Tag Cocktails

The East London Tapas fever: El Ganso, Taberna Do Mercado and Dishoom review

The good weather has given London that summery feeling, so what better way to enjoy the heat than eating tapas outside? Here’s my review of El Ganso in Broadway Market, Dishoom in Shoreditch and of Nuno Mendes’ newest restaurants, Taberna Do Mercado.…

Believe the hype: Cahoots is awesome!

TimeOut London recently wrote: “Is it just us or it’s impossible to get a table at Cahoots?” Thanks to the lovely Colleen from KK Comms and to bartender Michele I finally made it there in record speed – and I…

Summer Tales & Kansas Smitty’s opening weekend

I like to show my couchsurfers a good time, so this weekend I took advantage the most talked-about new openings – Summer Tales in Old Street and the coolest new speakeasy in town, Kansas Smitty’s Bar on Broadway Market –…

Weekending in East London: Blixen, cocktails and Netil 360

If “Treat yo’self” is your motto, East London has plenty to offer you this spring. Here’s a round-up of my weekend of brunching at Blixen, sunbathing at Netil360, drinking Negronis at the #RediscoverRed Campari pop-up and seeing The Mayor of…

Seven Dials Shopping Event: cocktails, cold brew coffees and talks from Esquire and Elle 

My idea of fashion consists in putting on something that doesn’t make me look like a walking sausage, so I thought that going to the Seven Dials Shopping Event last Saturday to listen to style talks from Elle and Esquire…

Out for cocktails in Chinatown’s best speakeasies

Ah, London’s Chinatown. At first glance, its loud rickshaws, the waiters begging you to eat at their restaurants and the hordes of tourists might make it look like the last place on Earth where you would want to spend your Friday night.…

Wasted Chic sample sale in Shoreditch’s McQueen

Last Saturday, Shoreditch’s McQueen bar hosted Wasted Chic, a pop-up sample sale where up and coming designers sold funky clothes under £100. Cocktails and money were flowing. The sample sale was one of the greatest people-watching occasions I had been to in…

The Dolls’ House Islington: opening night

Yesterday night The Dead Dolls Club’s new venue, The Dolls’ House at the House of Wolf, opened its doors to the public for the first time. I was there (as always). After closing its Hoxton doors late last month, the…

You have two weekends left to drink in one of London’s coolest bars… No pressure

If you haven’t yet been to my favourite London bar/restaurant, The Dead Dolls House in Hoxton Square, your time is running out. The team behind the House, the Dead Dolls Club, announced today it will be closing down to move…

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