‘You MUST check out the Henrietta!’ is what friends kept staying to me, knowing my penchant for quirkily beautifully boutique hotels. But with just 18 rooms, booking a place at one of Covent Garden’s hottest spots can prove difficult. Finally, I nabbed a booking at the Henrietta for a Sunday night and with great anticipation went to check the place out. Unlike some of my favourite boutique spots in the city, the Henrietta - founded by the same people behind the much-revered Experimental Cocktail Club in collaboration Michelin star chef Ollie Dabbous - boasts a more modern edge. Think a scen...
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In the midst of London Cocktail Week (6th –12th Oct), some of the capitals best bars are offering delicious concoctions to whet our appetites. We popped over to ECC Chinatown via The Blind Pig who had a refreshing bottled gin offering called Gin Quininey.
Read more →Experimental Cocktail Club, or ECC, is one of London’s best-loved speakeasies. Tucked away behind an anonymous door in Chinatown, this Prohibition-style den of opulence lends itself to curious, fun-loving people and fabulous cocktails.
Read more →Covent Garden is getting a new addition to its already impressive list of drinking haunts… The Experimental Cocktail Group, the collective force behind Experimental Cocktail Club (ECC) in London, New York and Paris (not to mention their plethora of other Parisian venues and Experimental Beach Ibiza), are opening their rather chic contribution to the London wine scene. Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels (CVS) Seven Dials will focus not only on wine but, in true ECC fashion, they will source the most exceptional wines from various regions and pay particular tribute to smaller producers. As a res...
Read more →Dressed up to the nines - ok, we don't really do 'nines', it was more like 'seven and a halves', 'eights' at the very most - the Rude Crew head down to Empire Square in London's Chinatown for a swanky night out on the town at our favourite gin joint the Experimental Cocktail Club. The fun fuelled night was an elaborate cocktail of the coolest of crowds, grooviest of tunes, decadently delicious drinks and, well, dead rabbits. With the flamboyant Alex Lambrechts keeping watch, the double act of our very own Nicola 'Too Rude for School' Robinson and Juliaf 'Vogue Idea' Hobbs were fighting on the...
Read more →To celebrate Charles Dickens' 200th birth anniversary, the Experimental Cocktail Club of London is hosting a three day bash in true Dickensian style. Expect a tailor made selection of 1850s inspired cocktails and an atmosphere straight off the pages of some the writer's most famous books. Guests can sip on a Scotch based cocktail, The Pickwick Club Cocktail; an immensely popular hot gin punch, The Bleak House or warm up with a hot gin punch, The Oliver's Twist. There will also be a chance to sip on Medwin, a 19th Century tipple gin and warm water. Roasted chestnuts from the Chestnut Shop next...
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