Venue Guides

91 Jermyn St, London SW1Y 6JB

Dear Darling Nightclub

There are clubs in London that are good, and then there are clubs that make you feel like you've wandered into someone else's secret. Dear Darling is the second kind. Opened in September 2023 on Jermyn Street in the heart of Mayfair, it's built around a fictional aristocrat, hidden behind a wardrobe entrance, and runs one of the most distinctly curated two-floor experiences in the city. This is the full guide to what it is, how it works, and whether it's worth your night.

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24 Frederick St, Edinburgh EH2 2JR

Freddy's Nightclub

Everyone keeps talking about Freddy's. You've seen it on your explore page, someone in your group chat's mentioned it twice this month, and now you're actually considering it for Saturday. Good call. Here's what you need to know before you go.

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14 George St, Edinburgh EH2 2PF

Why Not Nightclub

Why Not has been on George Street since 1997 ￯﾿ﾢ￯ﾾﾀ￯ﾾﾔ making it the original. Long before the strip filled up with bars and clubs, Why Not was already there. Since a full refurbishment in 2013 it's won eleven national awards and built a reputation as one of the most ambitious club experiences in Scotland. That's a bold claim. Here's whether it holds up. I went to check it out. This is what you actually need to know.

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32-37 Cowper St, London EC2A 4AP

XOYO

XOYO is back. Not just open ￢ﾀﾔ actually back. New owners, a full two-month refurbishment, a recalibrated Void soundsystem, and the kind of energy that Shoreditch has been missing for a few years. If you haven't been since 2022, you're essentially walking into a different club. Here's everything you need to know.

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125b George St, Edinburgh EH2 4JN

Coco Boho

George Street is full of options. Most of them are fine. Coco Boho is the one people keep coming back to, and when you dig into what it actually offers ￢ﾀﾔ a proper cocktail bar, a rotating events calendar, no dress code, no entry fee, and a room that runs until 3am five nights a week ￢ﾀﾔ it becomes obvious why. This is everything you need to know before you go.

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16 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PF

Shanghai Nightclub

Shanghai has been part of Edinburgh's nightlife since 2006. That kind of staying power in a city where clubs come and go says something. Tucked beneath the Le Monde hotel on George Street, it's not the biggest venue in the city ￢ﾀﾔ but it's carved out a reputation as one of the most consistent, especially for students mid-week and a broader crowd on weekends. I went to see it for myself. Here's the honest picture.

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40-42 Grindlay Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AP

4042 Edinburgh

Not every great night out in Edinburgh comes dressed up in velvet ropes and cocktail menus written in cursive. Sometimes it comes in distressed walls, peeling fly posters, a ping-pong table in the corner and a bar that keeps going until 3am. That's 4042. It sits at 40-42 Grindlay Street ￢ﾀﾔ the same address that housed the Citrus Club for over twenty-five years ￢ﾀﾔ and it brings its own identity to a building with a lot of history behind it.

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11 Hastie's Cl, Edinburgh EH1 1HJ

La Belle Angele

Some venues earn their reputation over decades of consistent bookings. La Belle Angￃﾨle earned its the hard way ￢ﾀﾔ through the 90s underground scene, through a catastrophic fire that took the building down to nothing, and through twelve years of silence before it came back. The fact that it did come back, and that it's now one of the most respected live music and club venues in the city, tells you everything about what this place means to Edinburgh nightlife.

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Aldermary House, 10-15 Queen St, London EC4N 1TX

Carwash Nightclub

Some clubs chase trends. Carwash has been setting them since 1989. Over 37 years, more than 7,200 parties, and roughly six million people through the doors, this is not a venue that stumbled onto the disco revival. It started the conversation, outlasted every counter-trend, and is still one of the most consistently packed rooms in London on a Saturday night. Here's what it's actually like, what the different events involve, and whether it deserves a spot on your calendar.

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