The Magazine
the-list · 4 Jul 2026

12 London Negronis Worth Crossing Town For

The stiff ones, the strange ones, the ones with a story. Ranked, argued about, and mapped east-to-west.

By About Town, London

Some are classic. Some come out of a barrel. One arrives with a cube of parmesan on the side. Twelve rooms across the city where the negroni is not an afterthought.

  1. Nightjar (Shoreditch) — the one that started the London negroni conversation. Still smoky, still theatrical.
  2. Tayer + Elementary (Old Street) — batched, cold, precise. Get the "Number 3" if it's on.
  3. Bar Termini (Soho) — the espresso-negroni template, in a room the size of a wardrobe.

Full list, addresses and the running-order at the top of the article.