The Top Five Cocktail Bars For Happy Hour At London Fashion Week

Posted: 14/02/12

Katie Jones

Follow: Bars, Cocktails, Fashion Week, In The Know, London, London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week is just around the corner but it isn't all about who's wearing what at Somerset House this season. We've found five good reasons to bring back cocktail hour, from the West End's newest drinking spot to a champagne happy hour at Flute. Take a look at the top five bars to find the best cocktails in the capital and make some room in your fashion week diaries to kick off your heels and enjoy your favourite tipple.

Five cocktail bars to visit during London Fashion Week

Dabbous
 The lowdown: Head over to Whitfield St for a drink in the West End's newest restaurant and bar. Ollie Dabbous and award-winning mixologist Oskar Kinberg are behind this new venture, where the reasonably priced cocktails are in full flow. Attention to detail is second to none here, with the finest ingredients used in the selection of martini cocktails, long drinks, short drinks and the classics. You'll have just as much fun choosing your tipple as you will drinking it.] Top tipple: Oskar whipped us the MyDaily cocktail especially for us. He used Bombay Sapphire Gin, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Pine Syrup, Coco Lopez, Lychee juice, egg white and a mint garnish. What's the damage: Cocktails start at £8.50 Point me in the right direction: <a href="http://dabbous.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dabbous</a>, 39 Whitfield St, London W1t 2SF
Flute Bar
 The lowdown: This is one for the champagne drinkers. Flute has finally set up shop in London, after opening two bars in New York and one in Paris. The menu boasts over a 100 different champagnes, as well as champagne cocktails and a few bar snacks to stop the bubbles from getting to your head. Head down on a Tuesday for champagne happy hour (between 5 and 8pm) or book a table on a Thursday Friday and Saturday to sup on the champers while the live music gets underway. Top tipple: The white peach Bellini What's the damage: Bottles of champagne start at £45, cocktails at £9.95 Point me in the right direction: <a href="http://flutebar.com/en/index.php?page=london/" target="_blank">Flute</a>, 4 Great Portland Street, London W1W 8PA
Novikov
 The lowdown: The Novikov restaurant group has hit London's prestigious Berkeley Street, with both an Asian and an Italian dining space and a super stylish bar for after hours. Top tipple: A classic but refreshing pre-dinner drink - the gin & tonic. Point me in the right direction: <a href="http://www.novikovrestaurant.co.uk/" target="_blank">Novikov</a>, 50a Berkeley Street, Mayfair, W1J 8HA
Roast
 The lowdown: Roast’s London Bridge Bar Manager and top mixologist Sebastien Guesdon has designed a range of cocktails just in time for fashion week. Choose from the fruity The Devil Wears Prada, the spiced rum flavoured Hot Couture, Manta, in memory of Alexander McQueen or the whisky heavy Roast Collection. Top tipple: Hot Couture, in honour of Dame Vivienne Westwood. Ingredients are as follows: fresh lime, spiced Bacardi rum, Mandarine Napoléon liqueur and fresh pineapple juice. What's the damage: £9 each Point me in the right direction: <a href="http://www.roast-restaurant.com/" target="_blank">Roast</a>, The Floral Hall, Stoney Street, London, SE1 1TL
Bassoon Bar at the Corinthia
 The lowdown: Step back in time to the roaring 1920s at The Corinthia's <a href="http://bassoonbar.co.uk/the-cocktails/" target="_blank">Bassoon Bar</a>. From the original Champagne Cocktail to the Bassson Smoked Margarita, the jam-packed drinks menu offers a modern twist on the classics, as well as bespoke recipes that are sure to get the tastebuds tingling. The hotel is also only a five-minute walk away from all the fashion week action at Somerset House - we'll see you there. Top tipple: Jan Becher Julep, made with Becherovka, Elderflower Cordial, Mint Leaves, Demerara Sugar, Sprayed KV14. (There are homemade sodas for the non-drinkers). What's the damage: Cocktails start at £13.90 Point me in the right direction: <a href="http://www.corinthia.com/en/London/" target="_blank">The Corinthia Hotel</a>, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2BD