Bars & Pubs

This capacious, Japan-themed bar-restaurant has an open-plan design that one suspects would make the place terribly sad and terribly dated if there were no one in it. Good thing, then, that Zuma is always packed: at 10pm on a Monday night in February, the bar and the restaurant were both absolutely rammed. In spite of the crowds, the impressive staff took plenty of time over our drinks: a gentle old-fashioned made with a Japanese single malt, and a saketini that blended Tanqueray Ten with Tosatsuru Azure saké to potent effect. If you can bag a couple of stools, the people-watching is terrific.

Time Out Bars, Pubs & Clubs Guide 2008/9