Holborn Dining Room, Holborn
The beautiful Gin Bar at Holborn Dining Room claims London’s largest collection of gin with more than 400 varieties and 27 tonics to whet your whistle. In the stylish, copper-topped bar, gin lovers can savour over 14,035 possible gin and tonic pairings.
Jensen’s, Bermondsey
Another new small distiller, Jensen’s makes traditional-style London gins in Bermondsey. The London Dry replicates the drink from the heyday of the gin cocktail, while the Old Tom gin is made to a recipe from the 1840s. Distillery tours can be arranged on request.
214 Bermondsey, Bermondsey
This gin and cocktail bar has knowledgeable bartenders on hand to guide you through an array of more than 80different gins, which include focal London gins Jensen’s and Sipsmith. If the options are overwhelming, it also offers four “gin flights’ – three distinctive spirits mixed with tonic which drinkers are encouraged to identify from the notes before being given the answer.
