Disrepute

£25 / Cocktail bars

4 Kingly Ct, London

Awards

Excellent Sohan 2024

Opening hours

5PM-3AM

Sunday 4PM-1AM
Monday 5PM-3AM
Tuesday 5PM-3AM
Wednesday 5PM-3AM
Thursday 5PM-3AM
Friday 5PM-3AM
Saturday 4PM-3AM

Immaculate Cocktails, Cozy Vibes Await You!

Nestled in the bustling heart of Covent Garden, Disrepute offers a cocktail experience that's part theatre, part sanctuary from the chaos above. With echoes of a vintage speakeasy and located beneath street level, it immediately spellbinds with its intimate ambiance. The air here is filled with both the clinking chatter of glasses and background jazz, creating an atmosphere as cozy as a leopard-print dressing gown. On entering, Reuben, the ever-charming bartender with an impressive flair for his craft, hands you a cocktail menu that reads like a playlist curated by a master mixologist—each drink a carefully crafted story waiting to be sipped.

But no setting is perfect, and a smattering of service-related hiccups has cropped up during peak times, including a rather brisk welcome door duo who could do with replacing their scowls with a classic gin fizz. I couldn’t help noticing a familial hospitality melding with beautifully presented drinks, marred only by occasional inefficiencies when the room began to pulse with energy like neon on a rainy afternoon. Nonetheless, dissatisfied patrons might have had a one-time run-in; this whimsical oasis otherwise promised impeccable beverages—Aidan's Old Fashioned with rum mixed just right instantly found a space in my cocktail pantheon. Yes, some nights linger on like Shakespearean drama, but the layers of history in every sip—and the possibility of friendly conversation with the right tables—is what keeps me coming back. Cheers to cocktails done properly! — Milo Tastemaker