What drink to orderThe drinks list is an ode to all that was popular and over the top in European and American bars in the 1990s. Think Cosmopolitans, Breakfast Martinis and Screaming Orgasms. The drink names, however, are where the similarities leave the building. Here, through some very skilled bartending and a series of whizzing machines, the cocktails are stripped of all their colour and texture. That leaves you with a clear glass of pure, intense flavour. It’s a very austere, almost post-modern way of drinking – like something Andy Warhol might have enjoyed at the Silver Factory. Try the viscous Punk Banana Highball (whisky, coconut water, banana, maple syrup), complete with an edible sticker of a mohawked cartoon banana on the side of the glass. It tastes a little like eating a banana lolly on a summer’s day. The Mango Daiquiri (rum, mango, lime, sugar) is nothing like the fluffy, frozen concoctions you might be used to. Instead, it’s served in a short glass, adorned with nothing more than a little piece of dried mango. Of course, if that kind of progressive drink-making doesn’t blow your hair back, they also do classic cocktails (Negronis, Manhattans, Martinis, Gimlets). They’re served just as you’d expect them to be, with all their colour and natural imperfections intact. There’s also a modest wine list and a rotating list of tinnies (ask your bartender what they’re cracking open that day).
