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...
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