American Bar
Cocktail bar · Strand
Strand, London WC2R 0EZ, United Kingdom
Highlights
Art deco bar with classic cocktails, live piano music
Art deco bar with classic cocktails, live piano music
"The American Bar, established 1889, was the first proper cocktail bar in London, the quintessential melting pot of actors, playwrights, debutantes, composers, royalty and Americans feeling Prohibition. It’s where Ada Coleman invented the Hanky-Panky, Harry Craddock concocted the Corpse Reviver #2, and Erik Lorincz, first mixed his classic Green Park (gin, lemon, basil, genius). Ask to sit at the bar, use the first edition Savoy Cocktail Book as the menu and admire the bartenders’ clipped efficiency." - Emma Hughes
"Having made its U.K. debut in fall 2021, Savoia Aperitivo has already started making noise as one of the most exciting aperitifs and product releases of the year." - Tyler Zielinski
"The longest surviving cocktail bar in London, known for its art deco style and famous regulars, offering unique cocktails like the Pinstripe." - Ann Shields
"A long-running London cocktail room known for its history and nightly live pianist, celebrated by cocktail authorities as one of the world’s most famous spots to sip a Negroni." - Kathleen Rellihan
"One of the most storied cocktail bars in the world, the Savoy’s American bar is also among the best places to channel one’s inner Don Draper and sip on an Old Fashioned in surrounds of unabashed opulence. Best of all — the dress code means no smelly runners stopping in to refuel. Bliss." - James Hansen
