Gay Bars in London · Page 4

Let me see you stripped down to the bone

In 2008 the owners of the now-defunct Hoist turned their 1990s leather/rubber bar on its head to accommodate the...

Vauxhall · 66 Albert Embankment, London

A Midsummer Night's Dream all year long

Not a bar really as there are no drinks for sale and no indoors either, but the West Heath section of north London's...

Northwest London · London

• leather

1990s outrageousness still lifting the spirits on a Saturday night

An alternative, retro-happy, queer-proud and irreverent weekly Saturday night event co-created in 1995 by New...

Vauxhall · 349 Kennington Lane, London

• 30+
• 40+
• 50+
• mixed gay/straight
• cabaret

Party party party...party

Semi-regular Madrid-origin London party marked by visual spectacle, on-the-pulse sounds from resident DJs and oiled...

South London · London

• dancing

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Basement bar of lively and camp three-floor G-A-Y Bar [see entry] takes the lesbian-friendly aspects of the ground and...

Soho · 30 Old Compton St, London

• lesbian

Conventional manliness

Bear-embracing, muscle-friendly concept/organization that took up residence in Eagle London between 2003 and October...

London

• leather
• bears
• cruising

Educational approach to control and abuse

Started in 1981, SM Gays is a not-for-profit social and educational group for gay men interested in consensual,...

Vauxhall · 217 City Rd, Islington, London

• Backroom
• leather

Ku d'état

Modern-day Soho institution on two rather pint-sized, intimate and sleekly decorated floors, entertaining a casual...

Soho · 25 Frith St, London

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• cocktail lounge

Hip-minded gay-friendly corner pub in a hip part of town

High-octane decor-conspicuous 'straight' establishment that is a magnet for a cross-section of stylish...

East London · 142 Commercial St, Spitalfields, London

• pub
• mixed gay/straight

Beef and bear

Manly venture started by seasoned London gay mover and shaker Wayne Shires. Brüt targets "bears blokes...

London

• 30+
• 40+
• Backroom
• dancing
• bears
• cruising