The 12 best new bars of Christmas

The 12 Bars of Christmas

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London is awash with new bars and it often feels like you are drowning with choice when deciding where to go out. I and the designmynight team have put together the 12 hottest must-visit bars in London, and why not try visit them all, over the festive period? It€™ll be the best festive season you€™ve ever had!

1) Callooh Callay €“ 65 Rivington Street,Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3AY (click)

A Narnia style cocktail bar with an incredible winter cocktails list.

Cocktails from £8

2) GloGlo€™s - 54-56 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3QR (click)

A Tokyo-inspired buzzing basement DJ Bar, with great cocktails and Japanese street food.

Cocktails from £8.50

3) The NightJar Bar €“ 129 City Road, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 1JB (click)

Prohibtion in the 1920s, in this modern day speakeasy, with live jazz.

Cocktails from £8.50

4) Ninetyeight Bar & Lounge - Morrell House 98 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3AF (click)

A trinket, cupcake, antique filled den of iniquity with funky music and fantastic cocktails.

Cocktails from £9

5) Purl €“ 50-54 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 7HX 

Snuggle up in this cavernous bar with a winter cocktail list including flaming spirits in warm mugs.

Cocktails from £8.50

6) Vista - 2 Spring Gardens, Trafalgar Square, London SW1A 2TS

Incredible view of London with a special outside roof covering for the winter.

Cocktails from £9.50

7) Hawksmoor €“ 11 Langley Street, London WC2H 9JG

Traditional cocktails and sumptuous steaks in this cosy bar restaurant.

Cocktails from £7.50

8) Tiny Robot €“ 78 Westbourne Grove, London W2 5RT

A relaxed American Italian restaurant with a late-opening busy cocktail bar.

Cocktails from £6

9) American Bar Savoy €“ Strand, London WC2R 0EU (click)

This London institution has undergone a stylish revamp with cocktails to die for.

Cocktails from £14

10) El Pirata de Tapas €“ 115 Westbourne Grove, London W2 4UP

The best West London has to offer for tapas and drinks (tequila!).

Cocktails from £6.50

11) Inamo - 134-136 Wardour Street, London W1F 8ZP

Dark, cosy and moody basement cocktail bar below the innovative and interactive Japanese restaurant.

Cocktails from £6.50

12) Be At One €“ 348 Old Street, London EC1V 9NQ (click)

The biggest yet in this great chain where the atmosphere is buzzy and the cocktails beautiful.

Cocktails from £5.20