Cocktail Bar Review: Raoul`s Bar, Oxford

Upon entering Raoul’s it’s obvious this is a bar serious about their cocktail making. On the wall hang certificates about the various awards they’ve won, and the back-bar offers a shimmering multi-coloured plethora of spirits. Their ingredients are a cause for interest – various exotic fruits (they claim to use more fresh fruit than any other bar […]

Cocktail Bar Review: Après, London

Oxford St is a peculiar place; so many people and yet so few reasons for them to be there. Sure, there is a Selfridge’s, but I’ve not come across much else worth the trek from the far more pleasant Regent St, Bond St and so on to the South.  Still, people do go in their […]

Bristol Cocktail Scene – Alive & Kicking!

“The Bristol cocktail scene is very alive. It’s strength comes from the generous attitudes of the bartenders. Everyone is more than happy to share their ideas with other cocktail bars. Rather than a rivalry, there’s a backbone of enormous support, and help is always just around the corner, or behind the bar.” Having been in […]

Cocktail Bar Review: Paramount, Aberdeen

Before we set foot in any bar, we tend to go online, read the menu and generally see if it’s worth checking out. Usually this system manages to weed out any poor bars, and sets the proper boozy establishments apart from the lager swilling joints which we aim to avoid. However, unfortunately, in the case […]

Cocktail Bar Review: Hausbar, Bristol

Hidden up a hill, down some stairs and behind a locked door, finding this elegant bar can sometimes pose a challenge, but it is well worth taking the time. Sitting on one of the many bar stools under the watchful gaze of a photograph of the owners grandfather, one really gets the feeling that this […]

Bar & Cocktail Trends for 2013

Now we are back in the swing of a brand New Year, we thought we would ask some friends of Social and Cocktail their thoughts on potential bar and cocktail trends for the year ahead. We got back some interesting thoughts about unique flavours, beer cocktails and cocktails on tap. We begin by heading north […]