The 7 best cocktail bars near Liverpool Street

Located right next to Liverpool Street Station, Rake's Café Bar is the ideal cocktail bar for anyone who wants to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.

This bar is comprised of three distinct areas – The Front Room which is the home to electrifying DJ performances, The Parlour which is a lounge area where guests can relax on comfy sofas and No. 3 that’s up for private hire and group bookings.

Based on the tagline ‘no formalities, no rules’, Rake’s Cafe Bar is open all day so pop in, if you want to sip on cocktails while you relax in a lounge.

Simmons on Liverpool Street is the seventh Simmons drinking den so it comes as no surprise that much like its six other locations, it’s a lively and colourful cocktail bar.

With its kitschy decor, vintage pieces and colourful nooks, Simmons Liverpool Street offering brings Londoners and tourists alike a fun place to drink.

This cocktail bar offers its basement function room for private hire for all types of events. The best part about the basement? The hidden bar with refreshing cocktails and trippy drinks. Just don’t forget about their happy hour from 4 to 9 pm every day where you can sip on wine for as low as £3 or chug down a bottle of beer for £2.50. Happy days!

In the midst of Liverpool Street sits this popular cocktail bar – Revolution Leadenhall. Stop by for the remarkable 60-foot-long bar, stay for the drinks. Kick the celebration off with your choice of beers, vodka cocktails or wines.

If you’re a regular party-goer, the name Revolution will definitely bring back a lot of wild memories. Almost every city in the country has one. However, the one in Leadenhall offers private hire in its own hidden nook called The Vault which is carefully tailored to suit your needs of your group.

Everyone gets down in the Revolution Underground's Basement Clubroom, where the celebration lasts well into the night. Although it’s open seven days a week, Saturdays and Sundays are reserved just for private hire and group bookings.

Just around Liverpool Street and Old Spitalfields Market, Be At One Spitalfields, like all their branches, has nailed the fun and relaxed atmosphere.

Open seven days a week from 12pm, this cocktail bar is a great place to stop by after a walk and shop at the Old Spitalfields Market.

With a long, rectangular bar covering half of the room, sofa benches and round tables beside the walls, Be At One Spitalfields is flooded with an ample amount of natural light that adds up to easygoing vibe. Get comfy, you’ll be here a while.

Flamboyant designs, creative cocktails and affordable bites. That’s what you’ll find at Patch East.

Expect everything from disco tunes, rock classics and commercial hits to funky beats, while you sip on delicious cocktails. With multiple disco balls covering the ceiling of the dance floor a la Studio 54, you can be sure won’t be a single boring moment at Patch East.

Offering a number of private hire space like the Ski Lodge, Le Boudoir, Art Deco Miami and The Shinjuku, Patch East is ready for all sorts of occasions – whether big or small.

Join the Illicit Moonshine Smuggling gang of the Wild West at Moonshine Saloon. Embark on a smuggling mission where you bring your own liquor and become the centre of a covert liquor operation led by the self-styled King of the Moonshiners, and Wanted Man, Clyde Cassidy.

Try your luck at card games with your fellow outlaws as you sip on delicious cocktails created by world-class mixologists. Combine your liquor with homemade syrups and garnishes as you create your own magical potion at this unique cocktail bar. So, ready to walk on the wild side?

Sophistication with a touch of trend. That’s what comes to mind when you think of booking a table at The Botanist Broadgate.

Featuring weirdly shaped furniture, cosy booths, velvet chairs, contemporary art works and classic brick walls, this cocktail bar is great for intimate meet-ups, emotional reunions and rowdy rabbles.

The hidden gem of this cocktail bar is nestled right below the bar and is called the Soda Room. Home to exotic taxidermy, quirky art prices and gold tinted furniture, this is where the fun happens. From Wednesday to Saturday, groovy DJ nights keep the fun going till late for you and your gang.