Pre-warning: You’re about to read an article with a lot of gin puns. We know you’ve come here to check out our recommendations for the 14 Greatest Gin Joints in London, and that’s some serious stuff, but we’re creatives, don’t you know, and love to add some flair to your reading experience in just the [...]
Named after an old English drink of warm ale, gin, wormwood and spices, Purl London occupies a vaulted cellar in Marylebone. Opened in 2010, the bar was one of the first to join a new wave of prohibition-era speakeasy bars, having since become renowned for an innovative approach to cocktails, often using culinary techniques. A [...]
With everything from secret speakeasy joints through to Alice In Wonderland based hangouts, London is full of quirky cocktail bars. And it's not just their interiors that are unusual; weird and wonderful cocktail bars in London also have serious mixing credentials, with mixologists who have mastered their craft to a T. Read our recommendations for [...]
Yep you guessed it... tennis. Only jeffing. We're talking about London's most innovative cocktails at Marylebone's smouldering speakeasy bar, PURL. We popped along to PURL at 4pm a few weeks back. Daytime drinking you say!? Not at all like us at all! Honest (hic). It has an air of prohibition glamour about it: moody lighting, [...]
If you’re looking for a way to up your Insta game (and make all your followers extremely jealous), you’ve come to the right place at the right time. We got in touch with DesignMyNight for the lowdown on the best cocktails in London, and they’re all kinds of incredible. Charge your phone and get ready, [...]
We’re not ashamed to say that our Instagram posts are still full of cocktails and what we eat – if it looks good, it looks good and seeing as many of London’s mixologists aren’t just creating cocktails but also mini works of art, we can’t help it. So we’ve rounded up 10 of London’s most [...]
This basement Marylebone cocktail bar was one of the first on the London molecular mixology scene — here you’ll find incredible smoky potions, billowing smog, leaping flames, foams and all sorts of boozy magic. The bare-bricked bar is a special mishmash of old Victoria charm and plush vintage glamour, with worn Chesterfields, faded books on [...]
Purl has been part of the Marylebone scene since May 2010. A one-off, independent venture, this chic basement bar is owned by Bryan Pietersen and his brother, the internationally renowned cricketer, Kevin. Yes, really. That said, you’re unlikely to find KP mixing the Bloody Marys on a wet Wednesday day in March. In fact, this [...]
As published in Mabuhay Magazine in May 2017
Image donated by the kind people of Purl, as I didn’t want to photograph canoodling couples when the venue was full. Located underneath a daytime sandwich shop, Purl residents begin their evening’s experience as they descend the narrow staircase to unveil the mysterious venue. 1920s glamour oozes out of every orifice in this famous London Cocktail bar, which [...]