Clubs
Private members' clubs assessed across membership criteria, principal rooms, food and beverage, and operating tempo. Coverage extends across London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo.
18.5/20 Clubs 5 Hertford Street 
17.5/20 Clubs Maxime's, Madison Avenue 
17.5/20 Clubs Annabel's, Mayfair 
17.0/20 Clubs San Vicente Bungalows 
17.0/20 Clubs The Arts Club, Dover Street 
17.0/20 Clubs CORE: Club at 711 Fifth: The Relocation, Reviewed 
16.5/20 Clubs Casa Cipriani: Old-Money Theatre on the Waterfront 
16.0/20 Clubs Zero Bond: The Power-Networking Club, Assessed Maxime's, Madison Avenue
Robin Birley's first New York club opened in 2025 on the old Westbury Hotel site, transplanting the Hertford Street formula to the Upper East Side.
Zero Bond: The Power-Networking Club, Assessed
Scott Sartiano's NoHo club turned a 10,000-name waitlist into the default room for New York's political and media class.
Spring Place, Tribeca
Spring Place built a members' club around productivity rather than nightlife. Inside Spring Studios, it is the best version of the work-and-leisure hybrid in…
San Vicente Bungalows
Jeff Klein's West Hollywood club enforces privacy with an absolutism that has made it the default room for the industry's most-watched people.
5 Hertford Street
Robin Birley's Mayfair club sells privacy above everything else — and the absence of a website, a sign and a phone you can easily find is the product, not an…
The Arts Club, Dover Street
Founded in 1863 and reinvented over the past decade, The Arts Club balances a genuine creative-arts heritage against a contemporary luxury operation — mostly…
Ned's Club, City of London
Inside Lutyens' former Midland Bank, Ned's Club bets that a 1924 banking hall and a vault full of cocktails can deliver intimacy at industrial scale.
The Battery, San Francisco
Michael and Xochi Birch built a members' club explicitly against the velvet-rope model. A decade on, the egalitarian thesis is its greatest strength and its…
Casa Cipriani: Old-Money Theatre on the Waterfront
Inside the restored Battery Maritime Building, Casa Cipriani sells a 1920s ocean-liner fantasy. The setting is unmatched downtown; the membership churn is a…
Soho House New York at 20
The Meatpacking warehouse that brought Soho House to America turned twenty in 2023. Two decades on, the rooftop still draws — but the model's scale shows its…
Annabel's, Mayfair
Six years into its Berkeley Square reincarnation, Annabel's remains the most theatrical members' room in London — and one of the most expensive to maintain.
CORE: Club at 711 Fifth: The Relocation, Reviewed
After nearly two decades on East 55th Street, CORE: Club moved to four floors of 711 Fifth Avenue in 2023. The new building is a clear upgrade — and a higher…