Cocktails
- 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
... - 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
... - 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
... - 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
... - 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
... - 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.
- Grey Goose are selling a charity martini kit involving The Connaught Bar
As any long-time readers of Hot Dinners will know, we are rather partial to a good vodka martini. So it's fair to say that when we heard that a charity martini kit involving the World's Best Bar, The Connaught Bar, was launching we were very much interested. Drinking (sensibly of course) and raising
... - Homeboy brings its second modern Irish cocktail bar to Embassy Gardens
Homeboy, the modern Irish cocktail bar run by Aaron Wall and Ciaran Smith in Islington, is expanding. We've been hearing for a while that they were searching for a second site and now they've settled on Embassy Gardens. If that sounds familiar, it's in the same area where you'll find Darby's, right next to the US Embassy at Nine Elms.
If you're unfamiliar with
... - 5 great margaritas to get delivered from London bars
National Margarita Day may have been and gone but frankly, every day under lockdown feels a bit like it could benefit from one. We've picked out five particularly good versions of the classic cocktail you can order in from London bars.