Bars & Pubs

Divided between an upscale Indian restaurant, a buzzy DJ basement and sedate, study-like cocktail bar by the main entrance, this former local library has a contemporary but distinctly grown up Asian flavour. The drinks menu, shared between the two bars, features a dozen signature cocktails (around £10), including a Rupee Rush of Manor Farm sloe gin and microbrewed ginger beer, and a Four C Vodka of house-infused cardamom and cinnamon vodka. Cardamom also mingles with edible gold leaf and Gabriel Boudier Saffron gin in a Fool's Gold (£12), while lychee and rose petal, pomegranate and wild Scottish blueberries come to the fore in the half-dozen martinis (£8). Beers include Moritz, Lao and Sierra Nevada.

Time Out Bars, Pubs & Clubs Guide 2008/9