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The best bars in Notting Hill London — from wine bars on Westbourne Grove to brasseries in Holland Park. Our editors' definitive picks for West London.
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10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
Notting Hill and the surrounding West London postcodes — Holland Park, Westbourne Grove, Ladbroke Grove — have quietly become one of London's most discerning drinking neighbourhoods. The bars here skew toward wine, brasserie cocktails, and neighbourhood consistency. This is where West London money goes to drink seriously, which means standards remain high and pretension is actively discouraged. These are our picks: the places that locals return to weekly.
Notting Hill's bar culture reflects its demographics: moneyed, European-leaning, and firmly uninterested in trends. The wine bars here focus on depth over flash. The cocktail bars serve properly but without ceremony. This matters when you're choosing where to drink on a regular Thursday.