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[http://www.applesandpearsbar.com/ bars in brick lane] - London is suddenly teeming with night time bar clubs  offering anything from burlesque to reside music as entertainment as the Licencing  Act forces councils to permit bars to open later. How though is the casual bar  goer to select the wheat from the chaff? This is where Club Insider comes in providing unbiased reviews of what is hip and happening working in london

Soho and the West End remains the spot for celebrity  driven bars. Although for the casual drinker to discover yourself rubbing shoulders using a  celebrity you'll have to get into the VIP area first. With the celebrity  bars Punk and Kabaret remain the daddies even though real celebrity action is in the clubs like Bijou, Chinawhite's Soho House and Movida. Around the drinks front Lab continues to  be the cocktail daddy although comparative newcomers like Milk and Honey, CellarDoor and specialist regional bars like Floridita are nipping at its  heels. Club Insider also likes every one of the Match Bars as well as the much derided hotel bars like  The Lanesborough and Met bar. Overall though Westminster's notoriously tight licensing rules have effectively put the block on new late licenses in Soho stifling the scene particularly with the chain bars continuing their  onslaught gobbling up independent venues whenever they can. In addition a lot of Soho's bar activity has migrated for the private members clubs like Soho House and Vanilla which makes  it that much tougher for the casual drinkers. Club Insider  also only recommends Soho weekdays as at weekends its far too touristey since the bridge and tunnel brigade  descend.

[http://www.applesandpearsbar.com/ bars in brick lane] - East London is when the action is around the new bar front with Shoreditch and today Brick Lane because the place where well moneyed  hipsters like to available to open new venues. Leaders from the pack have to be Lounge Lover and also the humongous (but 100% private) Shoreditch House but the like of Home, Last Times of Decadence and Hoxton Bar and Grill all have their own own charm too. Actually along Brick Lane or Shoreditch Traditional achingly cool bars are actually  any money several. All of which amusingly has created a back  lash with lots of hipsters now declaring their passion for their tired old local on the flashy charms with the style bar(s) across the street. A honourable mention for Cargo and 93  Feet East too although both of them are really more music venues than bars. Anything missing? Well possibly a few more live music venues first of all.

For North London read Camden with as numerous music pub clubs per square mile with there being  style bars in Shoreditch and members clubs in Soho. From your achingly cool Proud  for the rather run down but ever popular Monarch Camden is the home with the indie bar (or in other words pub) club...... and nothing else.  Actually that is not quite true Camden and it is environs also house several great gastropubs (the Enterprise being the best) and a couple of style bars too that Fifty Five is our favourite.

West London unfortunately is affected with the deadly RBKC (that is the Royal Borough of  Kensington and Chelsea) disease who within their wisdom have effectively position the kibosh on new night time venue openings. Club Insider however likes the electrical Cinema (part private) Paradise in Kensal Green and  Notting Hill Arts Club.

[http://www.applesandpearsbar.com/ bars in brick lane] - That leaves South London? A combination of laxer  licensing laws and cheaper property prices has generated a ripe environment for bar entrepreneurs  attempting to try different things. Cue Lost Society and Lost Angel using  their glitzy 30s themed take on d'cor and cocktails not forgetting The Loft in  Clapham. Most of these venues are already picking up numerous bar awards  from Periods and other magazines much for the annoyance of  these North from the River London rivals. Recently Peacock Bar in Clapham Junction may be making waves using its clever mixture of burlesque and cabaret early with retro 80s and 90s  Djs later. Having acquired almost every award there is certainly for  burlesque and cabaret Club Insider hears they may be planning to so something big in the western  world End very shortly. Watch this space.

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