Trailer Happiness
Main info
£11 - £25
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Cocktail bars
177 Portobello Rd, London
Closed now
5PM-12:30AM
- Sunday 4PM-12AM
- Monday 5PM-12AM
- Tuesday 5PM-12AM
- Wednesday 5PM-12AM
- Thursday 5PM-12:30AM
- Friday 5PM-1AM
- Saturday 4PM-1AM
About this place
Unforgettable Rum Cocktails, Warm Vibes Await!
Ah, Trailer Happiness. One might describe it as the Byron-esque dive nestled along Portobello’s vibrant stretch—a space where tiki-laden cocktails aspire to uplift your spirits, despite the groaning undercurrent of overpriced tourism escapism. Having ventured into this merry mayhem, it throws up pleasant possessions such as the exquisite rum-concoctions since that’s where their forte lies - a heavenly nod for anyone with even a mild enthusiasm for sugarcane distillations. The barcade’s soul must have emerged freshly from a Dionysian trance, for they whip up tiny concoctions grander than Newton's trails in glittering glassware, although arriving through a notorious repertoire missing musical choreography and staffed sometimes adrift on carefree tides... possibly having had one shaken not stirred too many.Solid identification tags for beverages pop up now and then—ask for 'Alex’s' smooth concoction or glimpse 'Pete’s' enigma called “WESTSIDE,” names you’ll gather as key to unlocking Trailer's treasure-trove. Once past any discontent brewed by downstairs greeters prone to dreary mood, inside if loungers treat future patrons fairly like unrushed food parties at Hogwarts, someone called Lottie might just return forgotten treasures down the street. Yet, it isn’t impossible for amongst tones played louder than Moby Dick’s singular chase, a customer sharply spurred away conjures tales like far less illustrative plots. Still in Tokyo Jazz, it strikes chord symphonic to drop ardent reggae undertows persisting nightlong. So roll your rum dice, brave explorers—beverage artistry awaits in admixture esotericism warmed under dim coconuts. — Penelope Savory
How to get there
177 Portobello Rd, London
Heathrow Airport — 11.18 mi
Ladbroke Grove - 526 yd