Cocktails & Bars

Review: Kome, Edinburgh

Natasha Corfield stops by Kome in Edinburgh.

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07 October, 2025

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Review: The Morris, Manchester

Manchester's big opening this summer was Blinker's sequel The Morris. Dave Marsland was there soon after opening.

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03 October, 2025

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CLASS Autumn 2025 launches

Access the digital magazine here. Not subscribed? Bartenders can sign up for a digital or hard copy here.

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23 September, 2025

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What's in season this autumn?

Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown make their pick of the seasonal crops for enhancing drinks.

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29 September, 2025

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Review: The Chancery Rosewood at the ex-US Embassy - the latest in hospitality's great repurposing

London has a new hotel bar - and it's set in the iconic former US Embassy. Hamish Smith is at The Chancery Rosewood.

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29 September, 2025

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Nightjar Carnaby to close imminently

Nightjar Carnaby will close its doors this Saturday after owners Roisin Stimpson and Edmund Weil agreed a deal to sell the venue’s Kingly Court lease.

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23 September, 2025

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Three London bars in 50 Best's 51-100 list

Three London bars feature on this year’s 51-100 list, the precursor to The World’s 50 Best Bars sponsored by Perrier, which is released October 8th.

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24 September, 2025

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Angelos Bafas to leave Nipperkin

Angelos Bafas is to depart Creative Restaurant Group, where he worked across venues Nipperkin, NIJŪ, HUMO and Kioku by Endo.

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22 September, 2025

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Classic cocktails: Old Pal

Clinton Cawood dusts off an old friend you might not have tried: the Old Pal.

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23 August, 2025

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Classic cocktails: the Cosmopolitan

Despite its tender years, this classic's origin story is disputed. Clinton Cawood investigates the drink that bartenders love to hate.

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21 August, 2025

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The Top 50 Cocktails in the UK's Best Bars (2025)

Clinton Cawood details the most popular drinks in the UK’s top bars, as discovered by the CLASS Report 2025 - our poll of the bars that received votes in the Class Bar Awards.

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25 June, 2025

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UK hospitality workers feel “undervalued at a policy level”

A report by Celebrate Her has revealed that almost two-thirds of UK hospitality workers feel that the industry should be taken more seriously by the government.

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07 August, 2025

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Classic cocktails: the story of the Picante de la Casa

Clinton Cawood's quest to unearth the story and best iterations of favourite recipes takes him to the neo-classic Picante de la Casa.

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01 August, 2025

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Review: Saltsheds Bar & Bistro, Newquay

West Country reviewer Ellen Manning reports from Newquay, Cornwall.

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01 August, 2025

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Review: Picante, Liverpool

Dave Marsland was in Liverpool to visit the city's latest agave bar.

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25 July, 2025

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Review: Câv, London

Hamish Smith dropped by Chris Tanner's Bethnal Green venue Câv earlier this summer.

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22 July, 2025

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Review: Vessel, Edinburgh

Natasha Corfield is at new Edinburgh spot Vessel.

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22 July, 2025

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Review: TBC, Chester

Dave Marsland is in Chester for the newly opened TBC.

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17 July, 2025

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What's in season this summer?

Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown share their pick of the season’s abundance.

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10 July, 2025

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Review: The Era Bar, Birmingham

Midlands reviewer James March stops by The Era Bar in Birmingham.

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09 July, 2025

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Review: Waltz may be London's most authentic Japanese cocktail bar

Reviewer Hamish Smith didn't realise something was missing from London's bar scene until a new venue waltzed in.

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03 July, 2025

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CLASS Summer 2025 launches

Access the digital magazine here. Not subscribed? Bartenders can sign up for a digital or hard copy here.

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26 June, 2025

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Bars from across the UK star at the CLASS Bar Awards 2025

On Wednesday 21st May 2025 CLASS magazine announced its highly anticipated CLASS Bar Awards 2024. Having debuted in 2003, the CLASS Bar Awards is the longest-running UK bar industry celebration.

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21 May, 2025

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International spotlight: CLASS explores Bar Les Ambassadeurs in Paris

Hamish Smith finds himself stopped in his tracks by a Parisian hotel bar that has challenged his preconceptions.

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29 May, 2025

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The Top 30 Cocktails in the UK's Best Bars (2024)

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09 October, 2024

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Classic cocktails: the story behind the Paloma

Clinton Cawood opens the history books to the page of the Paloma.

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06 May, 2025

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Classic cocktails: The Suffering Bastard

Clinton Cawood unearths the Suffering Bastard - a classic from the catacombs.

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06 May, 2025

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The CLASS Report 2025 launches

CLASS has launched the The CLASS Report 2025. Download the magazine here.

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30 April, 2025

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Modern classics: Breakfast Martini

Our latest incursion into 21st century classics, dips us just below the qualificatiton threshold into 1996, though we thought this drink well worthy of an exception. Clinton Cawood is a sucker for a good story - he catches up with the Breakfast Martini's creator Salvatore Calabrese.

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01 May, 2025

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The winning gins from the BBAs 2025

Which gins did best at the Bartenders' Brand Awards? Here's our top five.

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17 April, 2025