Cocktails At Home With thebar.com
I won’t lie, we’re not easily impressed, especially when it comes to the numerous food and drink related websites and apps that seem to launch what seems like every day. They claim to… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Cocktails
Worth Its Salt | The Salt Room, 106 King’s Road, Brighton, BN1 2FU
Sometimes Saff and I get a little disillusioned whilst eating out. Don’t get me wrong, we still absolutely love what we do and we honestly appreciate just how lucky we are. It’s just… Continue reading
Piquet Mix | Piquet, 92-94 Newman Street London, W1T 3EZ
It’s always exciting when a new independent restaurant opens, what makes it astonishing is when it gets a clean sweep of 4 and 5 star reviews (well almost). The Evening Standard, Time Out… Continue reading
If You Go ‘Up’ To The Woods Today… | Forest On The Roof, Selfridges & Co, 400 Oxford Street London W1A 1AB
I rarely visit Oxford Street, I find that the hoards of tourists and crazed shoppers frazzles my brain, sending it into a spin. But if weaving my way through the crowds means I… Continue reading
A Chip Off The Old Block | Vintage Salt, Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street, London EC2M 1QS
We seem to be on a roll at the moment. Vintage Salt provided another successful restaurant outing with barely anything to moan about. Des McDonald (former head chef at The Ivy and consultant… Continue reading
Something For The weekend? | Supreme Saturdays At Yauatcha City, Broadgate Circle, London, EC2M 2QS
Yauatcha City in Broadgate Circle have launched Supreme Saturdays, a set menu showcasing the most luxurious dishes exclusive to Yauatcha City. For £49 per person this is excellent value and saves the hassle… Continue reading
Burn Baby Burn | The Fire Station Waterloo, 150 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SB
The Fire Station just outside Waterloo station is a long-standing institution, back in the 80’s it was one of London’s first Gastropubs. It’s been closed for over a year whilst undergoing a transformation… Continue reading
Softly, Softly, Catchee Chai Ki | Toddy Shop at Chai Ki, Mall Level -1 Crossrail Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AR
What’s this? Another good restaurant in Canary Wharf? I didn’t think I’d ever be typing those words. Before Crossrail, our dining experiences in the area had been pretty poor, but things are on… Continue reading
Take It As Red | Scarlet’s, 1 Upper St. Martin’s Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9NY
After being pleasantly surprised by how good the bar food was at The Sterling, we decided to give the all day menu a go at Scarlet’s in Covent Garden. Both Are under the… Continue reading
In A Pickle At The Gherkin | The Sterling Bar, 30 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8BF
You may or may not know that a couple of weeks back we ran a competition to win a meal and drinks for two at The Sterling Bar. Our Twitter account almost went… Continue reading
Flower Power At Aqua Shard For The RHS Chelsea Flower Show | Level 31, The Shard, 31 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RY
Just when we thought we couldn’t love The Shard any more than we do already, aqua shard has been temporarily transformed into an English country garden to celebrate the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.… Continue reading
The Beautiful South | Joe’s Southern Kitchen, 300 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TG
Joe’s Southern Kitchen has a new outpost! Not content with just having their central Covent Garden location, they have ventured a little further north to Kentish Town. We were lucky enough to be… Continue reading
London’s New Whizzo Underground Bar | Cahoots, 13 Kingly Court, London W1B 5PG
It takes a lot to excite us, there are countless new bar openings in London and to be honest, most of them look just like the last one. But then Cahoots happened and… Continue reading
Right up our Street | Union Street Café, 47-51 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0BS
When Gordon Ramsay‘s Union Street Café popped up on our work doorstep we couldn’t believe our luck. There was a huge buzz about the opening, rumours of David Beckham being involved and miscommunication… Continue reading
Viva La Revolution (Part 2) | Tapas Revolution Shoreditch, 58 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 8JW
I’ve often perched at the bar at Tapas Revolution in Bluewater. Either by myself for a sweet glass of café bombón coffee (for a mid-shop boost), with the kids for a churros treat… Continue reading
It’s too hot (hot damn) | HotBox, 46 Commercial Street, Spitalfields, London E1 6LT
We’d heard that HotBox, the latest BBQ restaurant to hit London, gets pretty loud (it certainly was on the launch night). So we rushed through any conversation on the way there, anticipating shouting over/at… Continue reading
Pass me a bottle, Mr Jones | The Jones Family Project, 78 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JL
The Jones Family Project has a lot going for it – a prime spot on Shoreditch’s Great Eastern Street opposite The Hoxton hotel, meat from renowned butchers the Ginger Pig who supply the… Continue reading
A Good Old East End Rub-A-Dub | Draft House Birdcage | 80 Columbia Road, London E2 7QB
What do get if you take a run-down East End pub and let Charlie McVeigh (of the Draft House group) work his magic? You get the Draft House Birdcage! The pub is by… Continue reading
The Frostival Winter Cocktail Experience at the London Eye
Get not one, but TWO loops on the London Eye with a wintery Sipsmith cocktail in hand at the Winter Cocktail Experience as ‘Frostival’ returns to the London Eye this Christmas. Now THIS is… Continue reading
Down by the riverside | Jackson + Rye Richmond, Hotham House, 1 Heron Square, Richmond, TW9 1EJ
We’ve been to Jackson + Rye on Wardour Street numerous times. The first, back in December 2013 when they first opened to sample their brunch menu. More recently was to pop in for a nightcap when… Continue reading