The cocktail lounge above Gymkhana. The kind of Mayfair bar that does not need to announce itself because the people who know already know.
Bar 42 sits above Gymkhana on Albemarle Street. Members and guests of the restaurant, though walk-ins are received when space allows. The bar is the right size — small enough to feel like somewhere, large enough not to feel like an intrusion.
The cocktails are made with the same precision the kitchen downstairs applies to food. The whisky list is worth examining. The room is low-lit and considered in the way that Mayfair bars sometimes manage and often do not.
Small, dark, comfortable. The natural continuation of a dinner downstairs or the destination in its own right on a Tuesday when the city is quieter and the bar reflects that.
Bar 42 sits above Gymkhana on Albemarle Street. Members and guests of the restaurant, though walk-ins are received when space allows. The bar is the right size — small enough to feel like somewhere, large enough not to feel like an intrusion.
Go after dinner at Gymkhana, which is the natural sequence. Or before, which is the decision that makes the meal feel inevitable.
What to order — the house cocktail of the evening; whatever the bartender suggests; the whisky list if that is where you are.