I'm so irritated that I get the hype. It's so hipster, and I like it, which is the height of annoying!
Let's get the negatives out of the way-
It needs a polish, a few more seats, and a good scrub, because it smells a bit like old spilled drinks.
And as cute as the menu is, you have to spend a long time reading it to know what on earth you're getting, particularly when it's mood lit too.
But, I can't actually mark them down for any of that. Love the wallpaper, love the drinks names, love that they're happy to have you order off menu- they have the knowledge and the ingredients to do it.
In our lot, we had parlour maids (dangerously unalcoholic tasting milkshakeyness), lord byron, sick of celibacy (raspberry and lemon, not too sweet), old fashioned, scotch, daiquiris, something with passion fruit in that wasn't a porn star martini, sazeracs, and all good.
I do however think Alice in wonderland as a theme is more than a little overdone- I think I've been to one in every city, and I could name about thirty just as worthy, and smarter referenced little cutes. read more