Gay Bars in London · Page 8

Cocktails in Chinatown

A full-on cocktail lounge from the Ku people, opened in June 2015 in the upstairs space previously occupied by the...

Central · 1 Newport Place, Chinatown, London

• cocktail lounge

DJ heaven and beyond

Inarguably one of this city's greatest club institutions of the 1990s, Laurence Malice's Trade gave gay...

London

• dancing
• mixed gay/straight

East London boozer for "grown-up ravers"

Not quite your average London pub, with an emphasis on quality food for discerning carnivores, plus karaoke and...

East · 359 Bethnal Green Rd, London

• karaoke
• pub
• mixed gay/straight

The girls of Old Compton Street

A cavernous but bright lesbian underworld located in the separate-entrance basement of Frith St guy bar Ku Soho,...

Soho · 23a Old Compton St, London

• lesbian
• trans-friendly
• dancing
• drag
• mixed LGBTQ+
• cocktail lounge
• live entertainment
• comedy club
• LGBTQ+ owned
• women-led

'Straight' pub co-owned by Ian McKellen

Olde-worlde 1729 riverside pub in atmospheric Limehouse in east London, taken over in September 2011 by famed stage...

East · 76 Narrow St, Limehouse, London

• pub
• mixed gay/straight
• bar food

Gay/mixed corner pub on solid ground

Friendly and local-feeling East End pub with London's top drag stars performing live on Saturday and Sunday (and...

East · 17 Barnes St, Limehouse, London

• drag
• outdoor seating
• pool table
• mixed gay/straight
• cabaret

Very Now in 2011 (and 2012) (and 2013) (and 2014) (and 2015) (and 2016) (and 2017) (and 2018) (and 2019) (and 2022)

A disco/art/fashion-minded, zero-decor basement club on the border of Hackney/Dalston and Stoke Newington, its...

East · 66 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, London

• lesbian
• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• dancing
• mixed LGBTQ+
• dive
• LGBTQ+ owned

Haunted olde-worlde pub in historic Hampstead

Perhaps London's oldest gay pub, the King William IV (aka KW4 or the William) remains the gay (gay-friendly?,...

Northwest · 77 Hampstead High St, Hampstead, London

• pub

Sprawling fantasy space

Predominantly hetero destination with myriad pockets and escape areas, including an elaborate astro-turfed garden...

Central · 200 York Way, Kings Cross, London

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• dancing
• outdoor seating
• after hours
• cocktail lounge
• mixed gay/straight

Girls just want to have futch

A monthly and frisky celebration of queerness for "everyday Dykons" hosted by Leia Organza (with co-host...

Soho · 77 Wardour St, London