Mimosas, margaritas and bloody marys might be standard components of bottomless brunch, but you don’t have to bottle-pop all lunchtime long to enjoy the weekend. Instead, head to Near & Far in Camden and Peckham. Every Saturday and Sunday throughout January, the restaurants are offering vegan and gluten-free versions of their usual Mexican street food-inspired bottomless brunch – alongside an expansive menu of mocktails and non-alcoholic beers, wines and spirits (£19pp).

Book a table for a gang of mates between 12 and 4pm, and get ready for a feast – minus the early-evening hangover. 

Dry January is a test of willpower, and every incentive to go 31 days without a drink helps. Feel yourself wavering? Head to new booze-free bar Shaman, which opens its doors today at boutique Aldgate East hotel Leman Locke.

With help from nutritionist Olga Hamilton and cold-pressed juice pioneers Daily Dose, Shaman is shaking up the preconception that not drinking = tedium. The menu is as enticing as the muted pastel decor, and features all manner of mocktails that remix much-loved originals – from a sober negroni to a Locke Island iced tea. 

Multi-award-winning bar owner Ryan Chetiyawardana is known for starting weird and wonderful drink trends, not following them. But we’re very pleased that Lyaness, his beautiful ocean-inspired bar on the South Bank, has got in on the no-alcohol action.

Nearly half of the cocktails on the offbeat drinks menu (designed around seven key ingredients including banana, peach and vegan honey) are now available as non-alcoholic versions, using Seedlip and Aecorn spirits instead of gin, rum and vodka. Sipping on a Tattie Milk Punch while taking in  views of the River Thames? Sounds good to us. 

Missing nights out with mates thanks to Dry Jan? Stop that right now. With a buzzy atmosphere, plush velvet seats and beautiful cocktails, Redemption Bar has everything you need for a swish Saturday-night catch-up – and it’s an alcohol-free zone, making it the perfect place to avoid temptation.

Since opening in 2015, the chic vegan micro-chain (there are branches in Notting Hill, Covent Garden and Shoreditch) hasn’t so much jumped on the booze-free bandwagon as led the charge. The flower-topped drinks are seriously Instagrammable: try the coconut rumish martini to power you through the month.

Kitted out in marble, neon signs and millennial pink banquettes, all-day dining destination Grind is something of a shapeshifter. Nip into a branch at 8am for a morning flat white, and it’s a busy coffee shop; return at 6pm for post-work drinks, and it’s a lively cocktail bar.

Now, Grind has teamed up with stylish non-alcoholic spirits brand Seedlip to create a permanent range of alcohol-free cocktails, available across all 11 London sites. We’re talking negronis, margaritas and espresso martinis, alongside their regular menu of mocktails that taste just like the real thing. Cheers!