Bars & Pubs

Part of an enterprise that includes a restaurant and a swanky club, Glass appears to lead something of a double life. When it's busy, this shiny, happy room is popular with the kind of cash-happy gents whose tie knots are bigger than your fist. And when it's quiet, it's a large and slightly sad room haunted by the ghosts of the party you've managed to miss. The cocktails are actually pretty decent, especially a black mamba made with Glenmorangie 10-year, blackberries and lime juice; but as we drank, the music lurched from '20s jazz via bangin' electro to Lenny Kravitz, trying desperately to create an atmosphere that had slipped out the door.

Time Out Bars, Pubs & Clubs Guide 2008/9