The Roxy

You're in Fitzrovia, just off Tottenham Court Road, pushing through the doors of a place that feels like it's been getting it right for years without needing to shout about it. The Roxy has that rare quality of being properly fun without the theatre—dark wood, decent cocktails, and a genuinely mixed crowd that ranges from local media types to students who've discovered it beats the student unions hands down. Live music is the thing here, and they take it seriously enough that you'll actually hear what's being played rather than it being wallpaper for Instagram photos.