Nirvana Bar in City of London, Westminster - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

My wife and I stopped in for cocktails on a Saturday afternoon. We were the only people in the bar and there was no background music or atmosphere, which wasn’t helped by some awful programme on Channel 5 playing on the TV (Police Interceptors/Can’t Pay We’ll Take It Away/Slum Landlords etc.) The bar staff were chatting loudly and filling up the ice. The cocktails tasted terrible, like they were made with cheap spirits. We left them unfinished and moved on.

We were staying in the hotel and decided to go for a cocktail before dinner. We were greeted by a man in a suit behind the bar which made us feel very unwelcome. My girlfriend asked to see a cocktail menu and the gentleman replied “ we don’t have one just tell me what you want”, a little baffled she ordered a daiquiri and I had a cosmopolitan. The cocktails were £25 which I would be happy to pay but not in this place. The gentleman behind the bar was leaning against the bar on his phone, then another man came in and had 2 full blown conversation on his phone behind the bar, not exactly the 5 star atmosphere or service you’d expect for a bar affiliated with the 5 star hotel... once we finished our cocktails there wasn’t even a thank you or goodbye... very disappointing we will not return! Just to note this was before covid but wouldn’t leave me be the date

We were staying in the hotel and decided to go for a cocktail before dinner. We were greeted by a man in a suit behind the bar which made us feel very unwelcome. My girlfriend asked to see a cocktail menu and the gentleman replied “ we don’t have one just tell me what you want”, a little baffled she ordered a daiquiri and I had a cosmopolitan. The cocktails were £25 which I would be happy to pay but not in this place. The gentleman behind the bar was leaning against the bar on his phone, then another man came in and had 2 full blown conversation on his phone behind the bar, not exactly the 5 star atmosphere or service you’d expect for a bar affiliated with the 5 star hotel... once we finished our cocktails there wasn’t even a thank you or goodbye... very disappointing we will not return!

A nice location,nice selection of drinks,not overprice,but such a poor atmosphere and service! The bartender is more like a butcher!!he almost smashed the glass when we ask for a second round..so angry and such bad attitude,he make me feel like I’m in the wrong place all the time...

My husband and I went here prior to having a meal at the Nirvana Kitchen. We dressed up nicely and I was reallyl looking forward to having some cocktails. On entering the bar we could not ignore the two huge TV's on the wall, one of which was broadcasting a Victoria's Secret lingerie catwalk show accompanied by pop artist. This was very loud (rubbish pop music and cheering) and intrusive (women walking up and down in their pants), we decided to sit away from the TV and ordered some drinks. The bar man was very courteous, and he made a really good mojhito so this is in no way a criticism of him but our whole experience was affected by the TV intrusion. Obviously my husband (who is a heterosexual male) was distracted by t e scantily clad women (can't blame him) and the Justin Bieber (or Timberlake or whoever it was) pop person who was singing on the catwalk was SO loud. We couldn't really hear ourselves talk and basically it intruded on our experience. Other people in the bar left and then we were left alone - no people = no atmosphere. The other TV had Wimbledon on with the sound turned down. We should have seen the TV's and not stopped for a drink but hindsigth is a wonderful thing! If I am going to pay £14 a pop for a drink, next time I'm going to make sure I'm more discerning about my surroundings and not drink here!

We went last night for a birthday drink with my cousin and her husband. The first thing we noticed was a giant television screen showing some kind of fashion? show. Tried to sit where the screen wasn't visible or audible to us....difficult! To be fair the waitress of just two days did offer to ask the manager if it could be turned off. The bar was empty save us and two other people. The Martini Cocktail was adequate, the complimentary nuts were certainly not among the best snack any of us have had in a cocktail bar. We would like to have lingered longer and to have eaten some bar snacks but the TV and lack of atmosphere, I'm afraid, simply didn't cut the mustard for any of us, so we left, unlikely to return.

With a bar tender that could not make a Gin fizz, and when my Gin and Tonic was brought over he had poured all the tonic into my Gin. It was replaced once I had asked for my Tonic to be delivered separately. The bar itself is not to a high standard and with 2 television screens showing random programmes, a fashion show and ice age ??? And we was never asked if we wanted another drink , which I then had to go and get my bill. All in all I felt it was a lack lustre approach and really disappointing. If we come back to nirvana kitchen I would not go to the bar.

Pretty good drinks menu and a large choice of spirits. They do have quiet a unique take on the classic mojito!

Was early for our dinner reservations so we had pre dinner drinks here, we both had gin and tonics, and yes they were served in a lovely glasses and had lots of beautifully presented cucumber, Hendricks and fever tree tonic, but it did not taste as good as the one we had earlier in a pub off of Oxford St, and I'm not sure why, bartender was a bit slow at mixing drinks, but he was polite and well presented. A nice bar nicely decorated a mixture of seating, expensive, for the two drinks it was £30

I visited last night with my friend for cocktails. We ended up eating too, food a bit pricy for the portion sizes, but nice. The best thing about this place, apart from the warm welcome, stylish but relaxing surrounds is the staff. Marco makes great cocktails and is so friendly and very helpful, so too the lovely waitress (didn't get her name). Will visit again.

I stayed at the Montcalm and just wanted to have a quick bite in the bar before going to sleep. I ended up having four different meals from the bar menu - everything from the lamb racks, the tempura and the mini burgers where really really tasty. Next time I have to try the "real" restaurant instead of only the bar. Same kitchen and the same chef - I can see my self enjoying a really great dinner! I highly recommend this restaurant!

Great place to go and have awasome coctails in the bar and dinner in the Nirvana restaurant, the food is fresh and tasty, great service friendly staff, fantastic bar great ambiance recommend to everyone

They have very tasty cocktails and strong. I liked that the staff explained us about what champagne and wines they have because we've been undecided about the taste so they were very friendly and hospitable with me and my friends. I really recommend this bar !!I've been there few times.

We were greeted by very friendly staff who took our orders and could recommend different cocktails and wines. The atmosphere was formal yet relaxed and I could definitely imagine myself coming back here in the future.

Really enjoyed all six courses of the meal. And bottle of prosecco a bonus. Loved the food. Especially silly the salmon. Atanas was our waiter. Service was excellent. Thank you

We were great by the lovely host Albena who was very very warm and welcoming and recommended a couple of cocktails for us to try. Once in the bar we were seated straight away. Although I was not a fan of the cocktails on the...

Modern design. Great staff. Good cocktails and mocktails Great for drinks after work, parties. Great location

Booked this bar due to the voucher deal for cocktails which sounded great, and with the Jazz advertised on the website on Wednesdays it seemed to be a great deal. Well, it was not. I did telephone the bar to check whether I needed to...

The barman is very rude....On a Friday evening at around 10pm, the bar had a handful of people. I had a wowcher voucher for 4 cocktails, the barman wanted a print out and would not accept the screen shot from the phone. Later when presenting...

was a great quite place to have drinks before we haeded to the restaurant next door. nice wine list and cocktails are really good.