Velvet by Salvatore Calabrese
Bar · Whitehall
10 Whitehall Pl, London SW1A 2BD, United Kingdom
Highlights
Inventive cocktails, velvet decor, martini focus, live jazz
Inventive cocktails, velvet decor, martini focus, live jazz
"The Pride parade wraps up within a flag’s throw of the Corinthia—hotel, bar, and all-round shrine to fabulousness. It would be rude not to draw things to a close with a drink here. The must-order cocktail at Velvet By Salvatore Calabrese marries the two beacons of adult survival—Campari and coffee. It’s called a Negroni svegliato. Prepare to mainline several and have it haunt your cocktail cravings for the foreseeable future." - heidi lauth beasley, sinead cranna
"We have a feeling that on the day Salvatore Calabrese was born, the stars all aligned in the shape of a coupe. He’s the big-deal bartender behind this dimly lit, red velvet epicentre inside the Corinthia hotel off the Strand, and also the creator of the absurdly smart Negroni svegliato that marries our two favourite beacons of adult survival: Campari and coffee. It’s open until 1am from Tuesday to Saturday and in the sacred name of date night wooing, there’s live jazz too." - heidi lauth beasley
"If the words ‘comes with passion fruit caviar’ make you want to start saying mean things, take a deep breath and trust in the inventive, grown-up cocktails at the Corinthia’s hotel bar, Velvet. This dimly lit, glamorous bar looks like it’s from a fictitious era called The Golden Age Of Red Draping and the must-order Negroni svegliato is a Campari and coffee creation that has no right to work, but absolutely does. Also, there’s live jazz." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"Closing time: 1am Tuesday to Saturday Velvet is a fancy cocktail bar hidden down a hallway in the Strand’s Corinthia hotel that operates as London’s most glamorous advert for red velvet draping. Expect live jazz, polished servers who still have a sense of humour, and inventive cocktails that are so clever they could probably file their own taxes. Sincere apologies to your circadian rhythm, but the absurdly smart coffee-infused Negroni svegliato is a must-order." - jake missing, heidi lauth beasley
"If the words ‘comes with passion fruit caviar’ make you want to start saying some very mean things about the last mixologist you met, take a deep breath and trust in the inventive, grown-up cocktails at the Corinthia’s hotel bar, Velvet. They’re worth abandoning any fussy booze bias for. This dimly lit, glamorous bar looks like it’s from a fictitious era called The Golden Age Of Red Draping and the must-order Negroni svegliato is a Campari and coffee creation that has no right to work, but absolutely does. Also, there’s live jazz." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager
