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Waltz

cocktail·$$$·Shoreditch
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Named London's best cocktail bar by Time Out in August 2026, and rated five out of five by them. Around twelve seats reached down an alley behind an anonymous black door, with high navy walls painted with starling murmurations to mimic a dusk sky, and jazz playing. The menu is built on the Japanese seventy-two micro-seasons and rotates constantly: a matcha Old Fashioned, a bitter gimlet with Nikka Coffey gin, and the signature Original Picante.

$$$Cocktail BarShoreditch

Location

28 Scrutton Street
Shoreditch, London
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Plan Your Visit

Service Style

Bar seating

Sit at bar, order from bartender

Insider Intel

Order This

The Original Picante, or the matcha Old Fashioned — the list rotates on the Japanese seventy-two micro-seasons.

Best Time

Later evening, when the jazz and the dark blue room do their work.

Know Before You Go

Around twelve seats, reached down an alley behind an unmarked black door. Named Time Out's best cocktail bar in London in August 2026, so book ahead.

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