Dish · 4 kitchens in London
Martini and Negroni
Two stirred classics: gin and vermouth (the martini); gin, vermouth and Campari (the Negroni).
Nobody paid to be here. Each kitchen is described from its own menu where it publishes one, unranked, so each note says how that kitchen makes it.
In London
House Negroni
Founder PickBar Termini · Soho · ~£25 pp
The house Negroni, gin, vermouth and bitters, four ways, from classic to rose. Choose yours; it opens the evening.
This version: The house Negroni in four styles — aged (Classico, Robusto) or infused with pink peppercorns or rose petals — at the Old Compton Street counter.
Pick it if: You want to choose your Negroni's style, standing-room Soho.
Connaught Martini
The Connaught Bar · Mayfair · ~£45 pp
The Connaught martini, gin and dry vermouths, made at your table from the trolley and finished with your pick of the bar's own bitters. One is plenty.
This version: Tanqueray No.10 and dry vermouths, the bitters chosen by you.
Pick it if: You want to tailor the martini's bitters, in Mayfair.
Dukes Martini
Dukes Bar · St James's · ~£45 pp
The Dukes martini, made at the table in a frozen glass from spirits kept colder still, with no ice. One each.
This version: The St James's ritual, poured without ice.
Pick it if: You want the martini at its coldest and strongest, St James's, walk-in only.
Negroni
Founder PickMr Fogg's Pawnbrokers · Soho · ~£28 pp
Gin, Campari and a red riserva vermouth, stirred. The first glass at the bar.
This version: A stirred Negroni — Bombay Sapphire, Campari and Martini Riserva Speciale Rubino — in a themed Victorian Soho room.
Pick it if: You want the Negroni in a theatrical room on Dean Street.