Mandarin Bar

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66 Knightsbridge

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Fri Aug 10 2012

The well-established bar of Knightsbridge’s Mandarin Oriental now operates partly as a holding pen for people waiting to bag a walk-in table at the hotel’s high-profile restaurant, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. But this only adds to the frisson; it’s a great place for people watching, and the service here is as well drilled and charming as you’d expect from a five-star outfit. The floor is as shiny as a banker’s pearl cufflink, and the size of the cocktails bespeaks an era that recession forgot.

They’re not bad, either: a bit sweet (five spoonfuls is a lot of sugar, even for a caipirinha) but well balanced, and they really are huge. There’s no obligatory service charge, which, given that the staff are splendid and the posh nibbles are replenished at five-minute intervals, is a pleasant surprise.

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Address:
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
Mandarin Bar 66 Knightsbridge
London
SW1X 7LA

Phone:
020 7235 2000
Website:
www.mandarinoriental.com/london
Opening hours:
Open/food served 10.30am-1.30am Mon-Sat; 10.30am-12.30pm Sun
Transport:
Tube: Knightsbridge tube
Map
1. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
  - Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
    66 Knightsbridge
    London
    SW1X 7LA
  - 020 7235 2000
  - www.mandarinoriental.com/london
  - 51.502341,-0.159944