These 10 on the map
The 10 wine bars on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 25 are on the map in the Whosly app.
10 of the 25
Noble Rot
BloomsburyWine bar & restaurant£££A wood-panelled wine bar and dining room on Lamb's Conduit Street from the founders of Noble Rot magazine, as good for dinner as for a long evening of glasses.
Gordon's Wine Bar
EmbankmentHistoric wine bar£London's oldest wine bar, open since 1890 at the bottom of Villiers Street: candlelit vaults in winter and a big terrace by Embankment Gardens in summer.
Quality Wines
FarringdonWine shop & bar££Quality Chop House's corner wine shop and bar, where the evening European plates are as much the draw as the bottles.
Bar Crispin
SohoWine bar£££Oysters, a natural-leaning list and a terrace that never seems to empty: Bar Crispin is Soho's easy wine bar, a step off Carnaby Street.
The Winemakers Club
City of LondonVaulted wine bar££Under Holborn Viaduct, Victorian brick arches hold this candlelit wine shop and bar; come in the evening.
Sager + Wilde
HackneyWine bar£££The Hackney Road wine bar that kick-started east London's wine scene, with a huge list, a generous by-the-glass selection and cheese toasties.
40 Maltby Street
BermondseyRailway-arch wine bar£££A dim Bermondsey railway arch that's part wine warehouse, part restaurant, pouring low-intervention bottles with a short, changing menu of small plates.
Peckham Cellars
PeckhamWine bar & kitchen££A relaxed Peckham bistro and wine bar opened in 2019 by three locals, pairing a deep, eclectic list with a seasonal menu of small and larger plates.
Stable Wines
IslingtonBasement wine bar££Head down from a bottle shop in Islington into a candlelit, cellar-like bar, ideal for a date.
Sol's
BayswaterDeli & wine bar££By day a white-tiled Bayswater deli selling wine to take away; by night a relaxed small-plates restaurant.
The other 15
The 25 are spread across 22 neighbourhoods. Dalston (3) and Peckham (2) have the most; Bayswater, Bermondsey, Bloomsbury, Canonbury, City of London, Clapton, Covent Garden, De Beauvoir, Elephant and Castle, Embankment, Farringdon, Fitzrovia, Hackney, Herne Hill, Islington, Kentish Town, Leytonstone, Newington Green, Soho and Victoria Park have one each.
+15 more in the app
Leytonstone's front-room-sized wine bar, a fairy-lit cul-de-sac by Herne Hill station, a bar that champions wines made by women, a wine pub on Essex Road, a tiny wine and vinyl bar with Australian snacks, and more.
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All 25, on your own map
This page is 10 of them. The London Wine Bars pack in Whosly has all 25 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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