The Yard

A sleek, mirror-dominated refurbishment has given the Yard a veneer of class, but this is a place for unpretentious, boisterous good times. Ostensibly it’s just a bar, with no door charge and a closing time of just 1am at weekends. But with a populist playlist of cheese, chart and R&B triggering regular surges onto the roomy dancefloor, locals treat it as a place to strut and flirt rather than drink and chat. The action spills onto the rooftop beer garden in summer.