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

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 range runs from a 10pm start 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. A handful of rooms open earlier, and it is worth knowing which, because an earlier door usually means the venue expects dinner-to-club traffic rather than a late arrival.

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. Three patterns cover almost every room in the city.

Closes at 3:00am or 3:30am. The earlier-opening venues also tend to close earlier. The Box runs 10pm to 3am and Maison Close 10pm to 3:30am. You get a similar number of hours, shifted earlier in the night.

Closes at 4:00am. This is the majority, including Tape London, Cirque Le Soir, Maddox Club, London Reign, Cuckoo Club, Selene, Tabu, Dear Darling, Funky Buddha, Luna and Rex Rooms.

Closes at 5:00am or later. Scotch of St James runs to 5am and Beat London to 6am, which makes Beat 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 2am to 6am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Green Room keeps the same 2am to 6am window on the same nights. 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 Cuckoo Club, Maison Close and The Box on Wednesdays. Sunday is the quietest night of the lot, with Tape London, Dear Darling and Selene 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.