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With temperatures due to reach highs of 27 Celsius this weekend, it\u2019s time to get outside. Following our recent round-up of the best London rooftop bars in the Square Mile<\/a>, we\u2019ve collected our favourite rooftop bars in Soho and Covent Garden.<\/p>\n Here are the very best, with one suited to you \u2013 no matter your vibe. <\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for a new opening, try Gordon Ramsay\u2019s new rooftop bar and restaurant Bread Street Kitchen, which launched earlier this month at the top of a City skyscraper<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s to the long weekend of sun! <\/p>\n The best London rooftop bars in Soho and Covent Garden<\/p>\n Best for a cool crowd \u2013 Broadwick Soho<\/p>\n Broadwick Soho brings a bold, Maximalist energy to Soho. The fairly new hotel and rooftop bar and restaurant attracts a celeb, A-List and media crowd. Live DJs play at weekends on their panorama bar Flute, which serves excellent cocktails and shareable platters from ceviche to steak and chips. Rather provocatively, their \u201cchampagne and a bump\u201d service offers a glass of fizz with a mini serving of caviar. Furniture, in mismatched shades of oranges and reds, hums with louche late night potential. Indoors its leopard print and mirrored ceilings. For more information go to broadwicksoho.com<\/p>\n Best British grub \u2013 The Devonshire\u00a0<\/p>\n Granted, when you picture The Devonshire<\/a> \u2014 London\u2019s most in-demand gastro pub \u2013 you hardly picture the great outdoors. Separate to their dining room though is a rooftop terrace, and if two of life\u2019s great things are superfluous British pub food and rooftop bars, The Devonshire might have just hit on something rather good. The best thing about the rooftop is that it is entirely reserved for walk-ins, and given the waitlist for a table indoors on a Friday night can span months, this really is the ticket. Go to devonshiresoho.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Best for music \u2013 Amano rooftop\u00a0<\/p>\n A stone\u2019s throw from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the heart centre of Covent Garden, the Amano hotel and rooftop bar opened a couple of years ago to quiet fanfare, although it deserves more attention. The hotel features bathtubs in windows with Drury Lane views, but the real treat is on the rooftop, where a terrace offers expansive Soho views. Better, though, is the line-up of international DJs who play the indoors bar (also on the rooftop). Too many of these spots have bad sound and are designed for the gram, but Amano\u2019s is decked out perfectly, and has the sort of loose, hedonistic vibe that\u2019s very hard to find in central London these days. It\u2019s a real treat. Go to amanogroup.com<\/p>\n Best for Mediterannean vibes \u2013 Ham Yard Soho\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n \t\t\tNew London rooftop bar will be biggest ever with 1,000 capacity<\/a><\/p>\n Find seating between olive bushes and lemon trees on the rooftop of Ham Yard Soho, which brings fragrances, colour and a dialled-down atmosphere thirty metres above the chaotic streets of Soho, adjacent to the former Windmill burlesque bar. There is serious prestige here: last year, a pop up with Chateau Le Coste, the Provencal vineyard boasting artwork from Tracey Emin and Bob Dylan, commanded attention. Part of the Firmdale Hotels group, which operates the Haymarket, Soho and Charlotte Street hotels, the latter also has a delightful terrace, which, set opposite the red brick townhouses of the titular street, is a whimsical \u2013 and quintessentially London \u2013 place for an evening meal. Go to firmdalehotels.com<\/p>\n Best for views \u2013 Radio rooftop\u00a0<\/p>\n So the vibe here is more mainstream (the bridge-and-tunnel Essex brigade find out about Radio but don\u2019t they deserve rooftops too?) but it\u2019s worth it for the views. Unlike most West End bars, which have obstructed views due to the high rises surrounding them, the Radio Rooftop has a surprisingly amazing panorama of the river and towards the west and east. This is definitely the best view from a rooftop bar in central London. There is the usual range of cocktails and shareable food plus live DJs at weekends and on popular summer nights. It\u2019s best to book to guarantee a decent space. Go to melia.com.<\/p>\n Best for Middle Eastern food \u2013 Yasmin<\/p>\n A counter to the British and Mediterranean vibe, Yasmin specialises in Middle Eastern cooking from its wrap-around central Soho terrace. Although this is the rooftop of the 1 Warwick private members\u2019 club, the rooftop terrace is open to non-members. Executive chef Tom has designed dishes including flatbread with sheep\u2019s cheese and hot honey and Turkish manti dumplings with guindilla peppers. Enter via the Nessa restaurant on Warwick Street, go to yasminsoho.com<\/p>\n Best for brunch \u2013 Kitty Hawk\u00a0<\/p>\n Page8 hotel on the northerly fringe of Trafalagar Square where it meets St Martin\u2019s Lane is an underrated spot for a rooftop cocktail. From the outside the hotel is fairly easy to miss \u2013 a grey building with a small doorway \u2013 but the rooftop bar and restaurant boasts decent food, booze and views. After opening, management weren\u2019t quite sure what to do with their prize sky-high possession, but Kitty Hawk, the British restaurant and bar, won their attention. Expect salads, spritzes, soaring views and some rather excellent Yorkshire puddings. Go to etmcollection.co.uk\/venue\/kitty-hawk<\/p>\n Best for shopping \u2013 1864 Rooftop Bar & Kitchen, Oxford Street<\/p>\n An easy up-and-out escape route away from the Oxford Circus hoardes, 1864 Rooftop Bar & Kitchen brings country garden-style serenity to the capital\u2019s most chaotic quarter. Small plates \u2013 lobster rolls, padron peppers \u2013 and cocktails infused with herbs grown in the garden. On top of the John Lewis department store, there are panoramic views, although don\u2019t get too excited: most of the sightlines are obstructed by neighbouring buildings. Go to 1864rooftopbar.co.uk<\/p>\n