Satan's Whiskers
Satan's Whiskers review: the Cambridge Heath Road cocktail bar that changes its menu every day is still East London's best place to drink seriously late.
Satan’s Whiskers does one thing extremely well: it writes a new cocktail menu every day.
The room
Dim, loud, welcoming. Hip-hop on the speakers, taxidermy on the walls, a crowd that skews local and serious.
What to order
You will not have heard of anything on the list. Tell the bartender what spirit you like and how strong you want it; the drink will arrive very cold, correctly stirred.
The drinks list
Dynamic. The daily menu is printed on a single sheet of A5.
What you will pay
Most drinks £11-£13. Three drinks: £35.
The verdict
Walk in before ten. Sit at the bar. Ask them to make you something good.
Nathaniel Ashford
Senior contributing editor
Nathaniel Ashford writes about bars, cocktails, pubs and the London neighbourhoods that hold them together. A former drinks-trade journalist, he now contributes a weekly cocktail column for Vivi and leads the Vivi Neighbourhoods series.
He knows more about vermouth than is strictly respectable. Based in Fitzrovia; generally found two doors down from wherever he is supposed to be.
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