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It takes a lot for a cocktail bar to stand out in Shoreditch – yet Found does. This speakeasy, accessed via a discreetly marked doorway next to Casita, is about to become one of your new favourite drinking haunts.
This is the kind of bar you have to know to find – take that as a good thing as it means there’s almost always room for you to squeeze in for a cheeky drink – a welcome change from the table-booking phenomena that seems to have taken nighttime London by storm.
There are four rooms – choose your spot and settle down to a very good drink or three.
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Mixologist-owner Oskar Klimaszewski has created something special here: a cocktail bar that serves up excellent drinks with zero pretension – they describe it as “No gimmicks, just good service, banter and great booze”. Fair enough, the drinks speak for themselves and the banter is pretty great too – a world away from the sterile atmosphere of many of the area’s drinking holes.
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Found bar also happens to be the perfect date location – with low-lit nooks and comfy seating that are perfect for a cosy tete a tete. That said it’s quite small and it does get busy later on at the weekends, but it attracts an unfailingly friendly crowd who’ll always make room for one more.
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As you’d expect, the cocktail menu is the real centre of attention and a chance for the bar to flex its muscle. It takes a lot of skill to move beyond the classics, creating your own drinks that actually work – yet each drink surpassed my (already high) expectations.
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There aren’t many cocktails on the list – rather than creating a tome of a cocktail list, Found has chosen to curate the very best. If I had to choose a favourite it would be the zingy Heaven and Hell (cachaca, framboise, jalapeno agave, lime and raspberry) – the citrus kick softened by the agave and raspberry but with a nice spicy finish.
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Address: 5 Ravey St, London EC2A 4QW
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