The Best Bar None scheme is back for 2025.

In partnership with Leicestershire Police, Leicester City Council Licensing and Leicester City Watch, BID Leicester launched the Best Bar None scheme in Leicester in 2023. The scheme involves venues being assessed on their industry standards, to help ensure a high standard of safety and service at venues across Leicester.

For businesses, this gives them an opportunity to develop staff, build confidence and set a benchmark for good practice and promoting excellence. For customers, the scheme offers confidence in Leicester as a safe place to enjoy socialising, and allows you to select the venues you visit based on their accreditation status.

2024 saw the second year of the scheme and BBN awards in Leicester. The primary purpose is to promote excellence in the licensed trade, leading to a more enjoyable, safer experience for the customer and more collaboration between partners. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate quality operators.

Supported by the Home Office and industry trade bodies, the BBN scheme aims to reward licensees who have the correct policies and procedures in place to prove that they are safe, responsible, and well-operated.

Award winners

50 venues received accreditation for their commitment to excellence in 2024, and this resulted in an awards evening for those venues. The winners can be found below:

Best National Pub / Bar – Cosy Club

Best Live Entertainment Venue – 2Funky Complex

Best Late Night Venue – Mosh

Best Leisure Venue – Lane7

Best Scheme Newcomer – The Marquis Wellington

Best Restaurant – Sonrisa

Best Independent Pub / Bar – The Rutland & Derby

Accredited venues

The full list of venues in Leicester who received accreditation can be found in full below. These venues have all demonstrated their commitment to excellence and responsible management, having undergone a thorough assessment process conducted by trained assessors:

  1. 1573 Bar and Grill
  2. 2Funky Complex
  3. Audrey
  4. Bistro Live
  5. Bodega
  6. Caddyshackers
  7. Cosy Club
  8. Curve
  9. East Street Lanes
  10. Firebug
  11. Genting Casino
  12. Grosvenor Casino
  13. Herb
  14. The High Cross
  15. Hogarths
  16. Holiday Inn
  17. Kayal
  18. Knight and Garter
  19. Lane7 Leicester
  20. Merchant Of Venice (Granby Street)
  21. Merchant Of Venice (Loseby Lane)
  22. Middletons
  23. Mosh
  24. O’Neill’s
  25. Phoenix
  26. Platinum Lace
  27. Prana
  28. Queen of Bradgate
  29. Revolution
  30. Riley’s Leicester
  31. Sixes Social Cricket
  32. Sonrisa
  33. Roxy Ballroom
  34. The Basement
  35. The Big Difference
  36. The City Rooms
  37. The Corn Exchange
  38. The Exchange Bar
  39. The Gadabout
  40. The Globe
  41. The Gresham
  42. The Marquis of Wellington
  43. The Metal Monocle
  44. The Real Ale Classroom
  45. The Rutland and Derby
  46. The Y Theatre
  47. Tonne
  48. Turtle Bay
  49. Veeno
  50. Watsons Cocktail Bar

For venues wishing to take part in Best Bar None 2025, further information on application dates will be released soon. Check the BID Leicester website and social media @bidleicester for further updates. 

 

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