Sky Pod Bar

You're stepping out of a lift into what feels like the top of London itself. The Sky Pod Bar sits inside 20 Fenchurch Street—that distinctive wedge-shaped tower everyone calls the Walkie Talkie—and the views are genuinely staggering: you can clock St Paul's, the Thames snaking through the City, and on clear days, all the way out to the edges. It's not trying to be clever about it either; the space is all floor-to-ceiling glass and clean lines, designed to let the view do the talking. Cocktails are proper, the sort that don't feel rushed, and you're paying London prices but at least you're getting that vista included.