What time do clubs in London close?

Four in the morning is the most common closing time and covers the majority of Mayfair rooms. The full range runs from 3:45am at Tape London and Cirque Le Soir up to 6am at Maddox Club, Dear Darling and Beat London, and closing time is set by the venue licence rather than by how busy the night is.

Which London clubs are open on a Sunday?

Sunday is the quietest night of the week for London clubbing. Tape London, Dear Darling, Selene and Rex Rooms are among the venues that run on Sundays, but the list is short and programming can change, so it is worth confirming the specific date before you plan around it.

Can I still get in just before closing time?

Often not. Doors usually close before the venue does, so arriving in the final hour can mean being turned away even though the club is still running. If you are arriving late, particularly with a table booking, tell us in advance so the venue is expecting you.

When Do Clubs in London Open and Close? Times by Venue

Q: What time do clubs in London open?

Most London clubs open at 11pm, and the main rooms on our list do, The Box included. The late rooms open after midnight: Beat London at 1am, Green Room at 2am and Little Tape at 3am.

Q: Are there after-hours clubs in London?

Yes. Green Room runs from 2am to 6am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Little Tape from 3am to 5:30am on Friday and Saturday. They are separate venues with their own licences rather than the main club staying open later, so you can either move across when your first room closes or arrive at the late room directly.

Q: Do London clubs open midweek?

Some do, though the list is much shorter than at the weekend. Cirque Le Soir and Rex Rooms open on Mondays, Tape London and London Reign on Tuesdays, and The Box and Rex Rooms on Wednesdays. Thursday is far better covered than the earlier part of the week.

New to London, or planning a night around a booking, and you need to know how the hours actually work? Most clubs here open at 11pm and close at 4am. The useful detail is in the exceptions, because the real closing range runs from 3:45am to a 6am finish, and which end of that range you land on changes how you plan the whole night.

We arrange bookings across these rooms every week, so the times below come from our own venue data rather than from a general guide.

What Time Do Clubs in London Open?

Eleven o'clock is the standard: the main rooms on our list open at 11pm. Beat London opens at 1am, and the late rooms, covered below, also open after midnight.

Venue	Opens	Closes	Nights
The Box	11:00pm	4:00am	Wed to Sat
Tape London	11:00pm	3:45am	Tue, Fri, Sat, Sun
Cirque Le Soir	11:00pm	3:45am	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
Maddox Club	11:00pm	6:00am	Thu, Fri, Sat
London Reign	11:00pm	4:00am	Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat
Scotch of St James	11:00pm	5:00am	Thu, Fri, Sat
Beat London	1:00am	6:00am	Select Thu, Fri, Sat

If you are booking a table, the opening time is not the same as the time you should arrive. That is a separate question and we cover it properly in our guide on how early to arrive at a London nightclub.

How Late Do Clubs in London Stay Open?

Four in the morning is the common closing time, and it is set by the venue's licence rather than by how good the night is. Round-the-clock licences have become rare: the number of 24-hour licences held by London pubs, bars and nightclubs fell from 183 to 58 between 2021-22 and 2023-24, according to Home Office figures reported by BBC London. Two patterns cover almost every room in the city.

Closes at 3:45am or 4:00am. This is the majority: Tape London and Cirque Le Soir finish at 3:45am, and the 4am rooms include The Box, London Reign, Selene and Rex Rooms.

Closes at 5:00am or later. Scotch of St James runs to 5am, and Maddox Club, Dear Darling and Beat London run to 6am, the latest standard closing time on our list.

Are There After-Hours Clubs in London?

Yes, and the mechanism is worth understanding because it is often described wrongly. The late rooms are usually separate venues with their own licences, not the main club staying open longer.

Two of them sit alongside clubs you may already be going to. Little Tape runs 3am to 5:30am on Friday and Saturday, and Green Room runs 2am to 6am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Both open at the point most Mayfair rooms are entering their final hour, which is exactly why they exist.

That gives you two realistic ways to run a late night. You can start at a standard 11pm room and move across when it closes, or you can skip the first half entirely and arrive at the late room from 2am. If you are moving between venues, tell us when you book: the second room needs to be expecting you, and a group turning up at 3am unannounced is the version of this that does not work.

Which Nights Are Clubs Open?

Opening hours only matter if the club is open that night, and this is where most plans come unstuck. Friday and Saturday are close to universal. Beyond that the week thins out considerably, and the venue list changes night by night.

Thursday is well covered. Midweek is narrower but real: Cirque Le Soir and Rex Rooms open on Mondays, Tape London and London Reign on Tuesdays, and The Box and Rex Rooms on Wednesdays (Rex Rooms opens every night except Tuesday). Sunday is the quietest night of the lot, with Tape London, Dear Darling, Selene and Rex Rooms among the few running.

Programming does change around bank holidays and the festive season, so if you are planning a specific date it is worth checking with us rather than assuming the standard week applies.

Planning Around the Hours

A few things follow from all of this that are easy to get wrong.

Closing time is when the room empties, not when last orders are called, so the final drinks go in earlier than the headline hour suggests. Doors also close before the venue does at most rooms, which means a late arrival can be refused even though the club is still open. And if you are booking a table, the minimum spend applies across the session regardless of when you walk in, so arriving at 2am for a 4am close buys you the same commitment across half the hours. Our guide to table prices in Mayfair clubs covers how that works, and the average cost of a night out in London sets the wider budget.

For any question about opening days and times, or to arrange a London nightclub booking around a specific date, just let us know and we will confirm the hours for the night you want.