St James Bar is the Sofitel London St James cocktail room at Pall Mall, combining 1920s references with deep-green velvet and antique mirror details. Its current menu frames French influences through playful cocktails, with the bar also set up for private gatherings.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-20
Plan Your Visit
8 Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y 5NG, United Kingdom
St James Bar’s own contact page lists 8 Pall Mall; the map listing uses the hotel address, 6 Waterloo Place. Checked 8 October 2026. Bar contact page
- Style
- Hotel cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Hours
- Daily noon–midnight; beverage service ends at 11:30pm and food at 11pm.Checked 2026-09-28 · Source
- Booking
- Reserve a table through the hotel's SevenRooms link or contact the bar directly.Checked 2026-09-28 · Source
- Menu
- The owner links its current La Nuit Parfaite cocktail menu.Checked 2026-09-28 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
19.3 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 56.8
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 25.9
- Serious press
- 15.3
- Social Vibes
- —Not scored · Evidence is not yet available; contributes zero
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Crowd signal
Google 4.5★ across 72 reviews.
The exact stored Place ID/CID is operational and typed cocktail_bar/bar. Sofitel has a dedicated current St James Bar page with menu and bookings. The hotel-level address differs from the bar-specific address; this does not make the Place a different venue, and the address discrepancy remains explicit.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
No recorded global awards in the scored window.
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.