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The Vibe
Really one has to visit this place twice in one week. The first time, to swoop in and bag yourself some corporate hot totty. The second time, to date them properly.
Enter the Coburg Bar and it’s a whiff of expense, potent drinks and absinthe dreams. The suits may be there but so are impeccable fashionistas, chic businesswomen and some Internationals. It’s the sort of place you can order champagne at 4pm on a Tuesday and experience that virtuous tipsiness you feel on holiday. If dating, escape the main room and head to the two person tables by the window – more intimate. Then let the table service flow.
The Order
Hemingway’s Death In The Afternoon – champagne and absinthe – is a punchy start to proceedings. Even though it’s a drinks date, you’ll receive more posh crisps than you can munch through, big olives, fancy nuts. This is a two cocktail apiece kinda place – at almost £20 a pop, and industrial strength, just drag it out and soak up the vibes. The person who picks pays.
The Game
This was never a business meeting was it? It’s 5pm, so close to the end of the working day, and one of you makes a cursory glance at the cocktail menu. Well it is a Tuesday. Slowly loosen up, shed the suit jacket and by the end of the first glass tell your companion that you’d like to buy them another. Flirt in an ever so European manner, channeling Henry James’ flâneur, and quite literally charm the pants of them. Too much? Potentially, but things just got out of hand.
The Faults
Almost £50 for 2 drinks at the start of the week? Let’s make it a Friday next time.
Sex Factor
5. Money talks. Hotels facilitate.
Too many bars these days are for the most part predictable. A standard list of spirits is followed by a standard list of cocktails and a standard list of bar snacks. The Coburg Bar at the Connaught though is anything but making it one of the must go bars
This is a beautiful and very classy bar, it's dimly lit and has comfortable velvet couches and very friendly and well-dressed waiters. The Coburg makes you feel like you have walked into a grand-hotel's bar from a different era. Everything from the service and ambiance to the drinks makes you feel like a sophisticated gentleman from the 1920s.
The drinks menu is quite extensive and the cocktails are divided chronologically by the years in which they were invented, starting from the 1860s. Additionally, the menu gives a short history of how the drink was invented and why it was popular, which gives it a fun twist.
The bar tenders are great and they tend to every detail and prepare every drink individually with great care. The cocktail toppings and decorations are delicious and are prepared individually to match the drink. Overall the drinks are quite expensive but they have a great variety of champaign and wine and their cocktails are truly unique and well-done.
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The lounge at the Connaught Hotel is one of the classiest cocktail bars in London (maybe after the American Bar at the Savoy) and everything in it reflects its style: from the extensive champagne list to the elegang waiters, this is the place to go for serious drinking.
The room has timeless hotel feeling, with leather armchairs, silvered mirrors and a roaring fireplace, and most of the other punters contribute in giving it the right atmosphere. You will see old countesses wearing their family jewels and french businessmen nibbling oyster, while the elegant and discreet waiters move arond the tables.
The cocktail selection is extensive, fairly pricey (£15 plus service) and well executed, however outstanding. Don't expect fancy experimental drinks here, and don't dare asking for a Jack&Cola, but if you are after a good Manhattan you won't be disappointed.
All in all I would suggest the Connaught mostly for its atmosphere, as you can find better cocktails somewhere else, but if you want to feel lost in time this is a place not to miss.
Great for a day time meeting, quiet enough that you can do buisness.
As for evening venue , lovely, gets busy, a great to relax , unwind. Staff are always super attentive & lovely. Can't fault it.
Extremely helpful, friendly, approachable service. Loved the cocktail menu and the cocktails did not disappoint.
Classy yet fun and as visitors we felt very comfortable. Thank you
The food was nothing short of perfection, it's always difficult to find a seat at the hotel but it's worth the wait, the food is ridiculously good.
Always a good time with the Coburg team
Always a treat to be in this bar with the most attentive service and the perfect range of drinks and nibbles.
One of the most comfortable places in London. Superlative hospitality, and mercifully quiet during the day. Great club sandwich (fries, not so much). The mille feuille is one the best desserts I've eaten.
Loca with his incredible service is amazing, he made my night
Perfect service and special thanks to the host Luca, he is really attentive
Homely, with excellent ambiance and service. Amazing chef-made crisps, but expect expensive drinks.
Very enjoyable, staff very helpful and friendly, great location for meeting friends.
A place where almost everything is close to perfection - a hidden gem among the other bars within grand hotels of the area. Have been coming here for years and will continue to do so. Chapeau Coburg Bar!
The Bloody Mary's take on a whole new dimension of flavor - even without the vodka.
The bar attendant who served me was very attentive, and thank you for all the delicious cocktails, and for opening a fresh bottle of red 🍷 by the glass for me. Will be back soon
Lovely place for a nice cocktail .
Staff brilliant
It's fantastic that this place is open again
Beautiful place
My regular now
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