It was a big night for the London bar scene last night which came out as the bar capital of the country winning 12 awards at the respected CLASS Bar Awards 2018.

The event, held at Lindley Hall in London saw industry experts from across the country recognising the talent, achievements and diversity of the UK bar scene.

Dandelyan at Mondrian London, by Mr

Hot Dinners popped along to the official launch of Rochelle Canteen's bar at The ICA on the Mall last night. The restaurant has already been garlanded with positive reviews since it opened (and won a Hot Dinners award into the bargain for its AMAZING rabbit and bacon pie). Now it's pushing its cocktails and bar snacks into the

Two ex-CalloohCallay bartenders launch their first venue in the basement of The Nelson’s Head

James Lowe’s restaurant Lyles, in Shoreditch’s Tea Building, is launching a new standalone bar menu. And it's sounding rather good.

It’ll be around 10 to 12 small dishes, alongside a mix of new and old dishes. Based on the first look at a sample menu (like the set menu, the bar menu will change daily) there’ll be plenty of variety on the price front with dishes from £4 for an individual oyster

Ever wanted to be more in the know about London's coolest bars? A new company aims to do just that.

Bar Bingo is a cocktail based bar crawl where no bar is more than five minutes walk from the next. As founder Helen Glaberson explained to Hot Dinners "As industry insiders we take it for granted where the best bars are, but actually a great deal of Londoners don't know about some of the city's best bars.

The tour books the bars and atable for you, so you

With so much happening in the world of London drinks of late, we’ve rounded up our selection of the best new bars and cocktail menus across the capital.

For a while there, fermented drinks, food, and just about everything was all the rage. And then there was a brief lull. Perhaps to make way for other, slightly less bacterial trends.

Now, here comes Kultured to make us fall in love with tangy, probiotic-laden food and drink all over again, with their fancy, townhouse-based pop-up bar in Soho.

Operating out of Great Windmill Street, they'll be

Street XO restaurant in Mayfair has just launched its very down destination cocktail bar – CircusXO. Downstairs in the restaurant, the drinks menu at CircusXO is the culmination of many months of work and input the multi Michelin-starred chef and the bar team at StreetXO.

With the cocktail list at StreetXO popular since opening, Muñoz committed to creating a stand-alone bar to showcase them, with the aim of making CircusXO a

Some very exciting news from one of our all-time favourite bars in London. Artesian bar at The Langham Hotel have announced that Remi Savage and Anna Sebastian will take over the respective roles of Head Bartender and Bar Manager starting this November. 

Remy joins Artesian after four successful years at Paris speakeasy

The World's 50 Best Bars 2017 sees the American Bar at the Savoy top the list

With plenty of great drinks to be enjoyed in London Cocktail Week, we’ve put together our selection of our must-try cocktails. 

This October will see the official opening of The Racketeer, a new cocktail bar / wine shop in Kings Cross. The pub, which was once The Carpenters Arms, has been given a revamp and restored to its Victorian Glory. Completely restored, the venue is now run by an experienced team who’ve spent more than 20 years honing their craft in bars across London.

Try this new Japanese spot just off Oxford Street, but don't expect the traditional menu...

The new spot serves sushi upstairs and has a downstairs hideaway bar serving Japanese cocktails

Evans & Peel are building off their Earl’s Court venue to create the Pharmacy, a new bar in Chiswick where visitors will be led through a secret entrance way into the hidden bar. There’ll be passwords, classic American grub and of course, Old Fashioneds.