Best Late-Night Spots

Editor’s note: The original Mayfair members' club, still the late-night benchmark. Membership only - bring a member.

Annabel's has been at 46 Berkeley Square since 2018, when the members club moved from number 44. Inside the townhouse, the interiors are garden-inspired and unapologetically maximalist, with several restaurants, bars and a nightclub spread across the building. Dinner, a drink and the dance floor, all without leaving the square.

Editor’s note: Quieter, more old-money, equally late. The roof terrace is the prize.

Robin Birley's private members' club occupies a townhouse in Shepherd Market, at 5 Hertford Street. Across three floors you'll find a restaurant serving British cooking, a bar, a nightclub and a cinema. It is strictly members and their guests only, so the way in is through someone who belongs.

Editor’s note: Dover Street institution. Music room downstairs, restaurant upstairs, open late.

The Arts Club, a members' club at 40 Dover Street, is built around the creative industries, drawing artists, writers, musicians and the people who admire them. Inside there is Modern European dining, a gallery programme and a lively bar, so an evening can move easily from looking at pictures to dinner and then drinks.

Editor’s note: Berkeley Square. Loud, dressy, a kitchen that goes longer than most.

This is Richard Caring's most theatrical restaurant, in Berkeley Square House on Berkeley Square. The room is the point: Frank Gehry's fish sculptures, Damien Hirst's mermaids and a coral ceiling set the tone before the menu arrives. The cooking is Asian, and it holds its own against the décor.

Editor’s note: Two restaurants, a lounge, and Asian-Italian late-night small plates until close.

Novikov, at 50A Berkeley Street, is really two restaurants under one roof: an Asian restaurant and an Italian trattoria. Both run at a lively pitch, so come for the buzz rather than a quiet conversation. Pick your side to suit the mood of the occasion.