"This hideaway Mayfair hotel bar may live in the shadow of its famous, award-winning sibling—The Connaught Bar—but we prefer the Red Room for its relaxed, top-button-undone mentality. It feels young and fresh—there’s beaujolais in one of the expert signature cocktails, the banquette has an orange squiggle-cut, and above the fireplace, there’s a red pencil and gouache sketch that reads ‘I AM ROUGE’. The latter could feasibly be a jump scare clue in a horror film, but given the abundance of statement handbags and cocktail rings in the room, it would be a very chic movie including a lot of Céline product placement. The excellent flirty little cocktails start around the £24 mark so it isn’t necessarily somewhere to make a night out of, but for the first act of a date night during the woo-heavy stage or for a gorgeous nightcap, it’s perfect. Get the Rosé, a French rosé and Campari cocktail, if you enjoy cheating on Negronis with something a little bit sweeter. photo credit: Tyrell Willock" - Heidi Lauth Beasley
