London Gay Bars

Big club for big men and the rest

Male-dominant Soho institution

Stand-alone Vauxhall mecca

Men drink here

Cruisy old-fashioned gay-pub atmosphere

Popular Soho outlet for the non-glossy, rather knowing and subtly stylish

Pleasure-pushing Sunday evening party south of the river

Determinedly trendy East End pub

A non-rough pub-club in a so-called rough part of town

London institution for drinking and cabaret

London's oldest leather bar

Established gay-friendly high-definition straight fetish club

A club-lover's club, spread across 25,000 square feet

Local boozer with a gay twist

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

Gay/mixed corner pub on solid ground

Sprawling fantasy space

Cocktails, cheeses and chesterfields

Arty-sexy-trashy queer affair

Terrace drinking, dancing and schmoozing in the polysexual style