Joanna H.

Review of Be at One

11 Apr 08, 14:01

Cocktail Time

B@1 is an amazing little cocktail bar by the Lyceum Theatre that you can very easily walk past as it doesn't stand out...but somehow everyone still knows about it!

Every night they have happy hour; buy one get one free (on Sundays its from 6pm until close), and you can't beat the cocktails - they're yummy and not too expensive.

Such an extensive menu as well, there literally is any cocktail you'd like including ice cream ones, and orea cocktails!

There's a few of them as well; the others are larger than the covent garden bar which is very small, so you have to get there early for a seat. You can reserve an area for parties too!

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Review of Oxo Tower Brasserie

11 Apr 08, 11:52

Vino on the River

Having a glass of wine at the top of the OXO Tower always seems like a beautiful way to spend an evening after work...and last night I went with a friend. We got there about 6 and it was already heaving, and even thought the brasserie was empty and apparently fully booked all night we couldn't have a drink there...you have to go to the bar which unfortunately isn't on the river side so the views aren't quite so good. We managed to squish in in between tables to get a seat and ordered our drinks...they have very nice wine! The olives however were priced as £6.50 which is somewhat ridiculous! Online it says they're only £2.90, so we questioned if there was another menu or if olives are infact more expensive than wine! Turns out there's a mistake on the menu and they are £2.90...and very tasty when they arrived! The rest of the evening was lovely, although it did get very very busy, and the brasserie didn't seem to be full at any point (I think you should be able to sit there for just a drink!) When it came to getting the bill it turned out someone else had paid our bill and we were left with someone elses...which was 3 times the price of ours! Obviously raised this little issue, and then after asking that we split the bill, they put it all through on one card and got very annoyed when we asked that that not be the case! A very huffy manager then cancelled the transaction very unhappily and let us pay separately, after joking that they need people to wash up for the evening...don't think he quite got the fact that we could pay, and they'd made all the mistakes all night.

A wee bit diaaspointed that the evening ended like that, as I've been there before and its usually lovely! The food when you eat there is very nice, in summer you can go out on the balcony for drinks which means the bar isn't so full...this certainly helps!

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