Cocktails

• The World's 50 Best Bars 2017 sees the American Bar at the Savoy top the list

  

  The World's 50 Best Bars were revealed last night and while London wasn't dominating quite as much as it did last year, it did see a London bar top the entire list. So big congratulations are due to The American Bar at the Savoy which is now officially the best bar in the world.

  As for the rest? There are eight London bars in the list in total, with Dandelyan moving up to number two and The

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• Our top tipples for London Cocktail Week 2017

  With plenty of great drinks to be enjoyed in London Cocktail Week, we’ve put together our selection of our must-try cocktails. 

• London Cocktail Week 2017 – our pick of the best dining and cocktail events

  

  Summer is sadly over and if the change in seasons is enough to drive you to drink then the return of London Cocktail Week is just what the doctor ordered.

• The Racketeer cocktail bar to open in Kings Cross

  This October will see the official opening of The Racketeer, a new cocktail bar / wine shop in Kings Cross. The pub, which was once The Carpenters Arms, has been given a revamp and restored to its Victorian Glory. Completely restored, the venue is now run by an experienced team who’ve spent more than 20 years honing their craft in bars across London.

• The Good Egg to open their second restaurant in Kingly Court

  Expect great brunches and a whole lot of babka as the boys behind N16's Israeli/Canadian cafe expand to the melting pot of Kingly Court

• The bartenders in their pants from Le Calbar in Paris are coming to London

  

  Yes, you read that right - and you can see from the picture above - there's a bar in Paris where the bartenders serve drinks in their pants. While we're tempted to write something about "those crazy French" at this point, we should also point out that Le Calbar also gets rave reviews for the drinks too. 

  And now those drinks - and those pants - are coming to London where they're popping up for one

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• Test Driving Lucky and Joy - a tour of regional China under the arches in Cambridge Heath

  Tucked in under the arches at Cambridge Heath is a pop-up inspired by travels around regional China

• Alcotraz is Brick Lane’s new prison-themed pop up where you smuggle in liquor past guards

  

  If you like a bit of an illicit vibe to your drinks, be it Bucks Fizz at breakfast or a secret speakeasy, now you can go the whole hog and literally drink in prison at Alcotraz, a new prison-themed cocktail bar popping up on Brick Lane - orange jumpsuit

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• Test Driving The Napoleon Hotel – we check in for a night at London’s only one room hotel

  The recently opened Napoleon Hotel holds the illustrious titles of London’s smallest hotel as well as that of ‘most bars per guest’. This single room ‘grand’ hotel sports THREE - making that more than one per guest. We spent the night...

• Brick & Liquor mixes cocktails and sharing plates in Clapham

  After getting off to a great start down in Tooting, Brick and Liquor has made the move to Clapham to open their next branch of his cocktail bar. It's larger, with seats for 100, has a decently sized menu for bar snacks, and serves brunch (including a full English with savoury pancakes) on the weekend. 

• Dead Rabbit at Claridge's - the World's Best Bar comes to town

  

  27/7/17 - updated with details of the menu

  It recently got voted number one in the World's 50 Best Bars list, but if you haven't managed to make it to New York to try Dead Rabbit, then fear not - it's coming to you.

  Fresh on the heels of the

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• This East London popup only serves two things - margaritas and margheritas

  Sometimes detail is too much - enjoy the simpler things with this two note pop-up

• Seasonal brasserie Neighbour opens on Kentish Town Road

  300 Kentish Town Road has just been taken over again, this time by seasonally focused brasserie Neighbour, who’ll be catering for locals and visitors to The Forum with lunch, brunch, dinners and drinks above ground, plus cocktails in basement bar Jukes.

• The Mint Gun Club is Stokie’s new cocktail hotspot from an award-winning bartender

  There'll be tea and more in the deli, but the cocktails are the REAL draw at Stoke Newington's Mint Gun Club, the newest project from cocktail master Rich Hunt.

• Test Driving Coupette in Bethnal Green - a very French cocktail bar

  With Calvados and more on the menu, Coupette is a very French cocktail bar in Bethnal Green. We head east for an early look.