And behind one of them is a second, secret, drinking joint filled with Victorian furnishings, bare brick walls, and a vintage piano. The reason this Hackney cocktail bar is called the Looking Glass Cocktail Club is because of all the looking glasses (that is, mirrors) strewn around the place. As always, that’s where you’ll find liquor hiding.ĭetails: 76 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XB | Open Fri & Sat 7pm-2am
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How to get in: There’s movie-theatre-style signage above the entrance, spelling out some wisdom. Also worth noting, they now share a space with a wonderful Mexican restaurant too… READ MORE
But now it’s three times bigger with a dedicated dancefloor – yet retains the hidden bar space that made the place famous ahem, secret. Which is, confusingly, what this place used to be called. How to get in: Head for the black door next to an 1980s tailoring shop with a ramshackle wall sign.ĭetails: 29A Wentworth Street, E1 7TB | Open Sun-Thur 5pm-midnight, Fri & Sat 2pm-1am There you’ll find head bartender Dorian – a man who returned from travelling the world completely fluent in the language of mixing killer drinks – serving up their signature cocktails. Head into the doorway, down the narrow steps, through the velvet curtain, and you’ll have found Found.ĭetails: 5 Ravey St, EC2A 4QW | Open Tues-SunĮnter a dimly-lit neighbourhood cocktail bar entirely composed of exposed brickwork, scaffolding planks, Victorian floorboards and Motown records. How to get in: Head down to Ravey Street, and you’ll see a lantern with the letter ‘F’ on it. Also, before you go home, pop to Home bar right above it, and get a tequila shot followed by their house concoction of pineapple, coriander, and chilli. The space itself is a dark, moody den with secluded nooks to sit in on either side of the bar that almost feel illicit. It’s buried in the muddle of alleys south of the Old Street tube, but it’s worth seeking out for the simple, delicious cocktails alone. That’s where the Jubjub’s at.ĭetails: 65 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY | Thurs-Sat, 7pm-2am (the main bar is open everyday)Įven if Found had a big neon sign pointing to the entrance, it would still be tricky to stumble across. How to get in: Walk into the wardrobe in Callooh Callay, and ignore the FIRST hidden bar – head past it, and stride up the curtain-covered stairs. Plus, you can apply for membership (it’s free) for complimentary welcome drinks, your own personal door key, and more. How to get in: Look for the chalkboard next to an unmarked stairwell, and step into the candlelit boozehouse.ĭetails: 8-9 Hoxton Square, N1 6NU | Open 5-11pm every nightĪ neat, suitably low-lit hidden bar, where one of the Callooh Callay bartenders takes over the menu every month. The list changes frequently too, so break with the tradition of the place and remember what you have each time so you can demand it again. The staff at this candlelit, subterranean den of iniquity know their stuff, and are capable of magic. Head inside, and down the staircase… and book if you can.ĭetails: 129-131 City Road, EC1V 1JB | Open daily, 6pm till late How to get in: The address should lead you to an innocuous-looking wooden door parked between two fast food joints. You’ll hear the hum of live jazz emanating from the flat-capped jazz band on stage, and winding its way through the shadows to the bar where Nightjar’s award-winning cocktails are created.
It’s got rose-tinted mirrors, leather chairs, and illicit, darkened corners. It’s the type of place that all of the other speakeasies want to be when they grow up. Nightjar is an actual, bona fide speakeasy. Third, find the unmarked door next to the kebab shop, and head down the stairs.ĭetails: 1e Great Eastern St, EC2A 3EJ | Open ‘by appointment’ Second, don’t wear a suit and tie (they WILL kick you out). This Soviet-styled, 50s era, underground Czech cocktail spot has some of the most interesting cocktails in the city expect them to come in perfume bottles, toothpaste tubes, and more unexpected vessels. JUMP TO: EAST LONDON | CENTRAL LONDON | WEST LONDON | SOUTH LONDON | NORTH LONDON NOTE: It’s important to clarify at this point that while most of these bars are hidden behind bookshelves, mirrors, and fridges, some of them are simply very difficult to find. Or, if you’re reading this for a second time, what follows is a list of bars that were tucked away, secret, hidden, or otherwise nearly-impossible-to-find …but are now as familiar to you as the back of your own hand. What follows is a list of the finest tucked-away, secret, hidden, or otherwise nearly-impossible-to-find bars.
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