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Vote for London's best bar and win £500 night out
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The London Club and Bar Awards, now in their 14th year, celebrate London's brilliant nightlife.
And, knowing what party animals you are, they're asking London Lite readers to vote for their favourite London bar from the list below.
The winner will be announced at the awards on 2 June and printed in London Lite on 6 June.
Everyone who votes will be entered in a prize draw for a night out at the winning bar, worth £500, sponsored by Ketel One vodka.
To enter, vote BAR followed by NAME OF THE BAR YOU WANT TO WIN followed by YOUR NAME to 65800.
All texts cost 25p and voting will close at midday on Monday 26 May.
Mahiki (text MAHIKI)
Super-strong drinks in hollowed-out fruit, treasure chests full of booze, igunanas in cages and a permanent party vibe in this West End tiki - all by royal appointment thanks to regulars Harry and Wills.
1 Dover Street, W1 (0207 493 9529, mahiki.com)
Below Zero Ice Bar (text BELOW)
The walls, the bar, the tables and even the glasses you drink out of are all made of ice - a great place to cool off this summer - in a designer thermal cape.
31-33 Heddon Street, W1 (0207 478 8910, belowzerolondon.com/icebar)
Club Bar & Dining (text CLUB)
By day, this slick West End venue is a relaxed brasserie-style restaurant, by night, the cocktails start flowing, the DJ starts playing downstairs and the girls start dancing.
21-22 Warwick Street, W1(0207 734 1002, theclubbaranddining.co.uk)
Paradise by Way of Kensal Green (text PARADISE)
West London's most glamorous pub/club/restaurant, with great food, beautiful people, a vast celebrity fanbase, two fabulous terraces and regular rocking party nights upstairs.
19 Kilburn Lane, W10 (020 8969 0098, theparadise.co.uk)
Proud (text PROUD)
Camden's celeb-packed art gallery and bar has recently relaunched, just in time for you to spend the summer reclining in a rock star deck chair on the huge sun terrace.
Horse Hospital, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 (0207 482 3867, atproud.net)
Bourne & Hollingsworth (text BOURNE)
With gin fizz in teacups and 1920s and '30s-themed decor and parties, this tiny but perfectly-formed basement bar celebrates a bygone age - though Prohibition is mercifully over.
28 Rathbone Place, W1 (0207 636 8228, bourneandhollingsworth.com)
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