Ring In 2026 at These London Restaurants and Bars

You can do better than a night on the sofa with the dregs of the Christmas chocolates. Some of London’s best restaurants, pubs and hotels are hosting exciting – and crucially, still bookable – events to enjoy as we ring in 2026, whether you’re looking for an elegant multi-course meal or an all-out dance party.

For a classic Soho send-off, Quo Vadis is inviting guests – both members and non-members alike – to see out the year with a communal supper (£130) in its cosy private dining rooms, followed by a DJ set in the (usually) private members’ club until 2am. Jeremy Lee’s set menu promises four courses, including cured trout on soda bread, smoked haddock and puntarelle salads, roast sirloin with winter veg gratin, and a towering caramelised pineapple meringue to finish. Arrive early for live piano from 6.30pm.

Splash all the way out with The Ned’s black-tie New Year’s Eve blowout (£395), an all-inclusive party featuring a live performance from the one and only Beverley Knight followed by a late-night DJ set from London legend Fat Tony. There’ll be roaming performers and aerialists as well as unlimited canapés, feasting stations serving lobster and oysters, and free-flowing cocktails, beer, wine and bubbles all night.

All bookings after 8pm at Moi guarantee entry to the restaurant’s secret underground hideaway, The Listening Bar, for performances by DJs Lewis G, Granada and Jhumka until 3am. Upstairs, guests can choose between a set menu of head chef Nick Tannett’s bold woodfired cooking (£175) – featuring dishes such as crab and fried potato cake with caviar, and Wagyu skewers with black truffle – or a one-night-only 12-course omakase at the sushi counter (£165), both accompanied by a welcome drink. Party-only tickets are £75, including a £50 bar tab.

For something low-key, wholesome and undeniably commuter-friendly, head to The George to line your stomach with festive confit-goose-leg Scotch eggs before settling in for pints and a traditional Irish band from 10pm to 2am. Not sure you can stay awake that long? Good news: the pub’s nutmeg-dusted Irish coffees are killer. Entry is free if you’re dining or arriving before 9pm; drinks-only tickets are £25, including a glass of bubbles at midnight.

Essex Road’s favourite low-intervention-wine bar and pub has two options: kick things off nice and early at 7pm with a two-hour spread (£65) of brilliantly vibrant modern Chinese dishes by chef Jenny Phung’s Ling Ling’s pop-up, including scallops with pickled mustard stem and pork belly with Sichuan-spiced pancetta. Or skip dinner and arrive from 9pm (£35), when tables will be cleared for DJ G Stugs, who’ll be on the decks until 2am.

If catching a glimpse of the Mayor of London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display is a non-negotiable, Setlist’s soiree is difficult to beat. A ticket (£120) to the riverside bar’s bash at Somerset House includes a glass of fizz and canapés on arrival, live DJs until 2am and a spectacular view – all without taking an elbow to the ribs. Premium tickets with unlimited drinks are £250.

Tickets for the sit-down portion of Paired’s ninth food-meets-music supper club are sold out, but you can still grab tickets to the afterparty (£35), where DJ Dan Shake will be carrying the room into 2026, and Lisbon restaurant Sem will be serving killer snacks to go with Carousel’s long list of low-intervention vino.

For pure hedonism, The Standard beckons. Begin at Decimo on the 10th floor with a complimentary Belvedere Martini and a four-course dinner of oysters with árbol chilli and caviar (£120–£150), wild mushroom tamale and beef fillet with adobo, while Afro-Latin jazz collective Colectiva sets the soundtrack. Then, as midnight nears, Gilles Peterson takes over the decks in Decimo, while Tiffany Calver spins a high-energy DJ set in Sweeties. Party-only tickets are £50.