Cocktails
- Prelude by Oriole is popping up in Covent Garden, then the bar is staying for good
Right at the end of 2022, the very highly rated Oriole cocktail bar closed down in its original location - but with a vow to open somewhere else. Early in 2023, they popped up in Southwark, but now they're getting ready to return for good, this time in Covent Garden.
They'll be opening up the new Oriole in The Yards in Covent Garden, the same area where you'll find Lahpet, but
... - London bars sweep the board at 2024's Top 50 Cocktail Bars list
London has pretty much half the bars on this year's Top 50 Cocktail Bars list. Here's which of them made the grade.
- Test Driving Whiskey & Seaweed - Core by Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-starred bar
The new bar at Core by Clare Smyth not only features amazing cocktails but a snacks list with mini versions of the restaurant's signature dishes. We went down to try Whiskey & Seaweed.
- Best drink and cocktail trolleys in London's bars and restaurants
If you're getting table service, you might as well go the whole hog and get your drinks mixed for you there as well. Here's our guide to London's best cocktail and drinks trolleys for tableside action.
- Atelier Coupette sees the Coupette team serving up cocktails and French small plates in Soho
Fans of Bethnal Green's Coupette, get ready - they're coming to Soho.
The new bar will be called Atelier Coupette and, as the name suggests, it'll be a bit different from their original bar. Following on from the Sunday sessions in the Bethnal Green which were more experimental events used to create new cocktails, Atelier Coupette is also going to have an
... - Silverleaf Bar unveils its new cocktail menu
Embracing the fields of cocktails, art, science, and design this East London bar is about to launch its first new menu since opening.
- SideChick mixes cocktails and American soul food in an old Brixton pie and mash shop
A new cocktail bar is coming to Brixton that looks like it will be well worth your attention.
It all comes from April Jackson, owner of Wood and Water and who you might have seen on The Apprentice and more TV besides. She's previously opened bars with partner Lee Tan in Pop Brixton, but this is their first permanent cocktail
... - Baudry Greene is the 10 Cases team's new European cafe in Covent Garden
Here at Hot Dinners we are partial to a good cocktail and bar snack offering. So when we heard that the folk behind the 10 Cases and Parsons in Covent Garden were opening a new bar and cafe with some particularly good examples of both on the menu, we paid attention.
Baudry Greene is right beside owners Will Palmer and Ian Campbell's wine bar 10 Cases and across the road from their fish restaurant Parsons.
... - Where to drink the best martinis in London
We LOVE a good martini here at Hot Dinners, so we do feel pretty well qualified to point you towards some of our favourite places to enjoy a martini around London.
- Larry's Bar will be an underground cocktail bar at the National Portrait Gallery
When the National Portrait Gallery reopens this summer after a three-year renovation we were expecting it to feature a rooftop restaurant by Richard Corrigan and a ground floor cafe by the folk at Daisy Green. What we didn't know, until now, was that the Daisy Green team have
... - Cocktails in the City sets out its 2023 plans
Cocktail enthusiasts, sit up. This summer sees the return of Cocktails in the City to London’s Bedford Square Gardens.
There’ll be the usual masterclasses, tastings, interactive games, live music, street food, and – of course – exciting cocktails from 60 of London’s best bars for your enjoyment, all within a private beautiful Georgian garden.
This year the three alfresco events will be held on three separate months,
... - London's best wines and cocktails in cans - your tinnies guide to park drinking
While we can’t drink in pubs and London’s parks are calling, the canned drink really is the answer to everything. We’ve done some digging and tasting for you to come up with a shopping list of some of the best tinned cocktails and wines in cans to stock up for outdoor socialising.
- Test Driving Mayha's The Bar Downstairs - omakase with cocktail pairing
Underneath this Japanese restaurant on Chiltern Street there's a tiny bar serving up an omakase menu of sushi paired with cocktails. We went to try it out.
- Satan's Whiskers is the UK's No 1 cocktail bar according to the 2023 Top 50 Cocktail Bars
If you're a fan of lists and you're a fan of going out for a good cocktail, then this morning's publication of the Top 50 Cocktail Bars List is for you. From the same company who brings us the World's 50 Best Restaurants and The World's 50 Best Bars every year, comes this more regional list of the UK's best watering holes.
London does particularly well in this year's list with a total of 23 bars up in the Top 50
... - Test Driving Velvet - the Corinthia London's louche new cocktail bar
This new bar at this Whitehall hotel showcases the many talents of top mixologist Salvatore Calabrese. We popped in for a tipple or two.