The Old Tom’s Bar Review: The Characterful Cellar Bar of the City

A superb, characterful cellar bar in the City of London bearing the fine old name of Old Tom, with good drinks, a cosy atmosphere and a warm welcome, a genuine gem of the Square Mile

Old Tom’s Bar holds one hundred and thirty reviews and a 4.4 – a strong score on a good sample – and it is a genuine City of London gem: a superb, characterful cellar bar bearing the fine old name of Old Tom, with good drinks, a cosy atmosphere and a warm welcome, a genuine gem of the Square Mile.

The cellar bar

Old Tom’s Bar is a genuinely superb, characterful, one-of-a-kind cellar bar – a proper, cosy, atmospheric spot, in the City of London. There is real character here – the cellar bar, the cosy atmosphere, the characterful charm. It is a genuinely characterful cellar watering hole – a real, cosy, atmospheric, hidden-away little bar, down in the cellars, in the heart of the City – a wonderfully characterful, welcoming City bar. There is genuine character and charm to it – the cellar bar, the cosy atmosphere, the characterful charm. It is a wonderfully cosy, atmospheric, welcoming venue – a genuine, characterful cellar bar, a real hidden gem of the City. There is real character and charm to it – the cellar bar, the cosy atmosphere, the characterful charm. The Prat’s desk salutes it – the characterful cellar bar of the City.

The Old Tom name

Old Tom’s Bar carries a genuinely fine, characterful, evocative old name. There is real character to this – the Old Tom name, the old-spirits charm, the historic spirit. “Old Tom” is a genuinely evocative name in the world of drink – most famously the old, storied style of gin (the sweeter, characterful “Old Tom” gin, that great, historic predecessor of the dry gins of today) – a wonderfully fitting, characterful name for a characterful cellar bar. There is genuine character and charm to it – the Old Tom name, the old-spirits charm, the historic spirit. It is a wonderfully fine, characterful, evocative name – conjuring the storied old world of gin and spirits, giving the bar a real sense of characterful, storied charm. There is real character and charm to it – the Old Tom name, the old-spirits charm, the historic spirit. The Prat’s naming desk delights in it – the cellar bar with a fine old spirits name.

The drinks, atmosphere and welcome

Old Tom’s Bar does the essentials of a good cellar bar genuinely well – good drinks, cosy atmosphere, and a warm welcome. There is real quality to this – the good drinks, the cosy atmosphere, the warm welcome, the characterful charm. It serves good drinks (good spirits and cocktails, its Old Tom name well-honoured), in a cosy, atmospheric, welcoming cellar setting, with a warm and friendly welcome. There is genuine quality and warmth to it – the good drinks, the cosy atmosphere, the warm welcome. Its strong 4.4 across a good sample speaks to a genuinely superb, characterful, much-loved cellar bar – the drinks, the atmosphere, the warm welcome, all superbly done. There is real quality and character to it – the good drinks, the cosy atmosphere, the warm welcome. Combined with its cellar-bar character and its fine old name, it makes Old Tom’s Bar a genuine gem – the cellar bar, the Old Tom name, the good drinks, the warm welcome. Its strong score across a good sample confirms it – a genuinely superb, much-loved venue. There is real character, quality and charm in the whole thing – the characterful cellar bar, the fine Old Tom name, the good drinks, the cosy atmosphere, the warm welcome. It is a genuine City gem – characterful, cosy, superb, and much-loved, a real City treasure.

Between its cellar-bar character, its fine old name, and its good drinks, atmosphere and warm welcome, Old Tom’s Bar is a genuine gem of the City of London. Its strong score across a good sample marks it as a genuinely superb and much-loved venue. The Prat’s desk enjoys a good drink in the characterful cellar bar, and raises an appreciative glass to Old Tom’s Bar.

The bar

A strong, much-loved venue doing a good 4.4 across a good sample – Old Tom’s Bar, a characterful cellar bar in the City of London with a fine old name and good drinks.

Verdict

Strong, much-loved, and genuinely characterful – Old Tom’s Bar, a characterful cellar bar in the City with a fine old name, good drinks and a warm welcome.

Enjoy a good drink at Old Tom’s Bar in the City of London – a superb, characterful cellar bar bearing the fine old name of Old Tom, with good drinks and a cosy atmosphere.

Lotte Heidenreich