The next time I hear someone shout Alan I might just go crazy! Alan was the most popular name at the Isle of Wight festival this year, with just about everyone shouting it out all day and all night… Other than that very little managed to annoy me and I had an absolutely brilliant weekend…
Sorry we tweeted that Horse & Groom had 2.5 BBS Ticks – should be 1.5 BBS Ticks & provisional!! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Horse & Groom is a bar in Shoreditch and is “one of the leading electronic music destinations in the area.” They have a Thursday to Sunday music program and have a 4am drinking and…
Ziloufs is a cosy and cool cocktail bar in ‘the nicer end of Islington’ (their words not ours). The bar team, under the guidance of Niall Downey – who used to work at Ottolenghi’s NOPI – strive to find the perfect way to mix your drink. They focus on making up new drinks as well as…
Crazy Bear Fitzrovia is trendy cocktail bar and Asian restaurant. We wrote about the bar a few weeks ago in a Wednesday Wrap but we’re covering the restaurant too now. It’s popular amongst the richer parts of London’s media crowd and they have to be the richer parts as a couple of cocktails can set you…
There are two Annie’s restaurants one in Chiswick and this one, which is in Barnes. Just like the Chiswick restaurant, the restaurant is decorated with bright flowers, velvet and big gold mirrors and candle sticks – loving the style! The food is very eclectic you can get anything from Beer Battered Haddock and Chips to Thai…
Mes Amis is a tiny Lebanese restaurant in Hammersmith. The entire restaurant, including the kitchen sink, fits into one small room. The chef and proprietor, James, runs the whole operation from the corner of the room, where his cooker is situated, whilst two waiters look after you. Generally, most people go for the set mixed meze…
Open air cinemas are booming at the moment, especially in London where there are tonnes of different groups putting on evening showings of some great films. Sitting outside, as the sun sets and watching a film is a perfect way to spend an evening and it takes away the age old problem of not wanting…
At Bassoon Bar, in London’s Corinthia Hotel, they take their cocktails very seriously. A team of expert mixologists have worked hard to bring a range of traditional and innovative drinks. They clearly pride themselves on their work and have even gone to the effort of making a video to explain their ‘philosophy’. Music, they say, is important…
I’ll start this weeks Weds Wrap with the image of me being carried along by a team of strapping young waiters – trust me, it’s far less glamorous than it sounds. I had to be carried up the stairs at The Gilbert Scott last week because their lift had broken down. I was not particularly…