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Long Bar

The Sanderson, 50 Berners Street, W1T 3NG Full details & map

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Time Out says 1 Users say 3/5 Rate it

By Time Out Editors Posted: Dec 15 2009

Empty, this is a prime spot: long and light, with flimsy white curtains and a courtyard that feels a long way further than a block from Oxford Street. There's still something unsettling about it, however: those single eyes on the backs of the chairs, and the glint of steel along the long bar don't make for a cosy drinking experience. And the acoustics mean that every fashionista squawk reverberates. The house vodka is Wyborowa, but it's hard to trust a drinks menu that lists most of its cocktails, including daquiris, under 'martinis'. An oriental daquiri costs £13 plus 10% service and tasted of neither lemongrass nor ginger, although the measure was pleasingly hefty. And olives were dull, overly salty and an outrageous £6 before service and the extra gratuity the bill encourages you to add. Granted, there were a lot of them. But you don't come to an Ian Schrager hotel for quantity over quality.

Tags: Bar, Central, Fitzrovia

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Long Bar details

Address

Long Bar

The Sanderson, 50 Berners Street W1T 3NG

Transport Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road tube

Telephone

020 7300 1400

Long Bar website

Open 11am-midnight Mon-Wed; 11am-1am Thur-Sat; noon-10.30pm Sun. Food served noon-11.30pm Mon-Wed; noon-12.30pm Thur-Sat; 1-10pm Sun

Credit cards AmEx, DC, MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 20, terrace ), Babies and children admitted ( terrace ), Function room ( capacity 80 ), Disabled ( toilet in hotel ), Entertainment ( DJ 10.30pm Fri; free ), Wireless internet ( free )