With its haggis-eating and whisky-drinking, Burns Night is one of the biggest dates in the Scottish calendar, as well as being the perfect reason to blow off any booze-less January diets you might still be clinging on to. Whether you’re after a few drams or you’re on the hunt for haggis, we’ve got the best of Burns Night for all you London lads and lassies.
Burns Night Dinner at Carousel
Four of Scotland’s hottest up-and-coming chefs – Sam Yorke and Tomás Gormley of Heron in Edinburgh, Colin Nicholson of Mingary Castle in Ardnamurchan and Gordon Craig of Taisteal in Edinburgh – are coming to Carousel to cook up a Burns Night feast this year. The five-course menu will showcase the best of contemporary Scottish fine dining, and there’ll be cocktails provided by The Botanist gin.
Weds 25th January 2023
19-23 Charlotte St., London W1T 1RL
carousel-london.com
Burns Night at Mount St. Restaurant
Mount St. Restaurant’s executive chef Jamie Shears has put together a one-off, three-course menu to mark the occasion – available for £80 per head. Dishes will include the likes of smoked haddock & potato soup, topped with a poached egg; venison & haggis wellington, crushed neeps, mashed potato and whisky sauce; and cranachan cheesecake with raspberry sorbet. And anyone looking to put on their own celebration can book out the Scottish Room, Mount St.’s Highland-inspired private dining room, featuring a dramatic antler chandelier and a hand-carved 9-metre Scottish oak table.
Weds 25th January 2023
First Floor 41-43 Mount Street, London W1K 2RX
mountstrestaurant.com
Burns Night at the Rosewood
Scotch whisky makers Glenfiddich are taking over the Rosewood for Burns Night this year, turning La Veranda into the Glenfiddich Time:Capsule terrace. Live recitals of Burns classics will be performed while projections set the mood and guests will be served a selection of Scottish-themed dishes with whisky tastings and cocktails.
Weds 25th January 2023
Rosewood London, 252 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EN
rosewoodhotels.com
Burns Night at The Chelsea Pig
The Chelsea Pig is serving up a three-course Scottish for Burns Night this year, including cullen skink scotch egg with spinach & mustard puree, Scottish beef cheek stew with smoked bone marrow dumplings and either a classic cranachan with honey & whisky syllabub or a deep-fried Mars bar with Buckfast ice cream & Irn-Bru caviar jellies for pud.
Weds 25th January 2023
35 Old Church Street, London, SW3 5BS
thechelseapig.co.uk
Burns Night at The Barley Mow
The Barley Mow’s executive chef Ben Tish has created a three-course celebratory menu for Burns Night this year, including the likes of haggis wellington, cullen skink and rhubarb cranachan, to be paired with organic whisky distillery Nc’nean’s single malt cocktails.
Weds 25th January 2023
82 Duke Street, Mayfair, London W1K 6JG
cubitthouse.co.uk
Burns Night at Bourne & Hollingworth Buildings
Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings are going all out this year with an evening of Burns Night festivities that’ll include music by traditional Burns Night pipers, whisky cocktails supplied by Glenmorangie and a five-course dinner of Scottish classics such as cullen skink, haggis, neeps ‘n’ tatties, cranachan, and deep-fried Mars bars. That’s not all, there’ll be a recital of the Selkirk Grace, live music and traditional ceilidh dancing too.
Weds 25th January 2023
B&H Buildings, 42 Northampton Road, EC1R 0HU
bandhbuildings.com
Burns Night Ceilidh at Big Penny Social
Formerly Truman’s Social Club, Big Penny Social is putting on a Burns Night party full of dancing, traditional violin music and live performances. Big Penny will be providing the drinks, including a choice of 20 beers on tap, and Scottish band the Sassenachs will be providing the tunes for guests to mark the occasion with some classic Ceilidh dancing.
Weds 25th January 2023
Big Penny Social, 1 Priestley Way, London E17 6AL
bigpennysocial.co.uk
Burns Night at The Sun Tavern
The Sun Tavern will be shaking up a special cocktail menu for Burns Night in collaboration with Aberfeldy whisky, including the likes of the Sweet Afton (Aberfeldy 12yr Whisky, Sauternes, Oats, Honey, Raspberry, Whey), Bobby Burns (Aberfeldy 12yr Whisky, Sweet Vermouth, Benedictine) and Cranachan (Aberfeldy 12yr Whisky, Sauternes, Oats, Honey, Raspberry, Whey). Plus, Deeney’s will be providing free haggis bites to keep you going for the ‘Address to the Haggis’ and Scottish hits played by The View.
Weds 25th January 2023
441 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 0AN
thesuntavern.co.uk
Burns Night Feast at Brigadiers
Brigadiers is putting an Indian spin on the Scottish celebration with a spesh Burns Night menu, complete with bagpipes. The feast will be a blend of Brigadiers classics and Scottish-inspired dishes, including the likes of saunfia Scottish salmon tikka, Shahi Highlands venison biryani, neeps korma and dal maharani. And you can take it up a notch by adding on a Johnny Walker whisky flight.
Weds 25th January 2023
1-5 Bloomberg Arcade, London EC4N 8AR
brigadierslondon.com
Burns Night at The Bishop at The Berkeley
The Berkeley’s winter pop-up, limited-time pub The Bishop, is hosting a one-off supper club in celebration of Burns Night. Diners will enjoy a four-course menu that will start with Scottish smoked salmon and heritage beets, followed by a traditional cullen skink and then, for the main event, haggis with barrel-aged whiskey sauce and the classic neeps and tatties. After the ‘Ode to Haggis’ is performed, dessert will be served – a classic Scottish cranachan. And, of course, there’ll be whisky cocktails too.
Weds 25th January 2023
The Berkeley, Wilton Pl, London SW1X 7RL
the-berkeley.co.uk
Burns Night at La Fromagerie Marylebone
The Marylebone branch of La Fromagerie is hosting a night of whisky, wine and haggis featuring a five-course menu, with dishes like cock-a-leekie soup, haggis stuffed with chicken supreme neeps, tatties & whisky gravy and whisky, orange & chocolate pots.
Weds 25th January 2023
2-6 Moxon St, London W1U 4EW
lafromagerie.co.uk
Burns Night Bash at Skylight
Head up to Theatre Walk for a big Burns Night bash at Skylight. There’ll be whisky tastings, cocktails, live music and poetry readings, plus a menu of Scottish-inspired small plates – including haggis Scotch eggs, crispy spiced neeps & tatties, smoked cod’s roe fish cakes and mixed berry cranachan.
Weds 25th January 2023
120 Peckham Hill St, London SE15 5JT
skylightbars.com