The Gordon’s Wine Bar Review: London’s Oldest Wine Bar, a Candlelit Cellar of 1890 | A magnificent, historic wine bar on Villiers Street near Embankment, established in 1890 and thought to be London’s oldest, with a candlelit vaulted cellar, superb wines, a famous cheese menu and a warm welcome
The RS Hispaniola Review: The Floating Restaurant and Bar on the Thames | A superb, hugely popular floating restaurant and bar aboard a ship moored on the Thames at the Embankment, with fine river views, good food, good drinks and a warm welcome
The Clipper Lounge Review: The Riverside Cocktail Bar of the Embankment | A superb, beloved riverside cocktail bar and lounge on the Embankment, with fine Thames views, good cocktails, an all-day charm and a warm welcome, a genuine gem
The Coal Hole Review: A Strand Pub Named After Manual Labour | Once the coal cellar for the Savoy, now a Nicholson’s pub charging Savoy-adjacent prices to sit in it
Clipper Lounge Review: Named After the Fastest Ships Ever Built | Tea clippers raced from China to London and the winner made a fortune. This bar holds a 4.9 and almost nobody knows it exists.
RS Hispaniola Review: A Ship That Has Given Up | Permanently moored at Embankment, this floating bar has not been anywhere in decades and has made peace with it
Gordon’s Wine Bar Review: 135 Years, Zero Eye Contact | London’s oldest wine bar has perfected a service style best described as administrative
All Bar One Villiers Street Review: The Same Bar, 0.1 Better | Two branches of the same chain, in the same district, with the same menu. They are not rated the same. Here is why.
