The Best Martinis in London, Cocktails From Dukes to the Connaught Bar | Eater London

"Is Seed Library a hotel bar? It skirts this definition by having a separate entrance, although it is part of One Hundred Shoreditch hotel. But for the purpose of martini drinking, it hits all the right notes — a beautiful bar to sit at, hospitable bartenders to chat to, and a great selection of gins and vodkas to order from. Hotel bars are where martinis should be drunk. This is a Ryan Chetiyawardana bar, so all the drinks are creative, but there is classic simplicity to this menu too. (For a truly wild martini, pop across the river to his Lyaness bar to try the Elephant martini, which has hyraceum in it.) At Seed Library, the sansho leaf martini is a vodka martini with a savoury, peppery, citrus twist; for gin lovers there’s the Ki No Bi Kyoto dry gin on the menu, that works perfectly for twist and dirty martinis." - Anna Sulan Masing