The team behind Spiritland are opening their second King's Cross venue over on Handyside Street, featuring a ground level pizza restaurant and basement late night licence cocktail bar.

We're sure there are plenty of high net work travellers who'll be most impressed by the baby grand piano or the Mark Newson pedestal for Taschen books in The Connaught's new townhouse. Us? It's all about the martini trolley.

The Mayfair hotel has just unveiled a new three-storey mews house for VIP guests. The Mews gives guests their own home in Mayfair - just with all the attendant services of the hotel next door.

So if you fancy a

Fancy a martini in swish surroundings? We round up the very best hotel bars in London right now. 

This Market Row spot is the first bricks and mortar space for Joshua Whiting - one half of popular quesadilla team Killa Dilla - and he's planning slow roast meat tacos and pre-batched cocktails for the Brixton crowd.

Opening up at The Great Northern Hotel is this three roomed martini bar with fabulous views over the area and everything to entice martini lovers to King's Cross.

The World's 50 Best Bars 2018 were revealed last night with Dandelyan, Ryan Chetiyawardana’s bar at the Mondrian Hotel claiming top spot.

In a surprise move,Chetiyawardana announced in an Instagram post earlier this week that he would be ‘killing off’ the bar. "Iit makes sense to burn it down, start afresh, and rise again as something brighter, shinier and more fitting of where we’re (all) now at." he said. But will he still do that, now

On the cusp of London Cocktail Week we take a look at London's booming bar scene and pick some spots you're going to want to try...

With so many amazing events happening during London Cocktail Week, it's hard to choose where to go. Happily our Drinks Editor Louis Fernando has done the work for you.

Every London Cocktail Week sees the city's bars putting on some seriously special drinks. Here's what to try this year.

Try this new Latin-inspired pop up in Carnaby with 50% off the food menu

Expect chops,steaks and that amazing cheesecake at Blacklock's new Shoreditch opening, but the big news here is that there'll be a dedicated bar area that they're teaming up with top NYC bar owners on. 

A-lister and all round London geezer Idris Elba heads up a team opening London's soon-to-be hottest new bar at The Waldorf Hilton. The Aldwych bar promises tropical cocktails and a raft of enticements for a VIP crowd.

They've been to Mexico and the South of France, but next up on the world tour at Clapham's Counter Culture is The Caribbean. Every stage features menus influenced by one of the chefs’ own backgrounds. This time it's Jack Barwick who was born and raised in the Cayman Islands and who won Bookatable's young chef of the year 2017.

They say:

Jack's menu will showcase the very best of the Caribbean with some playful

A trio of top mixologists are behind a new cocktail bar and restaurant opening in the heart of Crouch End. And yes, there'll be a boozy weekend brunch.

A refreshing cocktail is just the ticket to kick off any good night in London. We pick out six great London restaurants to do just that.