Cocktails

• The Berkeley are now sending cocktails by bike to Knightsbridge residents

  

  Look, we were already jealous about folks living in SW1, but now we're even more so.

  Not only are they in one of London's swankiest postcodes, but now they're also getting an at-home cocktail service direct from The Berkeley's Blue Bar.

  The Blue Bar Bikes are now available seven days a week. So if you fancy one of their martinis mixed for you on your doorstep, you simply call them up and one of the team will

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• BAO launch Cocktail Rescue alongside Rice Error in Hackney

  

  BAO have been very busy of late. They've recently launched their new home-delivery service Rice Error in Borough and Fitzrovia (you can read more about that here - and look out for a Test Drive next week). Now they're getting ready to bring Rice Error to Hackney - but that's not

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• Test Driving Top Cuvee's new park delivery service

  

  In what's rapidly becoming the new normal, Londoners, unable to go to bars or restaurants, are switching their social lives to London's parks along with picnics and booze. So you've got to hand it to Highbury's Top Cuvee who have not only spotted the trend but hopped on board.

  The restaurant, which had already done a stellar job of moving to delivery with their Shop Cuvee offering, yesterday started delivering wine and cocktails by bike to two

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• London’s best drinks… wine, beer, cocktails, bars and more...

  Whether you want a case of some interesting natural wines delivered, need to overhaul your drinks cupboard or fancy going out for cocktails, it's all here in our comprehensive guide to the best drinking to be enjoyed in London. 

• Whisky cocktails to order in for World Whisky Day

  To celebrate World Whisky Day this weekend, we've picked out five whisky cocktails worth ordering around London. All of these can be delivered the day you order, if you're in the bar's catchment areas.

• Timeless cocktail bar launches in Hackney

  Funicular Productions, the creative force behind some of London’s more immersive food-and-drink experiences, are opening a new time-travel-focused cocktail bar in Hackney called Timeless.

• Smokey Kudu and Curious Kudu see Peckham's Kudu restaurant empire expanding

  The team behind popular Peckham venue Kudu are opening a new tapas restaurant and cocktail bar, both on the same road as the original. 

• Hawksmoor bring in a new cocktail list and Spitalfields gets new bar snacks too

  

  One easy recommendation for a great bar in London has always been the downstairs bar at Hawksmoor Spitalfields. Now, for the first time in nearly a decade, they've brought in a completely new cocktail list.

  The 26 new drinks, many of which we tried on a preview the other week, capitalise on Hawksmoor’s second win for Best International Restaurant Bar at the prestigious Tales of the Cocktail awards in New Orleans earlier this year.

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• The World’s 50 Best Bars 2019 are revealed - Dante NYC claims top spot

   

  The World's 50 Best Bars 2019 were revealed last night with New York’s Dante claiming the top spot. The top-ranked New York Bar which has seen multiple residencies in London over the past few years placed above London’s top bars The Connaught and The American Bar at the Savoy.

  Also in the top 10 were more of our favourite international drinking spots, now familiar names due to regular popups and takeovers –

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• Anne-Sophie Pic is bringing her millefeuilles to Selfridges

  

  If you've been to Anne-Sophie Pic's restaurant La Dame de Pic, you'll know that one of the highlights of the meal is the very impressive millefeuille dessert at the end. It's VERY instagrammable. Now she's bringing the millefeuille to Selfridges - but as a trio of three flavours. 

  They'll be on offer at The Fount Bar by Ryan Chetiyawardana (aka Mr Lyan) on the shop's ground floor. There will

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• Eat Like a Girl Niamh Shields takes over the kitchen at Islington's Homeboy

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Regular readers of Hot Dinners will know that we're keen supporters of the Irish in London. As second-generation Irish ourselves we're always delighted to be able to bring Londoners a taste of Ireland here in this city.

  But we couldn't be more thrilled to break the news that one of our favourite food bloggers and authors Niamh Shields - better known to some of you as

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• Test Driving Wun's - a 60s-style Hong Kong late night spot you won't want to leave

  

  The team behind Bun House have turned this, their first restaurant in Soho, into a late-night drinking dive where the food and cocktails compete for your attention.

• BAO Fitz are celebrating a season of Autumn bar takeovers with limited edition baos

  

  BAO Fitz is kicking off the Autumn with a series of late-night bar takeovers, every one of which sounds worth attending. They've invited three really interesting bars from across the globe to London. Each will be in town for one night when they'll serve up a special drink and BAO will be pairing that with dishes including - wait for it - a one-off katsu sando creation. Each drink will then be on offer for the following week.

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• Mama Fuego in Greenwich is an Australian dining and drinking emporium with a sixties feel

  North Greenwich is getting a dining and drinking emporium mixing Aussie coffee know-how with South American food inspiration.

• Doing the double - Test Driving Every Cloud and Silver Lining in Hackney

  

  A top cocktail bar and casual dining room side by side provide the perfect evening out in East London.