If you’re looking for a place with the ambience of a drawing room and the sophistication of a gentleman’s club to sip on a cocktail and while away the evening, look no further than Scarfes Bar. Evoking a convivial and sophisticated yet intimate atmosphere, and located a short distance from London’s Covent Garden, Scarfes Bar is the place for those looking for a bit of mischievous glamour.
Taking its name after the renowned British artist and caricaturist Gerald Scarfe, whose original artwork adorns the walls and is encompassed within the cocktail menus, the bar has become an institution on High Holborn since opening in 2014. Featuring a roaring fire, a collection of cosy velvet armchairs, shelves filled with over 1,000 hand-picked antique books, and live jazz playing each day, the ambience at Scarfes Bar carries a whisper of speakeasy intrigue—elegant, intimate, and just a little wicked.
From the left, Gibson Please, Garden Smash and No7, just three of the 22 cocktails on offer at Scarfes Bar.
The current inventive cocktail menu has drawn inspiration from the history and exalted traditions of cocktails with the addition of innovative technique and the inimitable Scarfes Bar flare. It features 22 original creations. Not to be missed are the Gibson Please, a dangerous but irresistible concoction of Grey Goose, Noilly Prat, Cubeb pepper, apple and pickles, the Garden Smash, which elevates gin cocktails to a whole different level, and the No7, which caught my attention because it has Palo Santo in it, which is a plant known for its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties. Do I need to say anything else?
The menu also incorporates the mixology team’s very own home-made cordials, ferments and distillates which are created in their laboratory, which they use within all their cocktails and menus at the bar. An exciting new era of mixology will also be launched in April with the bar’s new menu, including a new bar menu, and we can’t wait to see what they create.
As you sit by the roaring fire, a signature drink in hand, you’ll soon see why this setting has been honoured as one of the world’s best bars.
Find out more about Scarfes Bar and its upcoming entertainment, HERE.
Author: Linda Hunting
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