Scout, London: Seasonal cocktail bar in Shoreditch

Scout: Matt Whiley’s simple, chic and seasonal British cocktail bar in Shoreditch, London | Recommended by HYHOI.com: Have You Heard Of It? | A curation of design-led hotspots around the world, tried and tasted

Scout, London: Seasonal cocktail bar in Shoreditch

X24th October 2017

When The Talented Mr Fox (AKA Matt Whiley) opens a new bar in your ‘hood, you pay attention. With Peg + Patriot (Bethnal Green) and Talented Mr Fox (now closed) rating among my absolute fave watering holes in all London,

No.29 Power Station West: New all-day dining spot in the shadow of London’s architectural icon | Recommended by HYHOI.com: Have You Heard Of It? | A curation of design-led hotspots around the world, tried and tasted

No.29 Power Station West: New all-day dining spot in the shadow of the Battersea icon

London, South

X22nd September 2017

The oh-so-iconic Battersea Power Station is probably my favourite building in all of London. Currently undergoing extensive remodelling, us architecture-obsessed Londoners wait with baited breath to see how it all turns out… but thankfully there are commercial hotspots opening up

Henrietta Hotel: New boutique hotel in Covent Garden, from the team behind Experimental Cocktail Club

Covent Garden & Holborn, London

X1st September 2017

Experimental Group have a knack for producing fabulous hospitality establishments: What started as a hidden cocktail bar in London’s Chinatown has matured into something of an empire, with a handful of bars in London (including cocktail bar Joyeux Bordel out east and

Black Rock: Low lit subterranean whisky bar in the City

London, Shoreditch & East

X1st December 2016

The ultimate date spot in the City, Black Rock is a clandestine subterranean bar specialising in whisky. The centrepiece in the bar is an 18ft tree trunk, chopped in half but with the bark intact. No, it isn’t just there

Bar Termini: Authentic all-day Italian bolthole for espressos, aperitifs & escapism

London, Soho

X11th March 2016

Pop into Bar Termini at noon or night for an authentic Italian experience. Coffee and pastries from 10am, or cocktails and cold cuts till late, with a blurred line of both caffeine and aperitifs somewhere in between! In typical Italian

No.1 Duke St: Beautiful all day dining venue in Richmond

London, West

X25th February 2016

People flock to Richmond for the wide expanses of the Park, walks along the river, or browsing the shops. But when you’re done with all that and getting hungry, up until very recently there hasn’t been much worth writing home

Joyeux Bordel: The darkest, moodiest cocktail bar in all of Shoreditch

London, Shoreditch & East

X8th July 2015

In a prime location on Curtain Road, Joyeux Bordel is another of those cocktail bars that goes under the radar unless you’re really looking out for it, being totally nondescript from the road. Why visit Joyeux Bordel? Once downstairs, beneath

Keystone Crescent: Subterranean members’ bar in King's Cross

London, North

X5th June 2015

The phrase “members’ club” conjures up all sorts of assumptions – namely huge membership fees and snooty clientele. But what if I told you that this underground gem near King’s Cross was a members’ club, but wasn’t expensive or stuck-up?

The Vault @ Milroy's of Soho: Cocktail bar hidden behind a whisky shop bookcase on Greek Street - a great speakeasy-style date spot | Recommended by HYHOI.com | Have You Heard Of It? tried & tasted bar & restaurant recommendations

The Vault @ Milroy's of Soho: Cocktail bar behind a whisky shop's bookcase

London, Soho

X29th May 2015

On occasion, a bar hidden behind a bookcase is just what you need – when you need to really impress on a date, for example, or when you want to dodge the hoards in favour of somewhere a little more

Loungelover, Shoreditch, cocktail bar - Have You Heard Of It? blog

Loungelover: Eccentric cocktail bar in Shoreditch

London, Shoreditch & East

X14th March 2014

When a defunct meat packing factory on Whitby Street became available in 2003, the owners of Les Trois Garcons jumped on it and turned it into a cocktail bar decorated with a crazy mish-mash of curiosities, anatomical diagrams and glittering

Opium Chinatown - cocktail bar & dim sum parlour

Opium: Hidden cocktail bar in London's Chinatown

London, Soho

X9th March 2014

I’m not a huge fan of Chinese cuisine, so my main prerogative for venturing into Chinatown are the cocktail bars. One in particular, in fact. Hidden away so as not to be obvious at first glance, Opium Cocktail & Dim

The Blind Pig: Atmospheric speakeasy bar in Soho, London

London, Soho

X7th March 2014

I became familiar with the ‘Social’ restaurants about a year ago, after a super luxe lunch at Pollen Street Social. So when Social Eating House opened it’s doors in Soho last year, with a hot-tipped speakeasy upstairs, I got excited.

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