Cocktails bars are the rage in London at the moment, particularly those of the 1920’s prohibition era speakeasy variety. The following are some bars with good qualities and good atmospheres, mainly located in the centre or the East of London.

• 69 Colebrooke Row

  
  Address: 69 Colebrooke Row, London N1 8AA
  Telephone: 07540 528593
  Website: http://www.69colebrookerow.com/
  Description: Delicious gourmet cocktails in Angel. Has live music, can be a good idea to reserve.

• Automat

  
  Address: 33 Dover Street, London W1S 4NF
  Telephone: 020 7499 3033
  Website: http://www.automat-london.com/
  Description:

• Callooh Callay

  
  Address: 65 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY
  Telephone: 020 7739 4781
  Website: http://www.calloohcallaybar.com
  Description: Cocktail bar on Rivington street in Shoreditch.

• Experimental Cocktail Club

  
  Address: 13a Gerrard Street, London W1D 5PS
  Telephone: 020 7434 3559
  Website: http://www.chinatownecc.com/
  Description: Cocktail bar in Chinatown hidden behind an unmarked red door. Excellent quality cocktails with unsual twists. Five pound cover charge after 11 pm, open very late. Best to reserve if anymore than 2 people.

• Frank’s Café and Campari Bar

  
  Address: 10th Floor, Peckham Multi-Story Carpark, 95A Rye Lane, London SE15 4ST
  Telephone: (none)
  Website: http://www.frankscafe.org.uk
  Description: Rooftop bar in Peckham at the top of a carpark. Great ambiance, during the summer only.

• Freud

  
  Address: 198 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JL
  Telephone: 020 7240 9933
  Website: http://www.freud.eu/
  Description: Cocktail bar off Shaftesbury that has a decidely 80's punkish spirit. Good music.

• Happiness Forgets

  
  Address: 8-9 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NU
  Telephone: 020 7613 0325
  Website: http://www.happinessforgets.com
  Description: Excellent cocktail bar in Shoreditch.

• London Cocktail Club

  
  Address: 224a Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8EB
  Telephone: 020 7580 1960
  Website: http://www.londoncocktailclub.co.uk
  Description: Another good cocktail bar with a few locations around London. Head over on Mondays for 2 for 1 deals.

• London Cocktail Club

  
  Address: 61 Goodge Street, London W1T 1TL
  Telephone: 020 7580 1960
  Website: http://www.londoncocktailclub.co.uk
  Description: Another good cocktail bar with a few locations around London. Head over on Mondays for 2 for 1 deals.

• Lounge Bohemia

  
  Address: 1E Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3E1
  Telephone: 0772 070 7000
  Website: http://www.loungebohemia.com
  Description: Microgastromony drinks in Shoreditch. Reserve in advance.

• Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town

  
  Address: Artillery Lane, London E1 7LS
  Telephone: 020 7078 9639
  Website: http://www.themayorofscaredycattown.com/
  Description: Speakeasy cocktail bar behind a refrigerator in the Shoreditch Breakfast Club. Ask to see the mayor.

• Nightjar

  
  Address: 129 City Road, London EC1V 1JB
  Telephone: 020 7253 4101
  Website: http://www.barnightjar.com/
  Description: Great cocktail bar off Old Street roundabout with meticulous attention to detail and amazing presentation. Has live music on some nights. Amazing cocktails! (held to be one of the best bars in the world...) It pays off to book early.

• Wiltons

  
  Address: 1 Graces Alley (off Ensign Street), London, E1 8JB
  Telephone: 020 7702 2789
  Website: http://www.wiltons.org.uk
  Description: Atmospheric bar in an old music hall. Has shows as well.

• Worship Street Whistling Shop

  
  Address: 63 Worship Street, London EC2A 2DU
  Telephone: 020 7247 0015
  Website: http://www.whistlingshop.com
  Description: Another speakeasy, cool underground bar in Shoreditch which distills it's own liquors. The cocktails are really creative and tasty. For example, you can get a peunut butter and strawberry jam bourbon drink.

• Zetter Town House

  
  Address: 86-88 Clerkenwell Road, St John's Square, London EC1M 5RJ
  Telephone: 020 7324 4444
  Website: http://www.thezettertownhouse.com
  Description: A cocktail bar in Clerkenwell, the sister bar of 69 Colebroke row. Part of the Zetter Hotel which also houses Bistro Bruno Loubet.