"Imagine, actually imagine, if a London restaurant had the good sense to put ‘poke for jäger’ buttons on every table so that you could extinguish any awkward intervals with a quickfire shot of booze. Well, actually, you don’t have to imagine, because that’s exactly what this loud and proud, part-diner, part-dive bar has done. Just up from Oxford Circus station, Meatliquor serves excellent ramped-up American classics and has a loud enough soundtrack to fill in those gaps where you forget what their pet cat is called. Plus, if one cocktail turns to ten, this place stays open until 3am every night. Friendship, initiated." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing