Connaught Bar

Destination cocktail bar at The Connaught on Carlos Place, Mayfair, led by Agostino Perrone and Giorgio Bargiani and known for tableside martini-trolley service inside Cubist-influenced interiors. Maybourne’s official page lists Monday to Saturday 16:00 to 01:00 and a hard no-reservation policy. There is no booking link that will save a late Friday walk-up. Arrive near opening if you want a seat rather than a lobby wait. Smart dress is expected; the room reads as an appointment even when you have not booked one. Pair with dinner nearby on Berkeley Square or Bruton Place, then walk. Phone the hotel on +44 20 7499 7070 only for hours and dress, not for a table. Children are welcome if accompanied, with no space for pushchairs. Fashion Week and December party nights make walk-ins after 21:00 unrealistic. Use it when Mayfair is already the evening’s geography, not as a cross-town nightcap after a South Bank show. Treat Sunday hours as a check-again item on the hotel site, because third-party listings disagree. If you are coming from Umu or Benares, finish dinner early enough to be at the door near opening. The martini trolley is the ritual; order it once you are seated rather than at the door.