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Bar Guides & Reviews

Bar Guides & Reviews

International spotlight: Class talks to Native in Singapore

Fresh back from Singapore, Hamish Smith has the questions and Vijay Mudaliar from Native the answers

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Review: Equal Parts, London

Equal Parts - sister to east London's Sager + Wilde and Fare - launched in mid-2023 and has quickly grown a reputation. Better late than never, Hamish Smith dropped by to see just why.

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Review: Golden Crane, Bristol

Our Bristol-based reviewer Mark Taylor stops by what used to be city favourite Red Light. He gives his assessment of the all-new Golden Crane. 

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Review: Satyr, Edinburgh

Scotland reviewer Blythe Robertson finds another gem in Satyr in Leith.

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Review: Charlie Brown's, Glasgow

Class' Scotland bar reviewer Blythe Robertson is in Glasgow to check out Charlie Brown's. 

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Review: Atelier Coupette, London

Hamish Smith drops in on Soho's latest cocktail bar - Atelier Coupette 

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Review: Sexy Fish, Manchester

Sexy Fish launched a Manchester branch this autumn - Class reviewer Dave Marsland paid the bar a visit.

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Review: Hamish Smith on Dram and the fast-changing notion of 'cool'

Hamish Smith stops by London's biggest launch this winter.

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Review: Rum Ex Machina, Manchester

Reviewer for the north, Dave Marsland stops by a bar of one of the biggest venues to launch this year - Diecast. 

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Review: Nord, Liverpool

Our Northern reviewer Dave Marsland drops by Nord in Liverpool for his latest review. 

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Review: Red Light, Manchester

CLASS reviewer for the North, Dave Marsland, stops by Red Light in Manchester.

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Review: Lucky 7, Birmingham

Ellen Manning passes by Rob Wood and Kyndra Vorster’s latest Birmingham creation.

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Review: Nipperkin, London

Tyler Zielinksi reviews one of the big new launches of the year - Nipperkin at 20 Berkeley.

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Review: Creating your own cocktails at Fortnum's 3'6

Fortnum & Mason's 3'6 has relaunched, promising guests they can create their own cocktails. Hamish Smith takes the golden lifts to the department store's third floor to check it out. 

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Review: Mama Funki and the rise of the neighbourhood bar

Are neighbourhood bars now as good as their inner city contemporaries? Hamish Smith hasn't got far to go to find out.

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A bartenders' guide to Sheffield

Sheffield has a small but emerging cocktail scene. Jack Wakelin of Bench is your guide.

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Review: Bohemian Arts Club, Stockport

Class' reviewer for the North, Dave Marsland, has been in Stockport for the opening of Bohemian Arts Club.

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Review: Bartenders Lounge, Aberdeen

Class' Scotland reviewer Blythe Robertson heads to one of the UK's hotbeds of talent - Aberdeen. 

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Review: Malo, Glasgow

CLASS' Scotland-based reviewer Blythe Robertson heads to Glasgow to try out one of its latest launches. 

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Review: Medicine Nights, Birmingham

Class' Midlands reviewer Ellen Manning stops by Medicine's latest location. 

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Review: Crossroads

Crossroads was among the few good things to emerge from the pandemic, a compact, subterranean cocktail bar in a former Victorian toilet in Camden. Its new-ish home on Newington Green is comparatively palatial, but with all the charm and pioneering spirit of the original – a quintessential neighbourhood bar with a sustainable, forward-thinking approach.

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Review: Lunar, Glasgow

Glasgow’s food and drink scene continues its upward trend with the arrival of Lunar, a wine and cocktail bar on the south side of the city. From the team behind popular West End beer shop Grunting Growler, the focus is on fresh flavours from natural wines and seasonally-driven cocktails.

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Review: Velvet at Corinthia London

Velvet was one of the big launches of the last six months. Hamish Smith dropped by this spring to review Corinthia London's latest bar. 

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Review: The Commons Club, Edinburgh

CLASS' Scotland reviewer Blythe Robertson pops by The Commons Club

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Review: The Canteen, Liverpool

The Class review team lands in Liverpool for the launch of Canteen. 

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Review: Project Halcyon, Manchester

The Class review team is in Manchester to pay Project Halcyon a visit. 

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A bartenders' guide to Edinburgh

Sian Buchan takes a tour around the bar jewels in the Scottish capital’s crown.

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"The Dorchester has awoken" writes Hamish Smith in his review of the hotel's new Vesper Bar

Hamish Smith heads to The Dorchester and the grande dame hotel's new semi-themed Vesper Bar.

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A bartender's guide to Nottingham

Liam O'Brien of Brass Monkey is your tour guide to Nottingham.

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International spotlight: Class explores Line in Athens

On a quest for inspiration, Hamish Smith visits Line in Athens, where he catches up with co-owner Vasilis Kyritsis who talks us through his pathbreaking new bar.