Reservations were made for 9 at the Drunken Monkey, on Great Eastern st, Shoreditch (nearest tube is old street). We entered into a very red ... restaurant/bar... the music was extremey loud and the place was pretty crammed. The restaurant area was up some stairs at the back where there was nooo air con just just fans... we sat near the fire exit and kitchen (not ideal). The waitress (rastawinehouse) brought us complimentary "stale " prawn crackers. I ordered a pineapple Monkey mojito (7 pounds) which was extrememly refreshing .. extremely good .. (the place has special happy hour times on their mojitos) Ri had a strawberry Dacquiri which was good... strong... but quite bitter. Later on I had a Drunken Pear (pear liqueur/prosecco based) yum yum yum but to me tasted like coconut (maybe because I was slightly tipsy... Ri reasurred me it was Pear lol) She had Strawberry Lemonade .... which was quite sweet but good.
As for the food...(chinese) the menu was pretty odd.. (reasonable prices) because it was pretty much dim sum and side dishes like rice and noodles, there were no main meals to go with the rice and noddles. We had the chicken satay and the Singapore noodles with chicken.. the food was ok but after half a plate of noodles we were bored ...
with it...
The drinks were definetely the highlight and it was clear this is why the bar was booming ... I will definetely come back for the cocktails unfortunately not the food.
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Thursday, 1 September 2011
THIS WEEKEND
TRADER VICS/ PARK LANE/GREEN PARK (basement of the Hilton Hotel Park Lane)
The last time I was here I was 18, it was my birthday ... so we hired out a limo (got drunk before we even arrived ) it was pretty hilarious falling down the spiral stairs to get to the bar... well I thought it was funny at the time.I was in good company (college friends) WE ALL HAD A BLAST!
The place was very dark , the decor :tiki ... the staff: rude ... the atmosphere was ... mmmm conservative ...I got the impression that most people dining/drinking here were staying in the Hilton Hotel.
The cocktails: were out of this world ...reasonable prices 7-8 pounds and lets just say you only needed a couple to be "merry"
My fave cocktails (pina colada and banana daquiri) tasted how they should...they were not overloaded with cream (like most places) or fruit juice (so you could actually taste the alcohol)
We had a side of cherries on crushed ice... which was a good idea at the time ... only when we got the bill did we realise that the tinned cherries over ice (not fresh) were around 15 pounds.
Any way 7 years on and its time to go back... to see whether the cocktails are still as good as they were .. to see whether the atmosphere has livened up ....and whether the cliental was the same...
The last time I was here I was 18, it was my birthday ... so we hired out a limo (got drunk before we even arrived ) it was pretty hilarious falling down the spiral stairs to get to the bar... well I thought it was funny at the time.I was in good company (college friends) WE ALL HAD A BLAST!
The place was very dark , the decor :tiki ... the staff: rude ... the atmosphere was ... mmmm conservative ...I got the impression that most people dining/drinking here were staying in the Hilton Hotel.
The cocktails: were out of this world ...reasonable prices 7-8 pounds and lets just say you only needed a couple to be "merry"
My fave cocktails (pina colada and banana daquiri) tasted how they should...they were not overloaded with cream (like most places) or fruit juice (so you could actually taste the alcohol)
We had a side of cherries on crushed ice... which was a good idea at the time ... only when we got the bill did we realise that the tinned cherries over ice (not fresh) were around 15 pounds.
Any way 7 years on and its time to go back... to see whether the cocktails are still as good as they were .. to see whether the atmosphere has livened up ....and whether the cliental was the same...
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