Après is central London’s best bar & cocktail lounge. Located just off Oxford Street and minutes from Marble Arch, with a smoking terrace, boutique cocktail bar, premium winter lounge and VIP areas, Après is the perfect place to come and drink in style.
Apres specialise in offering our customers a bespoke and welcoming service. Whether booking an intimate table for intimate cocktails or hiring the whole venue exclusively, our professional team ensure your evening here at Après will be second to none.
We accept bookings from 2 up to 300 guests.
In recent years our venue has grown from strength to strength by hosting many high-profile events catering to Europe's finest clientele. We are proud of our professional service and can comfortably cater for corporate events, media launches, wedding receptions, film & photo shoots.
The venue is also available to hire exclusively for special events and functions.
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All In London Review
Cool multi-purpose cocktail bar
Was I glad that I took one of my beautiful early twenties friends with me as I discovered that Apres is a place where the young, cool and well-off folk hang out. And whilst there were one or two after work types in suits, most seemed to be in chill-out mode and ready to start a lively evening. We were told that quite a few visit from nearby Regent’s College. I only spotted one couple who looked like tourist shoppers – and they were achingly trendy Japanese girls. Looking around, I struggled to see anyone in their thirties.
Tucked conveniently down the road alongside Selfridges (I could spy the huge shoe display there from my position in the bar) it has an impressive mural outside from Pulp Fiction. There was a burly bouncer guarding the dark entrance even though it was 7pm and quite sunny. The place was already quite busy and the large outside area where folk smoke shisha (from £25) was full.
We took a seat on a table against a large dark brown wall bench and looked around. Was I in a scene from Made in Chelsea? There are coppery globe lights on the ceiling, painted horizontal planks of wood on the walls where there are also tea lights sconces. The music was loud and a sort of modern clubby jazz funk. I loved the painting of Dean Martin and the words from one of his most famous drinking quotes. Permission to drink! So we waded through the ostrich skin covered cocktail menu book.
Starting at £8.50 the cocktails are arranged in sections including essential, winter classics, always classic, Apres classics, martinis, big guns, shots, sharing is caring and virgins before moving onto the wines (from £22.50 a bottle). Beers aren’t on the menu but I could see some chaps with bottles of Peroni. We were a bit dismayed that Mojitos (my standard test of a cocktail bar) and daiquiris (my colleague’s favourite) were not on the menu.
She chose a Passionflower (£8) – vanilla vodka, passion fruit juice and gomme. Presented in a martini glass with a slice of passion fruit for decoration she declared it “simple, cool and creamy – one of the best cocktails I’ve ever tasted”. My Sin and Tonic (£9) was sublime – gin, peach schnapps and grapefruit juice in a tall glass which was fresh and fruity and went down a treat. It was a perfect long, refreshing taste of summer.
The music took a mellow and bluesy turn and a DJ starting setting up in the upper bar. We shifted to the virgins. My companion’s Strawberry mix (£6.50) was sweet and quickly consumed even though we both thought it tasted a little like a melted ice lolly. My Apple and Ginger mojito (£6.50) was not only a work of art in a glass (how did he manage to do that delicate and intricate sliced apple twist thing?) but a taste sensation. Yes, it passed my Mojito test.
Turning to the food. The jerk chicken arancini (£6.50) arrived on a slate plate containing a dish of three sizeable rice balls sliced in half with a subtle jerk seasoning and a fiery but not overwhelming side of spicy jerk sauce. The three chilli sliders on a wooden block (£9.50) were a good size but were somewhat messy to eat as the slightly rare steak patties oozed meaty juices and melted cheese and relish. But the triumph, from our perspective, were the three grilled halloumi sliders (£8) on brioche buns with perfectly chargrilled red peppers and harrisa.
The downstairs area – where the loos are also located - is probably three times the size of the upstairs cocktail bar and is primarily used for ping pong apart from Friday and Saturday evenings when there is a DJ and dancing. There are various other events – including live music - through the week and details are posted on a board in the bar.
Reviewed by KimT
on May 9, 2014
Published on May 9, 2014
A bar for après work
This bar a stone’s throw away from Bond Street tube is more après work than après ski. All the “essential” cocktails (among them Cosmopolitan, Dark & Stormy and Spiced Pear Bellini) are just £5 till 8 pm, seven days a week. Much of the cocktail list is taken up by classics like daiquiris and piña coladas, as well as reinvented ones, like Spiced Old Fashioned and Dirty Mary. Additionally, there’s a guy in a corner belting out enthusiastic acoustic versions of Eye of the Tiger and more recent chart hits.
The Dirty Vesper is a classic gin martini with olive brine, as well as a plump olive wrapped in cucumber which adds freshness. There’s a robust Negroni and a pleasing Espresso Martini, here made with araku, a rum and coffee liqueur. The Tall Dark & Handsome pairs gin with passion fruit, blackberry and lemon juice for a refreshing result. For those who don’t fancy cocktails there is a small selection of shots and wine too.
In terms of food, the cheeseburger sliders are good, made with medium rare beef and topped with a gherkin and chutney. The mushroom sliders are less exciting, as they are literally just a mushroom in a bun. They’re out of fish and chips (and chips) which is a shame, so instead we go for duck pancakes which are assembled into cones with spring onion, coriander and hoi sin sauce. Fans of olives will love the tubby green olives stuffed with jalapeño peppers too.
There’s a shisha menu which includes the extravagant Cookies & Cream priced at £150, flavoured with tequila coffee liqueur and including two Tiramisu cocktails. Unfortunately every time someone ventures out to the shisha terrace a gust of freezing air fills the venue and customers and staff take it in turns to shut the door.
Après is small and fills up easily, so you’re advised to book a table in advance, particularly during the very popular Happy Hour.
Reviewed by Leila
Published on Apr 2, 2013
User Reviews
Monica S from London
Jan 31, 2014
Been here after some shopping in Selfridges just to relax and have a drink. The terrace is lovely and the staff really takes care of you.
The drinks are delicious, at least from what I've had (they have loads and loads of options). I love the way the bartenders play with everything in the bar from bottles to glasses and ice.
Later the place got full of people dancing on both levels and so did we. Downstairs the atmosphere is crazy.
Lots of fun. We'll be back soon!
Don't know how helpful would this review be as I was here for my company's Christmas party where I had a blast. We had the lounge/club hired for ourselves and everything was great. From the staff, the food (although the portions were a bit small there were plenty of them)and the DJ! They provided the DJ and we actually danced all night.
Hope I'll be back here soon to try out the rest of their cocktails too as we only had a small range of cocktails that we had to chose from (like every company;s xmas party)
Took my brother here when he came to visit. After we took some time to catch up in the snug room with some cocktails we went downstairs in the club. Although I've been here before, it never fails to surprise me. We had a blast, the bartenders made some fire show in the bar. Perfect! It was the best decision for a night out specially cuz it's open til 3AM although I wish it was open for more than that!
I've never been a big fan of promotions and sales and stuff like that. But I love the fact that they have the happy hour on Wednesday till 11pm! I've been to Apres many times, but now that they've extented their happy hour I'm more than happy to drink some of their cocktails!
I love this place but I don't really like it when it's too crowded on Saturdays or Fridays. I guess that's why I'm so happy about the happy hour on Wednesday!
good music, delicious food and amazing cocktails. I love everything about this place except the fact that they don't take large bookings on the terrace :( the buckets full of ice in the bathrooms are just craaaazy! totally recommend!
Wow! Apres! My new drinking destination... fab cocktails and a late lounge which is open till 3am.
They also have an outside terrace perfect for a drink induced cigerette, which comes heated if you prefer the 'alfresco' atmosphere :)
I love this place, wil be sure to tell my friends..
What more can I say, this place has the best cocktails I've tried! They were hosting a candyshop event and I had a peardrop cocktail which was so delicious
Intimate atmosphere, great location, has the exclusive factor, but once in this bar is warm and welcoming.... Great value for money also.... will be sure to reccomend to a friend.
Amazing place in summer sun ... we were there on sunday and had a truly awesome time... the place was brimming and even though it took 10 minutes to order a cocktails when they arrived they were worth the wait ... please try the pink panther ... it will change your life
we stayed till closing as we liked the environment and people and drinks sooo much ... the bar tenders were comical and efficient and there was a dj, who was a little hungover !!!! but the sounds and surroundings were great !!!!!!!! will be back !!!!!!!
I met a friend last week for a cheeky drink after work and wow did Apres go above and beyond.
My friend is a rather fussy cocktail drinker and the very handsome barman made her up a drink using the ingredients she liked- it was SO good! I perhaps had one too many and left my blackberry on the table, to my surprise it was there waiting for me the next day which is a first! (unfortunately I’ve left my phone behind in different places on several occasions!) Thank you!!!
I LOVE this place! I've been a couple of times now, and its basically a guranteed good night out. The croud is sexy but not pretentious unlike other clubs in the area. I hadnt heard of Apres before but I'm so glad I found it!
Last week I, and a group of friends visited Apres to celebrate a 35th birthday. The staff were unattentive and in some cases rude. We expected much more considering the high prices and the amount of money we spent on the night.
