It falls on a Monday this year so there’ll be a whole weekend of fun happening before the day itself
It’s that time of year again when everyone claims to be a little bit Irish – yes a great, great grandma on your dad’s side does count. Heading to your local for a pint or two of the black stuff is a good way to nod to St Patrick’s Day but if you want to take things up a notch, there’s plenty of live music, Irish dancing, and special dishes to enjoy. Here are the best places celebrate St Patrick’s Day in London.

The Sun Tavern
For exclusive Paddy’s Day cocktails, oysters, and live music, spend St Patrick’s Day at The Sun Tavern. Sink specialty cocktails, created in partnership with Teeling Whiskey (like the Beyond The Pale, made with Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey, Ice Cider, Chestnut, Sweet Potato, and Kerrygold Irish Butter), along with complimentary oysters from the Oyster Boy from 12pm, and there’ll be a cèilidh band and a DJ set from The Murder Capital to keep the party going.
Mon 17th March 2025
441 Bethnal Green Rd, London E2 0AN
thesuntavern.co.uk

Dickie’s Bar
Martini fans, you’ll wanna get down to Dickie’s Bar at Corrigan’s Mayfair this March as the Tayto Martini is returning to the menu. Cheese & onion and salt & vinegar flavour martinis will be served for a week in homage to Ireland’s fave crisps. If you fancy something a little more traditional, the restaurant will be doing a St Patrick’s Day menu featuring dishes like Irish whiskey crab & lobster bisque, slow cooked beef with Guinness and colcannon, and Irish stew.
Mon 10th – Mon 17th March 2025
28 Upper Grosvenor St, London W1K 7EH
corrigansmayfair.co.uk

40Ft Brewery & Acme Fire Cult
Neighbours 40FT Brewery and Acme Fire Cult are teaming up for an Irish all-dayer for this year’s St Patrick’s Day. Steve Ryan and the brewery team will be launching the Nitro Deep Stout as well as pouring Jameson boilermakers, with Andrew Clarke serving up his take on spice bags, made with grilled herb fed chicken, chicken fat potatoes, peppers, onions, chicken skin and Acme Vadouvan curry sauce.
Sat 15th March 2025
Abbot Street Car Park, London, E8 3DP
acmefirecult.com

Yard Sale Pizza x What Willy Cook
Yard Sale Pizza is teaming up with What Willy Cook for a pizza-based take on the famous Irish spice bag. The Jameson Spice Bag Special features the signature Yard Sale base topped with chicken tenders, chips, peppers and onions, all seasoned with a Chinese salt & chilli pepper mix. There’ll be chippy curry mayo to dunk the crusts in and you can also pair your pizza with a Jameson’s, ginger and lime.
Weds 26th February – Weds 25th March 2025
All Yard Sale Pizza locations
yardsalepizza.com

Daffodil Mulligan
At Daffodil Mulligan, Richard Corrigan will be celebrating St Patrick’s Day by getting in on the sporting action. Fri 14th March is the Cheltenham Gold Cup so the restaurant will be doing a three-course Gold Cup lunch with Fitzdares, featuring a free bet worth up to £50 for every guest and prizes from Daffy’s up for grabs. The following day, the restaurant will be turned into an Irish pub, where you can enjoy trad music; DJ Crothers on the decks; cocktails like the Black Velvet and the Gold Fashioned (made with Kerrygold washed whiskey and shortbread); and dishes like Irish cold cuts, steaks and sugar pit pork. The party will continue until late in downstairs bar Gibney’s.
Fri 14th & Sat 15th March 2025
70-74 City Rd, London EC1Y 2BJ
daffodilmulligan.com

The Audley Public House
Ceilidh band Banish Misfortune will be leading the Irish celebrations at The Audley Public House, where they’ll be playing live from 3pm. The pub is also showing the final round of the Six Nations on 15th March – Ireland kick off against Italy at 2.15pm – so get down there early to grab a spot and get the Guinness on order.
Sat 15th March 2025
41-43 Mount Street, Mayfair W1K 2RX
theaudleypublichouse.com

St Patrick’s Day Fest
The biggest indoor St Patrick’s Day party in London is happening at the Kentish Town Forum this year. There’ll be over 1500 people enjoying live music, Irish singalongs, DJ sets, and interactive games, with free-flowing pints of the black stuff guaranteed with the £32 bottomless Guinness ticket.
Sat 15th March 2025
9-17 Highgate Rd, London NW5 1JY
stpatricksdayfest.co.uk

Berners Tavern
Drag Race star Jonbers Blonde is hosting Jonbers’ Irish Revue at Berners Tavern to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. As well as a show from Jonbers, including Irish dancing and a Sinead O’Connor singalong, you can expect Glendalough whiskey cocktail and three-course lunch with dishes like smoked ham hock bubble & squeak with hollandaise, eight-hour Guinness beef shepherd’s pie, and Irish bread & butter pudding with Baileys ice cream.
Sat 15th March 2025
10 Berners Street, London W1T 3NP

Pastaio
As well as running a guest chef tiramisu series, Soho pasta spot Pastaio is putting an extra special one on the menu for St Patrick’s Day. The Guinness Tiramisu is made with chocolate Guinness cake, mascarpone and plenty of Irish whiskey.
Fri 14th – Mon 17th March 2025
19 Ganton Street, London, W1F 9BN
pastaio.co.uk

Guinness Bar at The Ned
Just in time for St Patrick’s Day, The Ned is opening a pop-up Guinness Bar on the lower ground floor. As well as being decked out with vintage Guinness posters and paraphernalia, the bar boats the shortest lines in the City meaning you get the freshest pours. If you don’t fancy a pint, you can get cocktails like the Royal Velvet (with Guinness, Nyetimber and cassis) and St James Sour (with Guinness, Johnnie Walker Black Label, citrus, egg white and pinot noir). And there’s a Guinness food menu to tuck into too, including caviar & Guinness crips, mini beef & onion pies with Guinness gravy, and Guinness cheddar croquettes with garlic mayo and parmesan.
March 2025
27 Poultry, London EC2R 8AJ
thened.com

O’Brien’s x Maison François
Frank’s, the bar underneath Maison François is celebrating St Patrick’s Day by inviting Kyiv’s favourite Irish pub, O’Brien’s, in for a party. There’ll be Ukrainian-inspired snacks and drinks on offer plus live entertainment and a raffle featuring prizes from the likes Agora, Oma, Manteca, Rita’s, Cubitt House and World Heavyweight Champion Olesksandr Usyk. And it’s all for a good cause with all proceeds from the night going to Mission Ukraine, a volunteer-led organisation that organises aid to the regions affected by the war.
Mon 17th March 2025
34 Duke Street, London, SW1Y 6DY
maisonfrancois.london
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