The Piano Works Review: Live Music Where the Audience Calls the Tune | A 4.1 piano bar where the audience requests the songs and live musicians play them all, a non-stop temple to the piano
Kaiho Japanese Cafe Bar Review: Liberation, Poured Again | A 4.0 Japanese cafe and bar named Kaiho – liberation, release – the second venue of that name in this district
The Drop Bar Review: A Name of Many Meanings | A 4.2 bar and grill named The Drop, a small word rich with meanings – a drink, a beat, a fall, a delivery
Double Standard Review: A Bar Named After Its Own Hypocrisy | A 4.1 bar with a wittily self-aware name, borrowing the phrase for applying different rules to different people
Generator London Review: The Hostel Bar and the Machine That Makes Power | A 3.7 hostel bar named Generator, after the machine that generates electricity, and a hub of young international travellers
The Walker City Kaiho Review: A Japanese Bar With a Name to Decode | A 4.6 Japanese cafe and bar whose name, Kaiho, carries meanings of liberation, the open sea, and release
Drake & Morgan Review: Two Sea Dogs, or Just Two Surnames | A 3.9 bar and grill whose name pairs two surnames evoking, whether or not it means to, two of history’s most famous privateers
Lafayette Review: The French Hero of the American Revolution | A 4.6 music venue and bar named after the Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat who became an American founding hero
Kiss Review: A Bar Named After the Simplest Intimacy | A 4.0 cocktail bar named Kiss, reaching for romance, glamour, and the most universal gesture of affection
The Chapel Bar Review: Drinking in the Language of Worship | A 4.4 bar named the Chapel, part of the long tradition of borrowing sacred words for places of thoroughly secular pleasure
35 Bar & Lounge Review: A Number for a Name | A 4.1 bar named simply 35, part of the modern fashion for naming venues after an address, a year, or a bare number
St Pancras Bar Review: Champagne on the Longest Bar in Europe | A 4.3 bar on the St Pancras platform, home to what was billed as the longest Champagne bar in Europe, beside the Eurostar to Paris
Platform Bar Review: A 5.0 From Two People, and the Whole Lesson | A bar with a perfect 5.0 from just two reviews – the purest possible illustration of why a small sample means nothing
Big Chill Review: From Festival to Bar, the Art of Relaxation | A 4.1 bar named Big Chill, invoking the festival, the film, and the whole culture of laid-back relaxation
The Rooftop at The Standard Review: The Most Literal Name of All | A 3.8 bar named, with total literalism, ‘The Rooftop’ – and a lower score that may be the price of a spectacular but exposed setting
Meetsiu Bar Review: A High Score From a Tiny Sample | A 4.9 bar from just 54 reviews – a promising newcomer, but a sample far too small to trust the near-perfect score
