La-Yam Rooftop

You're standing on a rooftop in Holborn, cocktail in hand, watching the London skyline do its thing without the pretension of Mayfair. La-Yam Rooftop sits above the High Holborn bustle in Kingsbourne House, giving you that rare combination: actual altitude, actual flavour, and actual soul. The bar trades in proper cocktails, the kind where the bartender knows what they're doing, and the space doesn't feel like it's trying too hard to be cool. It's the sort of place locals stumble upon and keep quiet about, though 82 reviews suggest that secret's half out already.