Union Club, Vauxhall: Pub in Lambeth, London

Union Club is a late-night room in Vauxhall, SE1, built around club nights that run on a rhythm you can learn. Midweek parties with a regular format sit alongside weekend sessions that stretch well past midnight. Themed nights are part of the character. Seasonal specials and costume-led parties give the calendar a sense of occasion, and the after parties suggest the night is meant to keep going, not wind down at closing. The crowd tends to come for the music and the company rather than the scene. Go with people who know how to pace a long one, and treat the early hours as part of the plan.