100 Wardour St (Bar & Lounge)

Occupying what was once the iconic Marquee Club, the raised ground-floor lounge at D&D London’s 100 Wardour Street gig isn't necessarily W1's most rocking gaff – although it’s a fair MOR bet for a suited-and-booted crowd (early Beatles is always a good look) who coming looking for plausible drinks and a selection of tasty small plates along the lines of artichoke tapenade, meaty skewers and fishy fancies. Cocktails on offer at the centrepiece 360-degree bar might include Next of Kin (a cachaça and coconut rum sparkler) and the signature 100 (an Amaretto and fig sour). You can also sink a couple of beers and shoot some pool in the small playroom, or dive downstairs to 100 Wardour St Restaurant & Club for tricksy fizzes, bittersweet Daiquiris and evolved Manhattans in what was Floridita, where the live acts and sought-after DJs pump up the jams until 3am.