George

Spear’s Review

At George, one of the Birley Clubs owned by Richard Caring, guests, having been met by the club’s two dogs, George and George, are welcomed into a metallic-blue space dotted with a huge collection of David Hockney artworks. There is usually space on Mayfair’s largest terrace, or they can sit inside at the long bar or near the open kitchen, a feature carried over during the renovation of the club in 2023.

Downstairs is a deep-red cocktail bar edged with plushly furnished nooks and booths for more private groups and a set of DJ decks behind a deco plinth for the frequent parties held here. A heavily ventilated cigar terrace sits to one side, with Lalique glass dogs maintaining the man’s-best-friend theme.

George does not offer accommodation, but guests in this part of Mayfair are rarely stuck for options when they tumble out onto the wide streets at one in the morning, happily feeling the effects of fine food, drink and company.