Shake up your nights.

In recent years, Jersey nightlife has changed, from the preeminent larger venues that characterised pre-lockdown ‘big’ nights out to a wider selection of more intimate venues that fill fast and pour more slowly. These speak-easy inspired bars provide a perfect, characterful evening if you’re looking for something a bit more than a pub crawl.

The Weighbridge is a good place to start. The dominant Royal Yacht Hotel has a variety of different drinking options available, whether it be outside sipping wine in their large al fresco area, squirrelled away in the Cabin bar (the last remaining part of the original historic building) or dancing the night away in their ‘Drift’ bar, there is something for everyone. Just over the road, The Square offers excellent food options and you can also drink there until 01:00. Across the cobbles of the Weighbridge, Ce Soir offers cocktails, table service and an in-house DJ with a more club-style atmosphere and upstairs gin bar. In the summer their alfresco area is good for people watching. Just up the road from the Weighbridge square on Hill Street is the expansive Chambers, which underwent a muli-million pound refurb in 2019 and offers live music; a fusion of pub culture and bar atmosphere.

The Weighbridge

+44(0)1534 720511 theroyalyacht.com

The Square Weighbridge Place

+44(0)1534 858220 thesquare.je

Ce Soir

10 Caledonia Place

The Weighbridge

+44(0)1534 610422 cesoirjersey.com

Chambers & (Smoke)

5 Mulcaster St

+44(0)1534 735405

If you fancy your nightlife a little more intimate. Tucked away behind Chambers is The Blind Pig, hidden down a back alley just around the corner (you can also get there through a little hidden door at the back of Chambers itself). One of our original speak-easy bars, it specialises in cocktails in a small but beautifully appointed room. Just a few turns away on Wharf Street, this year sees the addition of The Porter’s Store, which channels a 70s Americana vibe into its cocktail den.

Just one more right turn, on Broad Street, you’ll find Vinifera, worth investigating for an early evening glass of wine from one of the island’s most experienced owner-sommeliers. They also offer a private table in the basement, bookable for groups to take wine with delicious food.

If it’s wine time, you should carry on across town where you’ll find the newly opened The Watchmaker, a chic ‘wine, Champagne and charcutie’ bar. A stone’s throw away down a cobbled backalley is the clandestine Project 52, Once you’ve found the location you need to look for the buzzer and ring for entry. Open 17:00 - 23:00 from Wednesday to Saturday you can expect excellently blended cocktails, craft beers and a superb selection of gins and a nifty wine list too for a cosy affair of an evening.

If you’re looking for some pre-dinner drinks, the roof terrace at The Don is a sophisticated beauty above one of Jersey’s quality restaurants, Samphire. The roof garden provides the perfect oasis away from the hustle and bustle of the high street, where guests can sit and enjoy a drink when the weather is fine and enjoy wine by the glass, or one of their excellent seasonally changing cocktails. If you like the vibe of a premium hotel bar then don’t miss the cool calm of the Bohemia Bar and Roof Terrace at The Club Hotel and Spa on Green Street. The timeless elegance of the bar is matched by a cool calm, great drinks and the chance to be on-hand for dinner at our fabulous Michelin-starred restaurant.

Places to check out

The Blind Pig cesoirjersey.com/ theblindpig/

The Porter’s Store Wharf Street

@the_porters_store

Vinifera Broad Street

+44 (0) 1534 868884 vinifera.je

The WatchMaker 43 Halkett Place

+44 (0)1534 720558 thewatchmaker.je

Project 52 Waterloo Lane

+44 (0) 7700 803131 project52.club

The Don Cocktail Bar

7-11 Don Street +44 (0)1534 725100 thedon.je