Gay London Luxury Hotel Gui 2023 - Travel Gay

Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• LONDON GAY CAFéS & RTRANTS
• NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON
• GAY LONDON · MID-RANGE HOTELS
• GAY LONDON · LUXURY HOTELS

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

London is home to the most active Grdr ers on the pla, meang that if you're lookg for a genuely gay cy, you n't do much better. The actn to be had London extends beyond the datg apps, wh the cy boastg world-class gay clubs, a treasure trove of cultural sights, and a historil theatre scene. It's no secret that Soho is the ma gay district London, and this sizeable and central area of the pal is ltered wh fantastic gay clubs, bars, and gay-iendly hotels.

LONDON GAY CAFéS & RTRANTS

The nightclubs and bars the gay East London hotspots of Dalston and Haggerston are cidly edgier than those central’s Soho. If you’re cravg a ls high-octane eveng, be sure to vis the Royal Vxhall Tavern, which wears the crown as London’s olst gay bar. London Gay Cafés & RtrantsPaladar4-5 London Road, London, Uned KgdomPaladar is a gay-owned, award-wng creative Lat Amerin cuise the heart of the SE1 district between Waterloo and Elephant & Castle, London.

30pmLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023BALANS - Soho60-62 Old Compton Street, London, Uned KgdomShow on mapThe gayt, most popular rtrant on Soho's Old Compton Street.

Rervatns remend for Friday or Saturday updated on: 25 Aug 2023Last updated on: 25-Aug-2023Caffè Nero - SohoFor years, Cafe Nero (rner of Old Compton Street and Frh Street) has been the hangout fé of choice for many gay Londoners. 30 - 9pmLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023BALANS Soho Café34 Old Compton Street, London, Uned KgdomShow on mapStrategilly loted at the epicentre of gay Soho (directly oppose Caffe Nero), this 24-hour fé bar has bee one of the most popular gay hangouts on Old Compton Street. 30amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023BALANS - Kensgton187 Kensgton High Street, London, Uned KgdomShow on mapWt London branch of this well-known gay-orientated rtrant cha.

NIGHTCLUBBG: GAY CLUBBG ’70S LONDON

Whilst the atmosphere is not as que as 'gay' as s Compton Street lotn, BALANS remas a popular place for gay iends to meet and 'do lunch'.

The downstairs dg room offers live entertament for ders, cludg baret starrg the bt lol drag updated on: 25 Aug 2023Last updated on: 25-Aug-2023OttolenghiWarwick Street, Wtmster, London, W1B 5LU, Uned Kgdom, London, Uned KgdomShow on mapStarted by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, both gay men, the Ottolenghi rtrants and lis across London are some of the bt-loved food spots the cy. The seats are equipped wh iPad wh ter gay-popular bar, fé & salon is loted next door to KU Soho updated on: 25 Aug 2023Last updated on: 25-Aug-2023Fk's Salt & Sweet70 Mountgrove Road, Hackney, London, N5 2LT, Uned Kgdom, London, Uned KgdomShow on mapFk's Salt & Sweet is a takeaway fe and li that mak everythg om scratch. The Picdilly London Wt End 5-Star Hotel 65-73 Shaftbury Avenue, London, Uned KgdomWhy Travel Gay lov this hotel?

66Audience RatgBased on 1747 votRate The Picdilly London Wt EndVery close to DcriptnLoted Soho on Shaftbury Avenue, jt a 2-mute walk om gay bars The Village, Rupert Street, The YARD, this value-for-money hotel is ial for if you want to be close to all the rooms feature all the sentials cludg satelle TV and ee WiFi. The hotel has s own rtrant and bar, but there is an endls choice of fés and rtrants jt moments Availabily of Rooms at The Picdilly London Wt EndComments / Reviews are the subjective opn of Travel Gay ers, not of Travel Gay.

GAY LONDON · MID-RANGE HOTELS

Before 1976, gay venu London me two tegori. There were the members’ clubs that provid dner and dance, pl baret, for the stately-homo set. DJ Tricky Dicky was one of the first promoters to grasp the ia of the one-nighter – hirg out a pub or bar for the night, jt to put on a gay night.

His Dick’s Inn Gay Dis operated out of straight venu as far afield
 as Croydon, Ilford, Bishopsgate and Eton, packg a few hundred gay boys and girls at a time. Wh his pop and soul mic reviews and dis chart Gay News, Tricky Dicky received verage om a gay prs more terted polics, cema, theatre and opera than the mercial gay 1975 Tricky Dicky held a one-nighter lled Fangs unrneath a hotel Paddgton and, much to his surprise, the place was full to pacy, wh 600 dancg queens 
lappg up every mute.

GAY LONDON · LUXURY HOTELS

The night didn’t last long
 due to terference om
 the venue’s owners, who
 were none too happy about
 homos takg over their 
space. 1976 was a groundbreakg year for gay dis London, thanks to the arrival of Bang, London’s first gay superclub. Gary London, already rint at the Sundowner on straight nights, took his spiratn for Bang om the big gay clubs 
of New York, LA and San Francis.

For London’s scenters and disphil, a trip to Bang s early days, wh s vastns and hedonistic dis energy, uld be as liberatg as gog on a Gay Pri march (whose numbers those days were srcely bigger than a Bang crowd). Speakg at the time Gay News, London proselytised for the newly overground clubs: “Diss create the right environment for gays.

Legendary gay dis DJ Talullah, who
 up until his untimely ath 2008 was still DJg London and abroad, had first-hand experience of New York dis at s height. Talullah ttified to Bang’s unifyg effect on the gay unrground. However, the number of smaller gay diss that thrived durg this perd proved that Bang certaly didn’t have the monopoly on hedonism or dis.