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Having not been here for a very long time, I thought I'd try it. The bar is lovely, comfortable with reasonable decor. The staff friendly but not attentive and very slow. We had to go to the bar to order and waited nearly an hour for some bread and olives. The oil and vinegar we requested to accompany the bread never arrived! Nice place but probably won't return

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Catherine D . 2025-02-26

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A wonderful atmosphere that allowed for conversations and quality time. An array of cocktails to opt from but can order a humble JD and coke if required. Service from staff was incredible.

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Anna Mason . 2025-02-21

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The best gin cocktails. Bartenders are knowledgeable, friendly and creative! Praveen was one who helped me a couple days while I stayed at the hotel. He is awesome. There was another bar guy, will update this review if I recall his name. The both of them, were a great team and ran the full bar - packed ! Wow!

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Kunal Mittal . 2024-11-06

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11p on a Tuesday and, as three hotel guests, we got turned away because it was ‘full.’ Funny, there was enough space to host a whole football team, but apparently the waiter wasn’t feeling it. Pretty disappointing.

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Jonas Schmitt . 2024-10-09

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Our afternoon aperitive stop while exploring Covent Gardens. Lots of cocktails to choose from and despite the name, lots of liquor to choose from as well. We tried one of their many G & T and a different gin based cocktail. Well made, delicious, a little overpriced, but all in all, a fun way to spend an hour and some.

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Deepak Venkateswaran . 2024-09-25

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OK I'm a londonder and wouldn't normally be seen dead in a hotel bar BUT I was the guest of a resident . The Cocktail 'escaped baboon' was out of this world...I had two But lose points for charging for nibbles...that's really cheap

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Philip MacKenzie Holland . 2024-08-13

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This is a really good place for drinks and gin specifically. We had some really nice bartenders

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Sam S . 2024-08-03

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Great place to stop after theater.

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Robert Rosenberg . 2024-05-29

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Loved our delicious drinks and the waiter was spot on👍

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Michael Roberts . 2024-05-13

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Relaxed comfortable place for pre or post dinner / theatre drinks. Amazing choice of Gins from around the world. A place where you can actually have a conversation and be heard!

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Caroline Daniels . 2024-04-28

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Lovely cocktails but they are on the pricier side. Decor was nice and good for a place to have drinks

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C R . 2024-03-05

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for such a nice (and expensive) place i was very disappointed with the service here... a minor issue was being served a regular tonic after asking for a slimline tonic, a major thing for me was that i asked for bourbon with no ice. it arrived with ice so the table service was clearly lacking and when i sent it back they simply removed the ice and served it back to me so it was just as chilled as before which entirely missed the point of asking for it with no ice to begin with. i'd honestly expect a place of this standard to be understanding this.

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wayne . 2023-12-12

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Great place to have a quiet conversation in a very busy area of London. Quality of drinks was top of the line.

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Arun Gupta . 2023-10-20

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It's a good restaurant and they treat their customers well

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rachid benhaddi . 2023-10-18

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Outstanding service. We were cared for (on numerous occasions) by David, he is fantastic, very knowledgeable and made some cracker suggestions. Highly recommend if you are a gin drinker. The seaside negroni is an experience!

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Zach Stock . 2023-09-17

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The kicked us out becuase it was full. They didn’t even gave us a chance to wait. It was very rude and I felt discriminated

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Nicolas Cantarini . 2023-08-23

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Locato all' interno di un hotel che, visto da fuori, non sembrava granché. Per quanto riguarda il bar, ha un atmosfera di tempi passati, arredato proprio come un trentennio fa, con comodi divanetti e molto legno tutt' intorno. Noi amiamo il gin quindi siamo stati soddisfatti dalla selezione e dalle combinazioni proposte. Servizio veloce e gentile. Da provare!

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Fabio Lombardo . 2023-07-18

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Highly recommend this place very knowledgeable staff who find out your tastes to get you your perfect gin

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Jo Johnson . 2023-05-28

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Så många sorters Gin. Jag tror det var 165 st. Underbar bartender.

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Maria Larsson . 2023-04-10

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Expensive and the optional service charge they add on annoys me when they are charging so much anyway £4 for a small lemonade with the gin plus a tip. What a waste of money paying over £14 for one drink!

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Michael Smith . 2023-02-12

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Couldn’t get in to give a serious review. Bartender/Host rudely turned us away saying they were “full” with many empty seats and no pre booking available, so unclear why we were not allowed in. No explanation, just rudely sent us on our way. The rest of the hotel was nice, so the other bar/restaurant kindly seated and served us.

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Liam . 2023-01-27

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Go to the gin palace for the beast gnt's in central london. The staff is really friendly as well

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manan jhamb . 2022-09-05

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Great to have it back. Lovely martinis

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Chris Blakesley . 2022-08-07

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Nice for a hotel bar, nothing nice for gin lovers. Bartenders did not have much knowledge about gins.

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Kevin Courtade . 2022-07-05

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Schönes Ambiente, Service super 👍

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Adriano111125 . 2020-03-13

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Very good cocktails and very good prices.

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Hubert MICHAUX . 2020-02-20

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Pleasant atmosphere, good service. Great cocktails!

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Lawrence Bardoo . 2020-02-07

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Excellent staff.. drinks.. ambience.. highly recommended. Watch out for the olives!

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Tim Halliday . 2020-01-21

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Beautiful bar, great service and lots and lots of gin to choose from.

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Mel Long . 2020-01-10

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Great place to relax but very expensive.

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David Mawson . 2020-01-03

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The drinks are hit and miss. Service however is so low level. We had to ask for water 3 times and at the end the waiter lied and said service wasn't included when it was.

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Mor Cohen . 2019-12-24

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Nothing special. All the standard gins with nothing usual or unique.

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Claire Campbell . 2019-12-14

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Already said how lush this was in my review for The Strand Palace

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Linda Lewis . 2019-11-16

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They know how to make a good cocktail

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Clive Easden . 2019-11-08

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We were impressed with the cocktails. Very good. Service is consistent with British standards (aka be patient).

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Mister Jon . 2019-09-29

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A great place to relax and end a great day in London.

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Morten Haakonsen . 2019-09-22

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A great bar with a wide range of gins to choose from. Friendly staff and a relaxed atmosphere, i wish i'd discovered this gem earlier!

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David Knight . 2019-09-03

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Okay drinks. Large selection but pricey. Watch out, only available for guests of the hotel...

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Nicola . 2019-08-31

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Lovely bar, excellent choice of drinks and nice laid back atmosphere

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Emily Jones . 2019-08-30

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Great atmosphere and staff with a large selection.

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Forrest Rettig . 2019-07-24

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Very nice chilled out place to enjoy a few drinks

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Lisa Jane . 2019-03-07

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Was only here due to staying at the hotel, there's nothing wrong with this place other than its incredibly expensive and seems dated.

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Nathan Thomas . 2019-02-24

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Good for a quiet street hours drink but very expensive.

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Laura Morgan . 2018-11-01

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Disgusting staff, not serving WW2 veterans. Avoid this place.

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Chris Richardson . 2018-10-25

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A totally charming bar... beautiful decor, lovely staff, and a bit of a hidden asset just to the South of Covent Garden in the Strand Palace hotel - God knows there's scarcely another reason for going there. It's usually quiet too in the early evening, so an ideal place to meet friends for drinks before a Covent Garden restaurant perhaps, or a theatre visit. Highly recommended.

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Rob Gibbons . 2018-09-03

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Gute Gin Tonics, allerdings überschaubare Auswahl. Diese war dennoch gut. London Local war sehr gut.

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Tobias Icks . 2018-08-06

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If you like gin....well then this is your place

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Theo de Jager . 2018-08-05

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Rude staff member ruined everything along with a very very cold air condition temoerature

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Mere Pohatu . 2018-07-28

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Awesome Gin. Amazing cocktails! Highly recommended.

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Eitvydas Gulevicius . 2018-07-18

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Poor service (20 minutes for two drinks), happy hour was not honored, my female friend was greeted as 'sir', service charge is automatically added despite poor service (£2 to wait 20 minutes = great value!)

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Josh . 2018-06-14

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Staff great but prepare to sever and arm and leg as payment. Its basically a hyped up hotel bar. I realise drinks are expensive in hotels in London, but £15 for a single measure and compulsory service charge is taking it all a tad too far. Head across the road to the Coal Hole. Lovely London pub, better selection and a fraction of the cost.

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Darren McKenna . 2018-04-18

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Gorgeous, elegant with a formidable gin selection.

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1964fitzgerald . 2018-02-18

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Great range of obscure Gins which will widen your knowledge of the spirits. Not just a place that sells gins, also stocks other alcoholic beverages.

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creamsoda . 2018-01-16

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F ing rip off 67quid for 4 gins

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Barrie Welsby . 2018-01-05

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Wonderful selection of gins & charming service !

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Penny Woods . 2017-11-17

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Afternoon tea very nice and worth the money. Staff friendly and nice. Comfortable and calm place to take a break and sit down.

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Ingegerd Pyk . 2017-07-25

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Comfortable quiet place for a good gin and tonic, Selection is a medium but high.

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Matthew van Buuren . 2017-05-03

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They add a 12.5% "optional service charge". Did not see till after I paid, and had to ask for a receipt. The happy hour is only Monday to Thursday, despite what the sign out front says, and they only consider cocktails to be the ones specifically on the menu. So my order did not meet the grade (Rum and coke). In Canada a cocktail is any mixed drink with spirits. And on top of all that the booth seats where rock hard and the tables way too low. Pretty disappointing.. :(

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Ryan Glasrud . 2017-04-30

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Good location but rooms are tiny and not worth what they charge nor is the decor nice, save your money and book somewhere better

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AKCars London . 2017-04-16

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Great selection of cocktails. Mon to Thu 5pm to 7, happy hour 2 for 1 cocktails. Fun decor, late night food served. Central London prices though.

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Richard Levy . 2017-04-14

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Went here for a G@T but ended up having their Gin and tonic afternoon tea. Comes with a gin cocktail. We had one between two of us, just ordered another drink. Tea and coffee is bottomless so both had with no issues. Plenty of food for two. The scones were one of the best and came with plenty of jam and cream. Good selection of little cakes and a desert in a glass. Well worth visiting and had good service. Tastefully decorated and not on top of each other. We were walk ins and no problem being served

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Yvonne Hall . 2017-03-07

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Overpriced menu with only few gin cocktails. Broken and overused furniture. Uncovinient card payment.

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misko hincak . 2017-02-28

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Fantastic 372 cocktail - summery with strawberries and mint

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Emma Thompson . 2016-07-14

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Good atmosphere, a bit dark inside but The staff was brilliant

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Inger Adèle . 2016-04-08

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