, and the bartenders assure us that their watering hole attracts "the tastiest men in London." Those bartenders serve up some of the tastiest drinks, including peach, melon, apple, lemon, and butterscotch schnapps. Come here for a...
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This epicenter for the fashionable 20s-to-30s set in London has put the P in partying in the once-staid Clerkenwell district. Drinkers sit on elegant sofas or retreat to one of the cozy booths for a late snack. The bar claims to be the home of the Cosmopolitan cocktail,...
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No other bar in London showcases the art of the cocktail as beautifully as this one. Created by design-industry superstar Adam Tihany around a geometric theme of artfully backlit glass, it provides the kind of cool, hip, confidently prosperous venue where men look...
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This bustling pub and restaurant is hailed as the bar that jump-started the increasingly fashionable Shoreditch scene. Businesspeople commuting from their jobs in the City mix with East End trendoids in the early evening at what has been called a "gastro pub/pre-club bar."...
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This area of London is risky at night -- so much so that the security staff at the club is happy to escort you to a taxi when you leave. But despite its sketchy surroundings, this is a hot, happening venue for young London. A former movie theater has been converted into this...
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Another watering hole in ultratrendy Hoxton draws a smart urban crowd from their expensive West End flats. Its habitués assure us it's the place to go for a "wicked time" and great live bands. If there are no bands on a particular night, then great DJs dominate the...
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These bars are found in one of London's best five-star hotels. We advise that you check out the dramatic visuals of both bars before selecting your preferred nesting place. The Lobby Bar occupies what was built in 1907 as the grand, high-ceilinged reception area for one of...
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One of London's poshest drinking retreats, this deluxe bar boasts high ceilings, leather Chesterfields, respectable oil paintings, and grand windows. Its collection of ancient cognacs is unparalleled in London.
Go here if you're looking for a hot singles bar that attracts a crowd in their 20s and 30s. This Portobello joint is very cruisy. The decor is a bit wacky, no doubt designed by an aspiring Salvador Dalí who decided to make it a fairy-tale grotto (or was he going for a...
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The bartender in this sophisticated gathering place is known for his special concoctions, including "Savoy Spirit" and "Racing Lady," as well as what is reputedly the best martini in town. Monday to Thursday evenings, jazz piano is featured from 7 to midnight, and on Friday...
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This is the current hot spot for gay men in Soho. "Our male patrons are fresh and sexy," a seasoned bartender told us. Shadow Lounge is in the vanguard of gay life in London, which, as the millennium deepens, is showing a tendency to shift from gargantuan dance palaces like...
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This is a Soho hot spot that bustles with young gay life, and there's even a rumor that Mrs. Guy Ritchie (Madonna) made a secret appearance here heavily disguised. "As what?" we asked, but no one knew. The action takes place in the basement of the building, which one patron...
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This snug little joint, a Soho landmark, is the most intimate pub in London. A former patron was the author George Orwell, who came here to celebrate his sales of Animal Farm in the United States. A wide mixture of ages and persuasions flock here, usually chatting amiably....
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What's something so old it's new again? This is where Laurence Olivier made his stage debut in 1930, although he couldn't stop giggling even though the play was a drama. Live music is featured, but it's the hearty welcome, the good beer, and the friendly patrons that make...
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This is one of the hippest nighttime venues in London, with the action taking place in a no-frills basement in increasingly fashionable Notting Hill Gate. One habitué called it "the coolest night club on earth." Yes, that was Liam Gallagher you spotted dancing with...
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While other competitors have come and gone, Fabric continues to draw crowds since opening in 1999. Its main allure is that it has a license for 24-hour music and dancing from Thursday to Sunday night. This is one of the most famous clubs in the increasingly trendy East...
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This club is better than ever after its recent enlargement. Now you'll find a trio of large dance floors, along with four bars and a chill-out area. Speaker walls will blast you into orbit. The End is the best club in London for live house and garage music. It draws both...
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Gay men and their friends go here to drink, to have a good time, and to make a political statement. British tabloids shocked the world in 1999 when they reported that this pub had been bombed, with three people dying in the attack. Within 6 weeks, the pub reopened its doors....
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