Birthday Party 2007
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Early Option
12:30, Bar Aquarium
Simple, nice, local roof terrace.
262 Old Street, EC1 Open 12noon - 9pm 020 7253 3558
13:45, Kensington Roof Gardens
The most amazing roof terrace in London
Ring to see if they're open. Will be quite expensive, but looks incredible.
99 Kensington high Street, entrance Derry Street, W8 High Street Kensington tube Please call us on 020 7937 7994 Monday to Friday during business hours, or 020 7368 3993 on the weekends.
Main Itinerary
15:00, The Rake
Smallest bar in London, excellent continental beers
14 Winchester Walk, SE1 9AG 020 7407 0557 Nearest Tube: London Bridge tube/rail
16:15, TS Queen Mary
Bar on a boat
Tube: Embankment Waterloo Pier, Victoria Embankment, London WC2R 2PP
17:30, Ice Bar
Icy
Actual entry is at 17:45. 31-33 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BN Heddon Street is located just off Regent Street and is a 5 minute walk from either Piccadilly Circus or Oxford Circus tube stations.
Paid: Me, Simon Crook, Lucy, Neil (Lucy's bf), Nishan, Ian Hughes, Matt Grimes, Tini (Nishan's wife), Chris Heald
Paying: Scott Douglas
People I'm paying for for now: Natalie Westgate, Andrew Maddison, Becca, Caroline Richards, Tom (Caz's bf)
Others confirmed for the Ice Bar: Dheepa
Coming but skipping Ice Bar: Ralph
People meeting later: Becky Dixon
Unknown: Kate
Booking Details
Ice Bar, 020 7478 8910. £12pp up to 17:45.
18:45, Dirty Martini
Trendy, good cocktails
Happy hour until 9pm 11/12 Russell Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 5HZ Near Covent Garden/Charing Cross tubes
If you would like to reserve a table for the Dirty Martini Happy Hour please call Sarah on 0207 257 8626 for more details.
20:00, Rockwell Roof Gardens
Nighttime roof terrace
Again, seems expensive, but looks really nice and really central.
Look for the striking building with black flags and a clock. The Trafalgar, 2 Spring Gardens, Trafalgar Square, SW1A 2TS Open 5-11pm Nearest tube: Charing Cross 020 7870 2900
21:15, Waxy O'Connors
Mazey (not using obvious pun)
Between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square 14 - 16 Rupert Street, Leicester Square, W1D 6DD Open until midnight
Interesting Irish bar with mazes between the bars.
Nighttime Choice, pre-Club
British cocktails.
157 Commercial Street, E1 6BJ 020 7247 7392 5pm - 1am Tube: Liverpool Street
Bavarian Beerhouse Ltd., 190 City Road, EC1V 2QH Close to Old Street
Unsorted
Roof terrace. May not be that great during the evening.
257-259 Pentonville Road, King’s Cross, N1 9NL Tel: 020 7427 2540 Bookings: 020 7427 2541
Good, but worked out to be a bit awkward
Restaurant on 7th floor with Thames views
Bankside, SE1 9TG Tube: Southwark or Blackfriars
Roof terrace with city views and a mini lawn. May be expensive.
1 Poultry, EC2 020 7395 5000 Close to Bank
Too Far Away
Lonsdale
British cocktails.
48 Lonsdale Road, W11 2DE 020 7727 4080 Tube: Westbourne Park or Ladbroke Grove tube
A bit out, not as nice as the other roof terraces, but seems more reasonably priced.
65 Clapham Park Road, SW4 020 7498 3388 Nearest tube: Clapham Common
Nice outside bar by the Grand Union Canal with huge outdoor terrace. Not cheap, but not expenive either (just over £3/pint)
54 Formosa Street, London, W9 2LU 020 7266 3557 Nearest Tube: Warwick Avenue (nr. Maida Vale/Edgeware Road)