The Best Bars for Non-Alcoholic Cocktails in London
17 bars with a designed zero-proof or low-ABV list, each backed by a publication or the bar’s own menu.
★ TOP 1050 BESTHotel BarConnaught Bar
The martini trolley that Director of Mixology Agostino Perrone rolls to your table remains the single most elegant ritual in global bartending. Cubist interiors by David Collins, marble floors, and a team led by Assistant Director of Mixology Giorgio Bargiani and Bar Manager Maura Milia deliver a level of choreographed service that no competitor has matched since the bar opened in 2008. Granted permanent Best of the Best status by the World's 50 Best, Connaught occupies a category of one, a luxury hotel bar that redefined what luxury hotel bars could become. Every city claims a benchmark; London's is here. The latest lists place it at No. 6 on the World's 50 Best Bars 2025 and No. 10 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Named by Time Out London, 9 Alcohol Free Bars in London: Places To Drink When You're Not Drinking (2025)
16 Carlos Place, London, W1K 2ALMon-Sat 4pm-1amFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarSwift
Opened in 2016 by Mia Johansson and Bobby Hiddleston, both formerly of Milk & Honey, and backed by Nightjar and Oriole owners Rosie Stimpson and Edmund Weil. Swift splits across two floors: a bright ground-floor bar for cocktails and oysters, and a darker basement of booths with a whisky list running past 250 bottles. The Irish Coffee is the house calling card. Accolades include No.30 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2022 and Time Out London's No.1 Cocktail Bar 2018–19. Bookings are by email only, the bar takes no phone reservations. Sister sites in Shoreditch and Borough.
Named by Luxury London, Low and no: The best London bars for alcohol-free drinking (2026)
12 Old Compton Street, Soho, London W1D 4TQMon-Sat 3pm-12am, Sun 3pm-11pmFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarThree Sheets Soho
Max and Noel Venning spent five consecutive years on the 50 Best list with their Dalston original before opening this Manette Street sibling in March 2024. The Soho edition debuted at No. 80 on the World's 50 Best Bars extended list, a first-year result that validated the expansion. The philosophy carries over intact: pared-back menus, exacting technique, and a refusal to over-garnish. In a neighborhood saturated with drinking options, Three Sheets Soho earns its traffic through consistency and conviction rather than novelty. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best New International Cocktail Bar at the 2025 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. It currently stands at No. 41 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Named by The World's 50 Best Bars, 9 bars nailing low and no-alcohol cocktails (2025)
13 Manette Street, London, W1D 4ATMon-Thu 3pm-11:30pm, Fri 3pm-12am, Sat 1pm-12am, Sun 3pm-10:30pmFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarLyaness
Ryan 'Mr Lyan' Chetiyawardana's flagship at Sea Containers London, successor to the celebrated Dandelyan in the same riverside space, the redesign kept the marble bar and added electric blue accents. The menu is ingredient-led: the current 'Collaboration 2.0' list builds drinks around ideas and collaborations rather than classic formats, in serves like the Pink Belly Gimlet and the Multi-Milk. Lyaness was the first bar awarded three PINs in The Pinnacle Guide and ranked No.39 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2019. Saturdays and Sundays from 1–4pm bring £10 Champagne.
Named by Club Oenologique, Best alcohol-free cocktails in London: 9 non-alcoholic drinks (2023)
Sea Containers London, 20 Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PDMon-Thu 5pm-12am, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 1pm-1am, Sun 1pm-12amFull profile- Three Sheets Dalston50 BESTCocktail Bar
Three Sheets Dalston
Brothers Max and Noel Venning opened this pared-back Kingsland Road original in 2016 and took it to No.16 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2019. The menu sorts drinks into One, Two and Three Sheets by intensity, all clean, thoughtful serves built on seasonal ingredients and modern technique, the carbonated French 75, with gin, lemon, Moscato and orange flower water, is the signature. Closed Mondays; a Soho sibling opened on Manette Street in 2024.
Named by The World's 50 Best Bars, 9 bars nailing low and no-alcohol cocktails (2025)
510b Kingsland Road, Dalston, London E8 4AEFull profile - Coupette50 BESTCocktail Bar
Coupette
Chris Moore's French-inspired cocktail bar has anchored Bethnal Green Road since summer 2017, named after the coupe glass and built on locally sourced ingredients, with calvados as the house spirit. The Champagne Piña Colada is the enduring signature. Awards came fast: Best New Opening at the World's 50 Best Bars 2018, No.18 that year and No.23 in 2019, plus Tales of the Cocktail's Best New International Cocktail Bar 2018. A second venue, Atelier Coupette, is now open on Moor Street in Soho.
Named by Club Oenologique, Best alcohol-free cocktails in London: 9 non-alcoholic drinks (2023)
423 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 0ANTue-Thu 5pm-11:30pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-1am, Sun 4pm-11pm (closed Mon)Full profile - Nightjar50 BESTSpeakeasy
Nightjar
A basement speakeasy on City Road that has spent fifteen years at the forefront of London's cocktail scene, peaking at No.2 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2013. The menu is organized by historical era, The Old School (1899–1933), Mid-Century Mixology (1934–1980) and Modern Classics (1981–2015), full of theatrical serves built on rare and vintage spirits, from a lavish Singapore Sling to a five-rum Zombie. Live jazz, blues, swing and funk play every night from 9pm, with the cover charge going directly to the musicians. Smart casual, 21+, one floor below ground.
Named by Club Oenologique, Best alcohol-free cocktails in London: 9 non-alcoholic drinks (2023)
129 City Road, Shoreditch, London EC1V 1JBSun-Wed 7pm-1am, Thu-Sat 7pm-3amFull profile 
PINNACLECocktail BarArtesian
Head Bartender Giulia Cuccurullo, the first woman to hold the position in Artesian's history, arrived in 2018 and worked her way through every rank at The Langham's flagship bar. A Global Patrón Perfectionist winner and GQ shortlistee, Cuccurullo represents a generational shift at a venue that once defined the London hotel bar arms race. The room still carries its stately proportions, but the program now reflects a quieter confidence: less spectacle, more substance. The reinvention is deliberate, and it is working. London's bar scene sustains itself on productive disagreement, Mayfair formality versus East London spontaneity, heritage brands versus first-year independents, technique versus instinct. The result, heading into 2026, is a city where no single style dominates and every neighborhood pours with conviction. Start saving for the flight.
Named by Luxury London, Low and no: The best London bars for alcohol-free drinking (2026)
1C Portland Place, LondonSun-Wed 4pm-12am, Thu-Sat 4pm-1amFull profile- CahootsCocktail Bar
Cahoots
A 1940s-themed cocktail bar in Kingly Court, Soho, styled as a disused Underground station complete with a life-size tube carriage. The site spans two spaces, the Underground bar and the Ticket Hall pub, with a sister venue in Borough Yards. Drinks lean on wartime-Britain theatrics, backed by live swing music and vintage DJs.
Named by Country & Town House, Dry January: Best Bars In London For Non-Alcoholic Drinks (2026)
13 Kingly Court, Carnaby, Soho, London W1B 5PWMon–Wed 5pm–1am, Thu–Fri 4pm–2am, Sat 12pm–2am, Sun 4pm–12amFull profile - Little MerciesCocktail Bar
Little Mercies
A neighborhood cocktail bar and restaurant in Crouch End opened in 2018 by bartenders from Three Sheets, pairing minimalist, prep-driven cocktails with modern European small plates. Known for drinks like a clarified grapefruit and hibiscus spritz and a caramelised white chocolate Old Fashioned.
Named by Top 50 Cocktail Bars, Low to no cocktails (2022)
20 Broadway Parade, Crouch End, London N8 9DETue–Sat eveningsFull profile - OrioleCocktail Bar
Oriole
Nightjar's globe-trotting sister bar, now at 7-9 Slingsby Place in Covent Garden's St Martin's Courtyard after leaving its original Smithfield home. The venue splits into the ground-floor Bamboo Bar and Terrace and a downstairs restaurant, with food drawing on Nikkei, Argentine-Italian and regional Mexican traditions and cocktails built from ingredients gathered worldwide, the Bamboo list runs from the Campania Spritz to La Culebra. Live jazz, blues and world music play Tuesday to Saturday, with the cover charge going to the musicians.
Named by Luxury London, Low and no: The best London bars for alcohol-free drinking (2026)
7-9 Slingsby Place, St Martin's Courtyard, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9ABBamboo Bar: Tue-Wed 3pm-11pm, Thu-Sat 12pm-12am (summer hours; closed Sun-Mon)Full profile - Punch RoomHotel Bar
Punch Room
An intimate, wood-panelled cocktail bar inside The London EDITION hotel in Fitzrovia, dedicated to sharing punches. Its menu mixes house classics with new creations, the signature EDITION Milk Punch blends cognac, rum, cider, brandy, green tea, lemon, pineapple, spice syrup and milk, and includes recipes guests can recreate at home.
Named by Luxury London, Low and no: The best London bars for alcohol-free drinking (2026)
The London EDITION, 10 Berners Street, London W1T 3NPTue–Sat 5pm–12:30amFull profile - WaeskaHotel Bar
Waeska
The Mandrake hotel's Fitzrovia bar builds its menu on ethnobotany, the traditional uses of a region's plants, mixing ancient herbs and botanicals like moringa, tulsi, palo santo and lion's mane over an expansive labradorite gemstone counter, beneath murals, artifacts and objets d'art. Live DJs Thursday to Saturday. Walk-ins only; smart casual (no ties, hoodies or sports shoes).
Named by Time Out London, Zero heroes: the best alcohol-free cocktails in London (2019)
20-21 Newman Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 1PGMon-Tue 12pm-11pm, Wed 5pm-12:30am, Thu-Sat 5pm-1am, Sun 12pm-10pmFull profile - Sexy FishPINNACLECocktail Bar
Sexy Fish
An Asian restaurant and bar on Berkeley Square dressed in mid-century glamour by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, with artworks by Damien Hirst, Frank Gehry and Michael Roberts throughout. The lower-ground Coral Room holds two of the largest live coral reef tanks in the world, and the bar claims the world's biggest Japanese whisky collection. Signatures run from Miso Thirsty (Hibiki whisky, miso, plum, sesame) to the Golden Riviera; happy hour 'Sundown Somewhere' runs Mon–Fri 4–7pm at the bar. The venue marked ten years with its 2025 cocktail book 'X'.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1J 6BRMon-Sat 12pm-1am, Sun 12pm-12amFull profile - Florattica Rooftop LondonPINNACLERooftop Bar
Florattica Rooftop London
A rooftop bar on the 11th floor of the Canopy by Hilton London City, inspired by the silk weavers who once lived and worked in this corner of East London, their craft echoed in floral patterns, vibrant design and creative cocktails. The list is arranged into themed collections, the '7 Virtues' among them, alongside spritzes, small plates and weekend brunch. Holder of a PIN from The Pinnacle Guide.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
11-15 Minories, London EC3N 1AX, United KingdomMon-Thu 4pm-12am, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 12pm-1am, Sun 12pm-11pmFull profile - The Bar With No NameCocktail Bar
The Bar With No Name
An intimate hidden cocktail bar in Islington known as The Bar With No Name, serving expertly crafted cocktails, aperitifs and digestifs. The tiny room at 69 Colebrooke Row hosts live jazz, blues and rock & roll.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
69 Colebrooke Row, London N1 8AATue–Wed & Sun 5pm–12am, Thu 5pm–1am, Fri–Sat 5pm–2amFull profile - The Little Violet DoorCocktail Bar
The Little Violet Door
The Carnaby member of Little Door & Co's five London house-party venues: an intimate flat on Kingly Street known for cocktails, weekend bottomless brunches and legendary kitchen discos. The film-themed list runs from La La Land to the Kitchen Disco sharer, with 'Sequels', twists on the classics, and alcohol-free Smiling Wolf serves.
Zero-proof section on its own menu
9 Kingly St, Carnaby, London W1B 5PH, United KingdomMon-Wed 4pm-1am, Thu-Sat 12pm-1am, Sun 12pm-11pmFull profile
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