Charing Cross Underground Station

You won’t find tourists here—“the piano bar,” as it’s lovingly known, is basically terrible, but almost so bad it’s cool. It’s the only place in Westminster that stays open late, so after 11 pm, it’s full of young drunk political geeks in the full glare of lights that should not be this bright. I just wish I hadn’t been quite so often. Don’t go. You’ll only regret it. (Do really.) At the weekends, you’ll find a wannabe Billy Joel on the piano, belting out classic covers, with hordes of drunk politicos shouting along.