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(menu)We found 21 restaurants in Best bars & pubs for live music in London.
This sardine-can of a bar is as close as it gets to the 1950s, the decade when a nascent rock & roll industry was centred on Tin Pan Alley –… more »
This 30-year-old institution continues to showcase live jazz seven nights a week from its discreet basement premises behind an unmarked door on… more »
Arrive before 7.30pm, or be prepared to queue outside. This pecan-toned juke joint – a reasonably authentic tribute to Basin Street – has built… more »
There’s no need to feel blue at Camden’s spirited soul shack, where food from America’s deep south, nightly live music & a bumper crop of… more »
It’s surprising how well Boisdale’s trademark eccentricity has travelled to its third branch in shiny Cabot Place – its mash-up of jazz,… more »
Cavernous Cargo is a curious mix of chilled alfresco drinking zone (an atmospheric, Moroccan-style terrace) & serious clubbers’ hangout. This… more »
This evergreen hybrid specialises in dinner, dancing & all that jazz – well, from 10.30pm anyway, when the live bands kick in. Dover Street has… more »
Homage to the legendary Havana nightspot, fun-packed Floridita pulls off its 1930s’ glam supperclub/late-night cocktail lounge à la Perez Prado… more »
Fancy a fruit caipirinha & a three-course meal for £17? It’s possible at this Brazilian bar/diner/nightclub, which brings a touch of carnival… more »
It’s great news for Streatham that Hideaway has found its feet so fast. There are precious few venues that successfully combine good food & drink… more »
It would have made a great location for The Sopranos, but the top notes at this offbeat art gallery-cum-cocktail lounge/diner aren’t operatic:… more »
All Dixie decadence, the cavernous lounge bar of this Angel outlier drips with heavy velvet drapes & silken, fringed lampshades. The walls sport… more »
Edgy music, hot bar staff, a heated garden & a roof terrace overlooking the Stables market – it’s little wonder the Lock Tavern is still silly-busy… more »
Grungey, gloomy & with a great sound system, this big old tumbledown hostelry sees just as much drama as the bard ever imagined for his tragic… more »
A designer’s dream, glitterati hot spot & frontrunner in the Bedouin-chic stakes, Momo still goes about its business in a Marrakech fantasy world… more »
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