First of all, going out on New Year’s Eve is almost always going to be bank-busting. And so it’s not for everyone. There are many who prefer to do a dinner party at home — whoever has the biggest gaff — or else pitch up at a country pub and enjoy a casual, merry affair. What’s better than congregating around a fire with pinks and a whisky or two, having a little sing-song and then stumbling home in hat and gloves? If you’re thinking of Jude Law in The Holiday, that last sentence worked okay.
But the glitz and glam of a bougie party in some high-end hotel is ever-seductive to some. Dinner and a dance, what’s not to like? Especially when there are triumphant views across town. Those London fireworks, all that razzle-dazzle. A jazz band. Dressing up swishly. If you fancy splashing out on such things, you may do so in London with ease. Here are 10 places to dine in style on New Year’s Eve.
