London's best station bars

Where to wait when your train's running late
The Great Northern Hotel at King's Cross Station
Alex Lentati
20 March 2013

The Great Northern Hotel between King’s Cross and St Pancras will reopen in April after a £40 million restoration and includes one of Europe’s finest watering holes, above. In celebration, here’s our selection of London’s best station bars. Warning, they’re so good you might want to get a later train.

The Great Northern Hotel bar, King's Cross

Inspired by French railway restaurants, this spectacular bar takes up most of the hotel’s ground floor. There are chandeliers, mirrored glass ceilings and a 1920s art deco feel.

King’s Cross, N1, gnhlondon.com.

Searcy’s Champagne Bar, Paddington

Searcy’s selection ranges from £8.50 La Marquis de Marillac Brut NV to a £1,200 Balthazar of Laurent-Perrier Brut NV. If you can’t decide, get the Pommery tasting tray with four of its finest glasses for £18.

Paddington Station, W2, searcyschampagnebars.co.uk.

South Place Hotel, Liverpool Street

The bar of this hip hotel serves wine by the carafe and has a DJ set most nights so you can disco away the stress of your journey. The food is excellent and locally sourced, with smoked salmon from a family business in north London.

3 South Place, EC2, southplacehotel.com.

The Grand Imperial Bar, Victoria

A six-minute walk from most platforms, this Cantonese bar serves some of the strongest drinks in London. If feeling brave, go for the Juigui Liqueur, which is 53 per cent alcohol. There’s also Bubble Tea, beer cocktails and delicious dim sum.

101 Buckingham Palace Road SW1, grandimperiallondon.com.

The Rake, London Bridge

The Rake, less than 10 minutes’ walk from the station, claims to be London’s smallest pub but has more than 200 bottled beers and a lovely heated beer garden.

14 Winchester Walk, SE1, utobeer.co.uk.

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