Cocktails

• 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

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• 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.

• Viajante87 brings Mexican-Japanese cocktails and wagyu sandos to Notting Hill

  

  Agave cocktail fans will have a new reason to get excited about Notting Hill, with the news of Viajante87’s opening. It’s a cocktail bar from the founders of Los Mochis, who have not been shy with new launches lately. Heading up the innovative mixology lab (something we all wish we had at home) is

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• Test Driving Kol Mezcaleria - the Michelin-starred restaurant's hidden bar

   

  Did you know that Michelin-starred Kol in Marylebone also has a very impressive bar in the basement? We headed down to check it out. 

• Umbrella Workshop is a tiny new Shoreditch bar from the Discount Suit Company team

  

  If you like to be the one in your group who always knows where the hot new bar is, then you should have Umbrella Workshop, which has just opened its doors in Shoreditch, on your radar.

  The tiny bar - there are just 12 seats - is from the team who run The Sun Tavern and Discount Suit Company and it's attached to their cocktail shop The Umbrella Project. So you can try anything they sell in the shop and - if

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• The best bars in London right now

  

  From swanky hotel bars to East London dives, we pick out the very best places for liquor in London right now. 

• The Connaught Bar tops World's 50 Best Bars list for 2021

  

  Good luck if you were out in London last night trying to get a cocktail at one of London's top bars. The cream of the city's mixology community were over at the Camden Roundhouse waiting to discover which of them made this year's World's 50 Best Bars list.

  There are presumably sore heads over at The Connaught Bar which secured the top title for a second year running and was also the best bar in

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• The ultimate guide to cocktail delivery in London (and the rest of the UK)

  

  We’ve pulled together a comprehensive list of cocktail establishments who’ve adapted to deliver their drinks direct to customers' doors as well as some great drinks delivery services and subscriptions. 

• Nest cocktail bar is opening at Liverpool Street with a must-book party room

  

  It must be a good sign that the City is bouncing back into action, when you hear about a large new bar and dining room getting ready to open. Nest is part of a host of new openings in the 155 Bishopsgate development at Liverpool Street. This new cocktail bar is joining the likes of Neat Burger, Honi Poke and Black Sheep Coffee.

  Chef Max Holba a MasterChef The Professionals quarter finalist is the man behind the menu. We

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• Trying The Egerton Slurp - a masterclass in martini making at The Egerton House Hotel

  

  As long time readers of Hot Dinners will be aware, there's nothing we like more than an expertly prepared martini. Over the boring days of lockdown, we kept our spirits up with the promise of eventually heading to try the much-vaunted ones at The Egerton House Hotel in Knightsbridge.

  The key driver for us had come from restaurant PR and podcaster ...

• Test Driving Ever After - a neighbourhood bar that just happens to be in Shoreditch

  

  Hoxton Square has a lovely new(ish) neighbourhood bar pouring classy cocktails and serving up small plates. Here's what to expect...

• London's best frozen cocktails this summer

  When the temperature rises in London, one sure way to beat the heat is grabbing a table in one of these bars and ordering up a load of boozy, frozen drinks. 

• The Duchess of Dalston is a new cocktail bar from the Callooh Callay team

  

  Opening this month in the old Shep's spot next to Chick 'n' Sours is The Duchess of Dalston. And while new bars are a pound a penny in this part of Dalston, the provenance of this particular bar bodes well.

  It's from the team who brought us Callooh Callay and Islington's Little Bat bar. They're going big on locality and community - which means sourcing local ingredients for their drinks and using the

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• The best new bars opening in London

  

  London's bars are reopening fully and from mezcalarias to natural wine bars we've got a hot list of drinking establishments you should know about.