Julie’s, west London’s posh boho bistro, is celebrating Burns Night with an evening of Scottish cuisine. Sit down in the restaurant’s famously plush dining room to tuck into dishes including lamb belly and haggis scotch egg, crispy langoustines with black pudding, and the classic Haggis with neeps and tatties. For pudding, there’ll be a traditional Clootie dumpling served with whisky ice cream. Woolf it all down with fine wines, Scottish whiskies and even an Irn Bru daiquiri, all while being serenaded by a traditional bagpipe performance. You’ll be reciting Tam o’ Shanter before the evening’s through.
Thank god for Burns Night. As the long, bleak month of January rolls on, this kilt-raising, haggis-scoffing, whisky-fuelled celebration of Scotland’s national poet Rabbie Burns is a chance to banish the winter blues and have a rip-roaring time.
The Bard turns 267 this year, but you don’t have to be in the big guy’s motherland to join in the festivities. An estimated 200,000 Scottish expats live in the capital, which technically makes it the third most populous Scottish city, so you can guarantee there’s plenty of feasting, boozing and partying to be done down here too.
When is Burns Night in London?
Burns Night always falls on January 25, the day Robert Burns was born in South Ayrshire way back in 1759. This year’s celebration falls on a Sunday.
Whether you want to get sweaty at a ceilidh, pipe in a haggis, or have a classy time at a whisky tasting or indulgent Burns supper, this is how you can enjoy Burns Night 2026 in London.
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