The Junction Bar (Islington - London)

October 7th, 2009 · No Comments

The Junction Bar

Junction Bar is a fairly neat looking bar, set back from the road behind its own courtyard equipped with picnic tables and drinks with long wide steps leading down to the front entrance. Above the giant letters of the bar name calls to thirsty drinks who happen to be passing on the opposite [...]

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Tags: Angel and Islington

Las Iguanas Bar (Brighton Town Centre - Brighton)

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Las Iguanas Bar

Las iguanas is a chain of bars which really tries hard to be more of a chain of restaurants. The trouble is that the drinks deals are so good its difficult not to turn up, drink away and watch longingly at some of the food being served up to the diners. On this [...]

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Tags: Brighton

The Living Room Bar (Heddon Street - London)

September 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Living Room Bar

Heddon Street is one of the more exclusive haunts of z-list celebrities and the well dressed, looking to hang out and party as close to the decedent Mayfair as possible. The Living Room is a charming bar at first impression. The layout is a crowd outside, which I weave through to make [...]

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Tags: Piccadilly and Regent Street

The Warwick Bar (Piccadilly - London)

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments

The Warwick Bar

An upmarket bar, recently refurbished with wooden flooring throughout, booths upstairs and unfortunately, no longer a secret to the wider world. The bar upstairs has a continuous stream of drinkers ordering everything from cocktails to pints from the slower-than-average bar staff but downstairs service is much faster and (although it seems all tables [...]

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Tags: Piccadilly and Regent Street

Las Iguanas Bar (Dean Street - London)

May 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Las Iguanas Bar

The chain of portuguese bar and restaurants does seem likely to have a branch in Soho but sure enough there is one in dean street. The place is pretty busy I notice as I wander in on my Friday night but not overcrowded and seating soon becomes available. We order cocktails from a [...]

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Tags: Soho and Leicester Square

Cellar Door Cocktail Bar (Covent Garden - London)

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Cellar Door Cocktail Bar

A somewhat cramped but wonderfully stylised bar in Covent Garden and just off of the Stand, Cellar door (rumour has it) used to be an old underground public toilet. Today it sells itself off as a jazz and cabaret bar, dark and alluring at the bottom of a set of stairs but [...]

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Tags: Covent Garden

Adventure Bar (+venture) (Balham - London)

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Adventure Bar (+venture)

Just down the road from Balham overground is the original adventure bar.this venue has a bar at the front and most of its seating in the back. It’s happy hour policies draw ever larger crowds as the evening stretches on but even at 6pm its hard to grab a seat. Adventure has loud [...]

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Tags: Clapham and Battersea

Sugar Cane Cocktail Bar (Clapham Junction - London)

December 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Sugar Cane Cocktail Bar

What i can only assume is supposed to be a tropical themed bar is housed along one of the quieter main roads of clapham.out front are a couple of tables basking in the warm glow of red lights. Within is a medium sized room-larger than you might expect from the outside with [...]

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Tags: Clapham and Battersea

Bar Social Cocktail Bar (Clapham Common - London)

November 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bar Social Cocktail Bar

..Or should we say bar anti-social? The welcome is initially very warm -chocolates are presented to us as a gift before we even order a drink and the barman is very friendly and beaming but his colleagues loom in the dark corners of the bar. We are served cocktails on a two [...]

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Tags: Clapham and Battersea

Be At One (B@1) (Clapham Junction - London)

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Be At One (B@1)

Instantly the vibes of this branch meg the small cocktail chain of be at one entice us inside this pert drinkery. The phrase is very fast cocktails.meeting with our expectations during the 6 til 7 happy hour are two for one on a very broad selection of alcohol infusions. The staff are [...]

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Tags: Clapham and Battersea