Late Night

• Actually good places to go drinking in the West End when the pubs have shut

  

  The debate about whether or not London truly is a late-night city rumbles on, but the fact remains that we’ve all been in the position of wanting the party to go on, once the pubs have shut. The next time you find yourself in central London fancying ‘just one more’ here’s our pick of the bars worth trying.

• Gordon Ramsay is opening Bread Street Kitchen as a 24 hour City restaurant

  

  Updated 15/10/25 with opening date

  One of the city's most well-known 24-hour restaurants in London is the sky-high Duck & Waffle in the City. But now it looks like another restaurant is getting in on the action, one that literally looks down on Duck & Waffle. 

  We were the first to bring you the news, back in July, that there was a planning application put in

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• The Azuki Room sees the Dotori team opening a new Japanese restaurant by Chancery Lane

  

  The man behind the hugely popular Korean/Japanese restaurant Dotori is getting ready to open a second place, this time in the City. Alan Tse has been running the much-loved Finsbury Park spot for the past eight years, during which time he also managed to squeeze in training at the Japan Culinary Institute in Tokyo.

  Now Tse is gearing up to open The Azuki Room, just off Chancery Lane. He's taking

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• Late Night dining in London - the best restaurants where the kitchen opens late

  

  It's often surprising to visitors that London isn't more of a late-night city. But there really are good places to eat late at night (excluding takeaways) if you know where to go. Here's our guide to the best restaurants in town where the kitchens are open late.

• Paradise in Soho goes late-night with Paradise After Dark

  

  Paradise in Soho should be on your list as a new late-night haunt as they're get ready to launch Paradise After Dark.

  It'll all kick in from Thursday to Saturday, after dinner finishes, with their aim to shift the restaurant into what'll be "an intimate bar with speakeasy vibes". We think that Paradise is one of the best-looking restaurants in Soho (we love the Brutalist feel) and reckon

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• Stereo, a new late-night dining and music venue, is coming to Covent Garden

  

  7/12/22 - updated with the opening date

  There’ll be a new reason to dance, dine and linger into the wee hours in Covent Garden soon. With the pandemic closure of Roadhouse, once one of the area’s oldest live-music venues, there’s been a gap in the market (actually, beneath Covent Garden Market) waiting to be filled. Step up, Stereo, the latest initiative from global hospitality brand Experimental

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• Inca London is a new late night restaurant and club on Argyll Street

  

  It's not every day that someone manages to open a new late night spot in London almost entirely under the radar. But this weekend, Inca London threw open its doors on Argyll Street for the first time.

  Billed as "London’s newest Latin American show restaurant", although we don't know of many others, they've picked the perfect time to open in the run-up to the festive period.

  From what we can deduce, it's a restaurant

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• Duck & Waffle is back open for 24-hour bookings

   

  We may be some way off from knowing when the Night Tube is ever coming back, but there's at least one good sign that late-night eating and drinking in London is back on the cards. 

  For the first time since the very first lockdown, Duck & Waffle is back to its original 24 hour opening hours. So if you're back at work in the City and really fancy some of their BBQ spiced crispy

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• The Breakfast Club go late night with Saint Elmo's Sandwich Bar

  

  There are two places you can always guarantee queues outside in London - Dishoom and The Breakfast Club. Now the latter, having tied up the breakfast scene, are getting into the late-night market by opening Saint Elmo's (fans of John Hughes movies will get the reference).

  Saint Elmo’s Late-Night Sandwich Bar will take over their Berwick Street Cafe every day from 5pm. As the name suggests it'll serve up a range of sandwiches which they

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• Roast at Borough Market is launching a late night burger menu

  

  It's already a Borough Market mainstay, but the addition of a new late-night burger menu at Roast is bound to get the punters in.

  The new #Roastdoesburgers menu will be served from 8.30pm-late. There'll be four to choose from - three meaty burgers in brioche buns and a vegan option in a charcoal bun.

  • No.1 - 8oz quality British beef patty, cheese fondue, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, onion, and pink
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• Test Driving Wun's - a 60s-style Hong Kong late night spot you won't want to leave

  

  The team behind Bun House have turned this, their first restaurant in Soho, into a late-night drinking dive where the food and cocktails compete for your attention.

• DUM Biryani goes late-night with the Blind Tiger

  

  If you've ever fancied a late-night snack in Soho, then DUM Biryani may well be the place to go. They're launching The Blind Tiger (a nickname given to speakeasies in the 20s) that'll be dishing out food until midnight. 

  That food will be small plates and snacks (based on Andhra Pradesh and Telangana cuisine) including Pumpkin Papdi Chaat, a selection of crisp flatbreads with masala pumpkin, yoghurt and chutney and,

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• Wun's late night bar and restaurant on Greek Street will channel 1960s Hong Kong

  The duo behind Bun House and Pleasant Lady are turning their original site into a bar and restaurant inspired by the late night scene of 1960s Hong Kong.

• Gold on Portobello Road will be a four floor food palace with a late bar

  Notting Hill's food credentials are boosted by a restaurant and bar team that comes via the River Cafe and Soho House to take over this old pub. They'll be serving up sharing plates, cooked over fire or in a wood-burning oven. 

• The Little Yellow Door goes permanent in Notting Hill with cocktails, weekend brunches and a late night dive bar

  Imagine landing a fabulous house share in Notting Hill. That's the premise of this new pop-up turned permanent bar and restaurant on All Saints Road..