Getting Stirred And Shaken In London's Best Cocktail Bars

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No trip to London is complete without experiencing the classic pints-and-carpet pub culture, but there’s also something to be said for putting on your gladrags and trying out some of the city’s most chic cocktails, so that when you wake up in the morning still wearing those gladrags and nursing a hell of a hangover, you’ll know that you’ve done it in style. Here are five places that I go to for yummy drinks and remarkable (if not always entirely salubrious) atmosphere.

by JHE 18. Feb 2011

Cocoon

This is the kind of cocktail bar where, if you are a woman there without any male companions, a man who...

65-67 Regent Street, London, W1B 4EA, United Kingdom

http://www.cocoon-restaurants.com/

69 Colebroke Row

Tony Conigliaro is the world champion of cocktails, so it’s not surprising that his wee cocktail bar...

69 Colebrooke Row, Islington, London N1 8AA, UK

http://www.69colebrookerow.com/index.htm

The American Bar at The Savoy Hotel

The American Bar is the grande dame of London cocktail bars, having originally opened in 1890s. It’s...

91 Strand, London, WC2R 0EU, United Kingdom

http://www.fairmont.com/savoy/GuestServices/Restaurants/AmericanBar.htm

Loungelover

Loungelover is a weird place, and I mean that in the most affectionate way, which is how I feel about...

1 Whitby Street, Shadwell, London, E1 6JU, United Kingdom

http://www.loungelover.uk.com/

Baltic

Now, Baltic is primarily a vodka bar, but the things that the bartenders do with vodka is rather extraordinary...

74 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8HA, United Kingdom

http://www.balticrestaurant.co.uk/

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