Bars that are good for groups in London

Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Gay mecca in Vauxhall

Indestructible Victorian pub with a singular gay history — including drag performances since the middle of the...

Nominated for Best of GayCities 2023 - Legendary Bar

Vauxhall · 372 Kennington Ln, London

• 30+
• 40+
• 50+
• dancing
• drag
• outdoor seating
• bears
• mixed LGBTQ+
• pub
• $$
• live entertainment
• cabaret
• themed
• lively

London's house capital

Not a gay club per se, but Ministry of Sound has humped and thumped for clubbers of all persuasions since first...

South London · 103 Gaunt St, Elephant & Castle, London

• 20+
• 30+
• dancing
• outdoor seating
• 18+
• mixed gay/straight
• $$
• nightclub
• industrial

Out of the way but not to be ignored

The one-time home of iconic Arts and Crafts Movement textile designer and printer, artist, poet and socialist...

Northeast London · 807-811 Forest Rd, Walthamstow,

• drag
• outdoor seating
• pub
• mixed gay/straight
• $$$
• casual

The pursuit of good times...south of the river

Cocktails, food, drag and dancing in under-the-arches Clapham, started in 2020 by the duo (Nigel and Mark) behind...

Southwest London · Arch 642 Voltaire Rd, London

• 20+
• 30+
• mixed LGBTQ+
• pub
• $$
• craft beer

Manly shenanigans

A male-only club night for "bears, cubs, chubs, chasers, muscle bears, muscle men and admirers", with a...

Northeast London · 7 Torrens St, London

• 20+
• 30+
• Backroom
• dancing
• leather
• bears
• cruising
• $$
• themed

A new gay bar in 2021!

Hope for the gay scene in the era of COVID arrived in early April 2021 on a busy stretch of road halfway between...

North London · 114 Junction Rd, Islington, London

• 30+
• outdoor seating
• mixed LGBTQ+
• pub
• $$
• live entertainment
• casual
• craft beer

The definition of drag

Plush, decadent, glittering and gilded cabaret, burlesque and club venue that has been de rigeur for drag-lovers...

Soho · 8—10 Brewer St, London

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• drag
• 18+
• mixed LGBTQ+
• $$
• cabaret