Category Archives: Bars
Soul Food At The Blues Kitchen Camden
Camden has always been the place in London to go to see bands, drink hard liquor and meet cool music folk, but rarely does food ever feature more highly than a quick carton of fried bits and pieces from the Chinese stalls … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, London, Restaurants
|
Tagged American Southern-style food, BBQ chicken nachos, Blues bar, blues diner, Camden diner, Camden restaurant, Camden stables, chocolate brownie, cocktails, gumbo, gyoza nachos, live music restaurant, Mai Tai, monterey jack cheese burger, oreo milkshake, soul food, Stripped Back Soul Camden, Whiskey Sour
|
2 Comments
Good Godfrey’s at The Waldorf Hilton
The roaring twenties make a return to London with the opening of Good Godfrey’s Bar & Lounge at The Waldorf Hilton at Aldwych. Referencing up the spirit of decadent years gone by, Good Godfrey’s looks back to The Waldorf’s opulent, … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, Hotels, London
|
Tagged 1920s bar London, Aldwych hotel, Astor Hip Flask, Champagne bar, flapper bar London, Good Godfrey's Bar, Hot Gin Punch, Howard Godfrey, London Fashion Week bar, London Tango Teas, mixologist London, Nelson Bernardes, somerset house, Stagedoor Johnnies, the Gaiety Girls, the roaring twenties, The Waldorf Hilton London
|
2 Comments
A Cocktail Wonderland at Loungelover, Shoreditch
Hidden bars housed in industrial buildings are hardly new in East London, but Loungelover is something of an institution in Shoreditch, mostly for its famous cocktails and speakeasy atmosphere. Already aware of the greatness of the cocktails, Steven and I … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, London, Restaurants
|
Tagged baroque kitsch interior, bars Bethnal Green Road, Black Diamond Sour, Blue Logan illustration, cocktail lounge, cocktails east London, east london secret bar, gyoza, Japanese bar snacks, Japanese tapas, Les Trois Garcons Shoreditch, Lounge Bohemia, Loungelover Shoreditch, Niku Maki, pork katsu, pumpkin croquette, Tribal Punch
|
Leave a comment
Guest Post: The Folly Bar Launch
Coralie Aude Grassin steps inside London’s new secret garden on the edge of the City… The invitation to the launch of The Folly on Gracechurch Street was intriguing: bar, kitchen, deli, wine cellar, florist, library, pop-up shop? A combination not … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, London, Restaurants
|
Tagged African Sauvignon Blanc Long Beach, Borough Market, Brindisa chorizo, concept bar, deli kitchen, florist bar, gastro pub, Gracechurch Street London, Jamie Oliver, London bar launch, Neal's Yard cheese, open kitchen, organic pub food, Pommery pyramid, roasted butternut squash, Skinny Russian Rose Martini, Spiced Berry Martini, the city London, The Folly, The Folly Bar
|
Leave a comment
Day of the Dead De-Light at The Met Bar
Last night, I finished off a hard day of work at the Metropolitan Hotel on Park Lane for a special bloggers preview of the Met Bar’s new Day of the Dead De-Light afternoon tea. The first to introduce a reduced … Continue reading →
Posted in Afternoon tea, Bars, Hotels - Luxury, London
|
Tagged blood cupcakes, central London hotel, chicken fajita canapé, cocoa nibs, coffin cake, COMO hotels, COMO Shambhala, crayfish canapé, creme fraiche, day of the dead, De-Light afternoon tea, dia de los muertos, fruit purées, ground almond cake, Halloween, jalapeno foam, low carb afternoon tea, low-fat afternoon tea, luxury hotel Park Lane London, marigolds, Met Bar, Metropolitan Hotel London, Metropolitan Hotel Park Lane, Mexican festival, reduced fat afternoon tea, spa hotel London, sugar skulls, tequila jelly
|
Leave a comment
Guest Post: Hendrick’s Carriage of Curiosities
Coralie Aude Grassin has a breakfast of cupcakes and gin cocktails in teacups at Hendrick’s Carriage of Curiosities during London Cocktail Week… Hendrick’s horseless carriage of curiosities really intrigued me. Pop-ups are quite a modern trend but this is something … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, Events, Guest posts, London
|
Tagged bloggers breakfast, Carriage of Curiosities, Clerkenwell pop up, curiosities, gin and cucumber, gin and tonic, gin bathtub, gin cocktails, gin in tea cups, Hendrick's Lecture Series, Hendrick's steam punks, hendricks gin, Hummingbird Bakery cupcakes, Last Tuesday Society, London Cocktail Week, ornaments, rose bathtub, Silas Wynd
|
3 Comments
Hendrick’s Horseless Carriage of Curiosities at London Cocktail Week
Hendrick’s Gin is quickly getting a reputation as the English Eccentric’s tipple of choice and this week Hendrick’s is bringing its raffish, dandy charm to London Cocktail Week, in the shape of the Horseless Carriage of Curiosities. A converted rail … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, Events, London
|
Tagged Bompas & Parr, carriage dinner, Class Magazine, Clerkenwell London, converted rail carriage, cupcakes and tea, curious cocktales, English gin, gin cocktails, gin distilling, Hendrick's Gin & Tonic, hendricks gin, Hendrick’s Horseless Carriage of Curiosities, intimate dinner, London Cocktail Week, Louis Lewis-Smith, Oddities, Quintessential Anthology of Gin
|
1 Comment
Courvoisier’s Punch Parlour at London Cocktail Week
Courvoisier is bringing more than a bit of punch to London Cocktail Week with two stylish free events – the Punch Parlour and New Orleans Speakeasy. Fine cognac brand Courvoisier has enlisted innovative Oxford cocktail bar, Raoul’s to become residents … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, London
|
Tagged agnostura bitters, cider collins, cognac cocktails, cognac sherbet mule, colonial tea punch, Courvoisier, covent garden, english garden punch, fine cognac, Future Gallery, ginger crush, honey and fig julep, Leicester Square, London Cocktail Week, mint julep, New Orleans Speakeasy, pop-up bar, Punch Parlour, Sazerac, tea cocktail, The Sunshine Kings New Orleans Jazz Group
|
1 Comment
Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo Cocktail
Edinburgh really comes alive in August and if you’re visiting Edinburgh Festival, Fringe Festival, or the Royal Military Tattoo, it’s more than likely that there’ll be a wee dram of Scotch whiskey on the agenda. But, if you’re more about cocktail … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, Edinburgh
|
Tagged 10 year old malt whiskey, Drambuie, Edinburgh brasserie, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh hotel bar, Edinburgh International Festival, festival dining menu, head barman Andrew Watson, North Bridge Bar, Royal Military Tattoo, Scottish tablet, Talisker, The Eaton Collection, the Scotsman Hotel, The Scotsman newspaper, whiskey cocktail
|
Leave a comment
Monastrell Restaurant & Tapas Bar, Alicante
Arriving at Alicante in the early evening (a welcome change from those middle of the night flights), we were right on time for a typically Spanish late dinner and where better than literally two steps from our hotel! Monastrell is … Continue reading →
Posted in Alicante, Bars, Beach, Restaurants, Spain
|
Tagged Alicante, chorizo in honey, crystal bread, Hospes Amerigo restaurant, hotel restaurant, Iberian ham croquettes, Iberian ham toast, Jamon Iberico, Monastrell tapas bar, restaurant atrium, Spanish rose wine, tapas, tapas bar, toasted almonds, tortilla
|
Leave a comment
