Hire the perfect cocktail bar in Liverpool Street

This Liverpool Street branch of popular cocktail bars, known here as The Alchemist Bevis Marks, is about equidistant to Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations – a five-minute walk either way. Bevis Marks is a short street in Aldgate that was home to Sampson Brass in Dickens' 1841 novel, The Old Curiosity Shop and makes for an ideal location for purveyors of fine curious cocktails.

The Alchemist cocktail bar and restaurant are spacious, dimly lit by moody naked lightbulbs, and decorated in curious artwork all to create that signature Alchemist ambiance. The cocktail menu reads like an adjective-heavy 19th-century novel with classifications like Chemistry & Theatre and Light & Dreamy, and all presented most dramatically. Whilst we prefer our cocktails stiff and without fanfare, there are no charlatans here, just signature cocktails and theatrical presentations.

With a capacity of 80, the Garden Terrace is a top private hire destination in the warmer months, and the restaurant and bar interior can also be hired with a total capacity of 350.

Located right next to Liverpool Street Station, Rake's Café Bar is the ideal cocktail bar for anyone who wants to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.

This bar is comprised of three distinct areas – The Front Room which is the home to electrifying DJ performances, The Parlour which is a lounge area where guests can relax on comfy sofas and No. 3 that’s up for private hire and group bookings.

Based on the tagline ‘no formalities, no rules’, Rake’s Cafe Bar is open all day so pop in, if you want to sip on cocktails while you relax in a lounge.

Flamboyant designs, creative cocktails and affordable bites. That’s what you’ll find at Patch East.

Expect everything from disco tunes, rock classics and commercial hits to funky beats, while you sip on delicious cocktails. With multiple disco balls covering the ceiling of the dance floor a la Studio 54, you can be sure won’t be a single boring moment at Patch East.

Offering a number of private hire space like the Ski Lodge, Le Boudoir, Art Deco Miami and The Shinjuku, Patch East is ready for all sorts of occasions – whether big or small.

Join the Illicit Moonshine Smuggling gang of the Wild West at Moonshine Saloon. Embark on a smuggling mission where you bring your own liquor and become the centre of a covert liquor operation led by the self-styled King of the Moonshiners, and Wanted Man, Clyde Cassidy.

Try your luck at card games with your fellow outlaws as you sip on delicious cocktails created by world-class mixologists. Combine your liquor with homemade syrups and garnishes as you create your own magical potion at this unique cocktail bar. So, ready to walk on the wild side?

Sophistication with a touch of trend. That’s what comes to mind when you think of booking a table at The Botanist Broadgate.

Featuring weirdly shaped furniture, cosy booths, velvet chairs, contemporary art works and classic brick walls, this cocktail bar is great for intimate meet-ups, emotional reunions and rowdy rabbles.

The hidden gem of this cocktail bar is nestled right below the bar and is called the Soda Room. Home to exotic taxidermy, quirky art prices and gold tinted furniture, this is where the fun happens. From Wednesday to Saturday, groovy DJ nights keep the fun going till late for you and your gang.

Simmons on Liverpool Street is the seventh Simmons drinking den so it comes as no surprise that much like its six other locations, it’s a colourful cocktail bar with plenty of neon signage.

With its kitschy decor, vintage pieces, and colourful nooks, Simmons Liverpool Street offers visitors and more than a few Londoners alike a place to drink.

This Liverpool Street cocktail bar offers its basement function room for private hire for all types of events. The best part about the basement? The hidden bar with refreshing cocktails and trippy drinks. Just don’t forget about their happy hour from 4 to 9 pm every day where you can sip on wine for as low as £3 or chug down a bottle of beer for £2.50.

Just around Liverpool Street and Old Spitalfields Market, Be At One, like all their branches, has nailed the party atmosphere and we'd be remiss not to mention it on our list of Liverpool Street cocktail bars as it definitely serves a time and function.

Open seven days a week from 12 p.m., this cocktail bar is a great place for big crowds (just don't think about how you'll have to shepherd everybody to the train station before the last train).

With a long, rectangular bar covering half of the room, sofa benches, and round tables beside the walls, Be At One Spitalfields is wildly popular with punters visiting London due to its proximity to the train station, and office workers who've already made the rounds in several Liverpool Street bars.