"This guide puts us in a very difficult position. On the one hand our sacred oath to Tell The People Of London About Good Bars means that that we have to disclose that this moody basement bar on Shaftesbury Avenue has live music, is open until 2am throughout the week, and everything from the paloma to the lupé margarita is £8.50. On the other hand, we love that every time we’ve rocked up, we’ve been able to walk right in and therefore don’t really want anyone else to know about it. Fine, professionalism wins out but trust us, once you’ve spent an evening here, chatting over candlelight and sipping a whisky sour while the saxophone player really lets loose, you won’t want anyone else to know about it either." - heidi lauth beasley