85B Southwark Bridge Road
Bar Douro sits in a railway arch on Flat Iron Square, near London Bridge, serving Portuguese food and wine. You can sit at the counter in the azulejo-tiled...
London Bridge 2 min · Bookable
Cover story
Unique Date Spots Across Central London
Speakeasies, tea rooms, rooftops and game bars. Pick the date vibe, then rank the journey so you can both get there and home.
The little black book
Unique Date Spots Across Central London
Speakeasies, tea rooms, rooftops and game bars. Pick the date vibe, then rank the journey so you can both get there and home.
Central London
Chapter 1 · 18 date spots
Soho
Bar Termini is a small Italian bar on Old Compton Street, serving coffee by day and Negronis by night. The house Negroni comes four ways, from Classico to...
Leicester Square 2 min · Bookable
Carnaby
Cahoots is a 1940s-themed cocktail bar in Kingly Court, styled as an Underground station with a ground-floor Ticket Hall. Expect swing, wartime styling and...
Piccadilly Circus 2 min · Bookable
Leake Street
Draughts Waterloo is a board game café and bar beneath the railway arches on Leake Street. Its library holds over 1,000 games, and food and drinks are ordered...
Waterloo 1 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Westminster
The Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon is on the fourth floor of Fortnum & Mason's Piccadilly store, and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 1 March 2012. Afternoon tea...
Green Park 2 min · Bookable
Embankment
Gordon's on Villiers Street is thought to be London's oldest wine bar, established in 1890 and still family run. Its vaulted cellar is lit by candles, and...
Embankment / Charing Cross 4 min · Bookable
Westminster
La Compagnie, formerly Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, is a wine bar tucked into Neal's Yard in Covent Garden. It spreads over two floors plus a terrace, with...
Covent Garden 2 min · Bookable
Soho
Maison Bertaux on Greek Street has made cakes in Soho since 1871, when Monsieur Bertaux arrived from Paris. It is a tiny patisserie and tea room with no...
Tottenham Court Road 2 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Mayfair
Mr Fogg's Residence on Bruton Lane is a Mayfair cocktail bar styled as the home of a Victorian explorer. The room gives you plenty to talk about. It opens from...
Green Park 1 min · Bookable
Camden
Noble Rot on Lamb's Conduit Street opened in 2015, two years after the wine magazine of the same name. It is a wine bar and restaurant with a long list and...
Russell Square 2 min · Bookable
St Martin's Courtyard
Oriole is a Covent Garden bar and restaurant serving Latin food and global cocktails. Live jazz, blues and world music play from Tuesday to Saturday, with a...
Covent Garden 1 min · Bookable
Mayfair
Postcard Teas is a tea shop on Dering Street in Mayfair, specialising in teas from named small farms. It runs a bookable Tea School. The shop opens Monday to...
Bond Street 2 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
The Hoxton Southwark
Seabird is the seafood restaurant on the 14th floor of The Hoxton Southwark, with panoramic views of the city. It serves seafood with Spanish and Portuguese...
Southwark / Blackfriars 1 min · Bookable
Westminster
Sketch on Conduit Street is a Mayfair landmark known for its striking rooms. The Parlour serves tea, patisserie and drinks from 9am to 6pm. Daytime tea or an...
Oxford Circus 2 min · Bookable
Soho
Swift is a cocktail bar on Old Compton Street in Soho. It opens from 3pm daily, until midnight Monday to Saturday and 11pm on Sundays. Walk-ins are welcome,...
Tottenham Court Road 2 min · Bookable
Fitzrovia
The Attendant in Fitzrovia is a café in a restored Victorian public toilet on Foley Street. It is first come, first served, with no reservations, and pets are...
Goodge Street 2 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Clerkenwell
The Parlour at The Zetter Clerkenwell is an intimate bar on St John's Square, serving cocktails, British wines and small plates. It opens from breakfast until...
Farringdon 2 min · Bookable
Camden
The Postal Museum lets you ride Mail Rail, a miniature train through the old postal tunnels under London. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm, with the...
Farringdon 3 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
North London
Chapter 2 · 7 date spots
Islington
69 Colebrooke Row calls itself the Bar with No Name, a small cocktail bar just off Islington's main road. It serves seasonal cocktails, aperitifs and...
Angel 2 min · Bookable
Islington
BookBar on Blackstock Road is an independent bookshop, wine bar and social space. It opens until 9pm from Wednesday to Friday and is closed on Mondays. The...
Arsenal / Finsbury Park 9 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Highbury
Clay Time is a community pottery studio with sites in Islington, on Blackstock Road, and Highgate, on Bertram Street. It runs wheel-throwing tasters,...
Arsenal / Finsbury Park 8 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Ravenswood Industrial Estate
God's Own Junkyard is a Walthamstow warehouse full of neon signs, collected by the late Chris Bracey. It opens at weekends only, Friday and Saturday 11am to...
Walthamstow Central 4 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
King's Cross
Spiritland is a café, bar and radio studio on Stable Street, off Granary Square, built around a sound system by Living Voice. It is seated with table service,...
King's Cross St Pancras 5 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Islington
The Lighterman is a pub and dining room on Granary Square, over three floors with wrap-around terraces and a bar on the canal towpath. It opens every day from...
King's Cross St Pancras 5 min · Bookable
Dalston
Three Sheets Dalston was opened in 2016 by brothers Max and Noel Venning. Its cocktail menu is split into One, Two and Three Sheet sections by strength of...
Dalston Junction 1 min · Bookable
East London
Chapter 3 · 15 date spots
Hackney
107 Wine Shop & Bar is a small wine shop and bar on Lower Clapton Road, with food from its own kitchen. It opens from midday six days a week. Seats are few, so...
Clapton 3 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Tower Hamlets
A Bar with Shapes for a Name is a Bauhaus-inspired cocktail bar on Kingsland Road, opened in May 2021 by a team led by Remy Savage. It stocks only 20 bottles,...
Hoxton 2 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Moorgate
Aviary is the rooftop restaurant and terrace on the tenth floor of Montcalm Royal London House, on Finsbury Square. It looks out over the City and serves...
Moorgate / Old Street 14 min · Bookable
Hackney
Behind This Wall is a basement bar beneath the Narrow Way in Hackney Central, built around a warm, vintage sound system. There is no menu: staff make your...
London Fields 4 min · Bookable
Shoreditch
Callooh Callay has been on Rivington Street in Shoreditch since 2008, with menus inspired by Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and secret rooms to find. It opens...
Shoreditch High Street 2 min · Bookable
Tower Hamlets
Discount Suit Company opened in January 2014 in a former suit tailor's store room on Wentworth Street. It serves classically inspired cocktails to a soundtrack...
Liverpool Street 4 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Floors 7-10
Frank's Cafe is the summer rooftop bar on Peckham's multi-storey car park, run with Bold Tendencies since 2009. In 2026 it opened from 15 May to 12 September,...
Peckham Rye 5 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Islington
Happiness Forgets is a basement cocktail bar on Hoxton Square. It promises great cocktails with no wallies. It opens from 5pm every day. Book a table online,...
Old Street / Hoxton 2 min · Bookable
Greenwich
Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium is now on King William Walk in Greenwich, a cat café where the residents set the pace. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and opens...
Cutty Sark DLR 1 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
Hackney
Netil360 is a rooftop bar on top of Netil House by London Fields, with panoramic views over London. It serves natural wine, craft beer, cocktails and...
London Fields 2 min · Bookable
Islington
Nightjar is a basement cocktail bar on City Road, known for historically inspired serves and rare vintage spirits. Live jazz, blues, swing or funk plays every...
Old Street 1 min · Bookable
Southwark
Nine Lives is a basement cocktail bar near London Bridge, championing Mexican spirits since 2017, with a taco kitchen. It has made Time Out's top 50 London...
London Bridge 2 min · Bookable
Tower Hamlets
Sager + Wilde is a wine bar on Hackney Road, with candles, natural wine and small plates. It opens from 5pm Monday to Friday and 2pm at weekends. Tables can be...
Hoxton / Cambridge Heath 3 min · Bookable
Bethnal Green
Satan's Whiskers opened in late 2013 as Bethnal Green's neighbourhood cocktail bar. The menu changes daily, set to a hip-hop soundtrack. It opens from 5pm and...
Bethnal Green 1 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
City of London
Sky Garden is a free public garden at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street, 35 floors above the City. Book a free timed ticket well ahead. The garden opens from 10am...
Monument 1 min · Walk-in
Walk-in
South London
Chapter 4 · 1 date spot
133A Rye Lane
Forza Wine is an Italian-ish rooftop bar and restaurant above Rye Lane in Peckham, with views over south London. It opens from midday, until midnight Monday to...
Peckham Rye 1 min · Bookable
West London
Chapter 5 · 1 date spot
Kensington and Chelsea
Evans & Peel Detective Agency is a 1920s-style speakeasy on Earls Court Road, where you pitch your case to a detective before you are let in. It gives two...
Earl's Court 2 min · Bookable
Frequently asked questions
How do we pick a date spot that is fair for both of us to reach?
Unique Date Spots Across Central London is a spread of date spots, from quieter rooms to louder, quirkier nights. Add both origins in FairWhere and it ranks by journey fairness, so nobody starts the evening exhausted from a one-sided commute.
Should we book ahead?
Filter for Booking Advisable where it matters, shortlist fairly, then book before you travel: a fair journey to a fully booked table still wastes the evening.
How does FairWhere rank places on Unique Date Spots Across Central London?
FairWhere ranks venues on this Placelist by FairWhere Score: journey fairness for your whole group, not by popularity, sponsorship, or who suggested the place first. Open Plan a fair meet to add origins and see the ranked shortlist.
Do I need everyone in the same area of London?
No. FairWhere is built for groups coming from different zones. Add each person's start location and it ranks venues so the travel burden is as fair as possible across the group.
Is this free to use?
Browsing Placelists and creating a basic plan with estimate-only ranking is free in the London beta. Optional live checks and deeper routing may use credits where offered.
