Julie’s Bar
135 Portland Road, London W11
Website: www.juliesrestaurant.com
Underground: Holland Park
Has been popular with the in-crowd for ages. Beautifully decorated with Victorian and Oriental antiques. The food is great too!
The Academy
57 Portland Road, W11
Underground: Holland Park
Beautiful bar on a prime corner location, this place has a conservatory for that alfresco drinking/dining feel.
Blagclub Holland Park
Basement, 11 Russell Gardens, W14
Website: www.blagclub.com
Underground: Olympia
This sumptious, intricately decorated basement bar and club is winner of Best Bar None award for best night club in Kensington and Chelsea in 2008. There’s also a Blagclub at 68 Notting Hill Gate, W11 and a larger one at the Canalot Studios, 222 Kensal Road, W10.