Hector's

"A classic wine bar in De Beauvoir with a cellar of old and rare vintages."

"Along a quiet residential road and signalled by a buttercup-yellow awning, Hector’s is a petite cave à manger in De Beauvoir (that is, a small wine bar which also does snacks like tinned fish and crisps). It’s a bottle shop earlier on in the day, with corks popped and glasses of the fizzy, funky, and fine variety poured from late afternoon. On warm evenings, there’s no better place to live out your Parisian fantasy as seating spills onto the pavement and all the très chic people come out to drink, eat, and be merry." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna

"Along a quiet residential road and signalled by a buttercup-yellow awning, Hector’s is a petite cave à manger in De Beauvoir (that is, a small wine bar which also does snacks like tinned fish and crisps—but it doesn’t sound quite so good in English, does it). It’s a bottle shop earlier on in the day, with corks popped and glasses of the fizzy, funky, and fine variety poured from late afternoon. On warm evenings, there’s no better place to live out your Parisian fantasy as seating spills onto the pavement and all the très chic people come out to drink, eat, and be merry." - jake missing, sinead cranna

"Along a quiet residential road and signalled by a buttercup-yellow awning, Hector’s is a petite cave à manger in De Beauvoir. That is, a small wine bar which also does snacks like tinned fish and crisps—but it doesn’t sound quite so good in English, does it. It’s a bottle shop earlier on in the day, with corks popped and glasses of the fizzy, funky, and fine variety poured from late afternoon. On warm evenings, there’s no better place to live out your Parisian fantasy as seating spills out on to the pavement and all the très chic people come out to drink, eat, and be merry." - Daisy Meager

"It’s not the first time Hector’s has been hailed as a new stalwart of wines in London and it surely won’t be the last. There’s something about the idea and the space — so sure of itself that it becomes more than the sum of its parts, however simple they may be. Hector’s has captured the hearts of its De Beauvoir audience, and understandably so: being there feels like being in the extension of one’s own, quite chic, home. Here drinkers will always find something interesting to have by the glass, but the experience really comes into its own pulling a bottle off the wall or cellar room (where there are often gems hidden, for those willing to browse more intently.) Chenin blanc from Loire newcomer Fabien Pérreard of Le Nadir feels a supple comfort for a weekday night; for something a touch more flash, a 2017 Brouilly from Jean-Louis Dutraive may do the trick. For the uncertain, proper wine bar rules apply: follow the staff’s lead. And when the wine runs out, there’s always a cheeky bottle of mezcal lurking amongst the staff drinks — a pretty spectacular nightcap." - Nathalie Nelles