Openings
Her Majesty’s Secret Service
A new cocktail bar and ‘punch house’ named Her Majesty’s Secret Service (HMSS) has opened in Bristol. The new venture comes from the team behind London cocktail bar and consultancy group the Cocktail Trading Co. It is on Whiteladies Road, next to Clifton Down station and serves a wide range of cocktails within an environment aiming to be relaxed, luxurious, and creative. There are also punches and non-alcoholic ‘faux-tails’ available, alongside tastings, masterclasses, and cocktail events. The design has been described by the founders as having a mixture of influences; industrial, gin palace, espionage, and regal drinking parlour. It is inspired by the type of place in which ‘James Bond would hide from his associates’.
Opened 24 July Capacity 80 Operator Cocktail Trading Co Typical drinks HMSS Old Fashioned; the Delicious Sour (Calvados, peach wine, lemon, egg white); and the Daisy de Santiago (Bacardi Heritage rum, citrus sherbet, Chartreuse) Website
www.facebook.com/HMSSbar
Extra openings
Barrafina
The third Barrafina restaurant, serving modern Spanish tapas, has opened in London’s Drury Lane near Covent Garden. The site has the same signature look as its sister restaurants in the city, with 23 red leather high stools and one long marble- topped bar.
Capacity 28 Executive head chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho General Manager José Etura Website:
www.barrafina.co.uk
18 | The Caterer | 31 July 2015
The Drawing Room, Flemings Mayfair
Flemings Mayfair hotel has launched the Drawing Room, a new venue for afternoon tea, served daily between 12.30pm and 5.30pm.
Tea options Green tea with jasmine pearls, Lis- Han Oolong, spiced Bombay Chai Features Original fireplace from 1851, de Gournay hand-painted wall panels, library stocked with cultural books Website:
www.flemings-mayfair.co.uk
Llandudno Bay hotel
The Llandudno Bay hotel opened earlier this month in north Wales. The opening of the hotel follows an extensive refurbishment of the Grade II-listed building in which it sits, on Llandudno’s Promenade.
Rooms 61 Features Function space for 150, 90-cover restaurant, and Champagne bar and lounge Executive chef Ian Gray General manager Chris Evans Website
www.bayhotels.co.uk
www.thecaterer.com
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