Be at One - B@1

Larger than its covent garden counterpart this wooden floored, more up-market version of be st one is s bar that lives for its happy hour. It gets noisy quickly in the early evening and the bar staff let out shrieks every now and then, offering specialised twists on the vast cocktail menu available. The small chain is well established for a producer of amazing cocktails and with the two for one offer at happy hour you can verify the extent of the appeal A problem here is a lack of tables which quickly get snatched up or reserved leaving the after work crowd to party in the gaps. Its far enough from the tourist spots not to be noticed so that’s not a problem but that also casts it away from eyes that might normally head for zoo or oxygen and therefore not notice this after work gem.

Overall be at one in Soho is the big brother to the one in covent garden but that doesn’t mean it has learnt any of its lessons as a chain, overcrowding gives what could be a great bar, a stab in the back 6/10