Classics

An Amaretto Sour is a sweet and tart mixed alcoholic drink made with amaretto, an Italian almond-flavoured liqueur. The traditional recipe uses just amaretto and fresh lemon juice, while modern bar versions add bourbon (we do) for strength, simple syrup for extra balance, and Aquafaba for a silky foam top.

Aperol Spritz is a classic Italian bittersweet cocktail made with 3 parts Prosecco, 2 parts Aperol, and 1 part soda water over ice, garnished with a fresh orange slice. The Aperol Spritz traces its roots back to 19th-century Austrian soldiers in the Veneto region who added a splash (spritz) of water to heavy Italian wines. Aperol itself was invented in 1919 by brothers Luigi and Silvio Barbieri, but the iconic modern orange cocktail recipe took shape in the 1950s.

Queen Mary 1 ruled England from 1553 to 1558. She earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" because she ordered the execution of roughly 280 Protestants by burning them at the stake in an attempt to restore the Roman Catholic Church. The Bloody Mary was invented in 1921 by French bartender Fernand "Pete" Petiot at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. He combined equal parts vodka and tomato juice. When he brought it to New York in 1934, he added salt, pepper, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce to elevate the flavor. Are the two things related? Who knows.

The Brigadoon is a vibrant Scotch whisky sour created by Adam McGurk at The Player in London. It blends, blended Scotch (we use Monkey Shoulder), apricot liqueur, fresh lemon juice, and of orgeat almond syrup. Shaken and strained into a coupe, it offers smoky, nutty, and bright stone-fruit flavors.

Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail, made with fresh lime, sugar, cachaça (a Brazilian liquor distilled from fermented sugarcane juice), and ice. It is a citrusy, sweet, and refreshing drink where the lime and sugar are muddled together right in the glass before adding the alcohol. Think a grassy Daiquiri

Champs-Élysées is a classic, sour-style brandy (Pierre Ferrand 1840 Original Formula) cocktail named after the famous Parisian avenue. It functions as a complex, herbal riff on the Sidecar, swapping traditional orange liqueur for Green Chartreuse to deliver a potent, elegant, and citrus-forward profile with a rich botanical backbone.

A classic Cosmopolitan is a crisp and refreshing blend of vodka, Cointreau, fresh lime juice, and a splash of cranberry juice, garnished with an orange peel twist. It offers a perfect balance of tart fruit and sweet citrus. The modern Cosmopolitan cocktail evolved during the 1970s and 1980s as a variation of the Kamikaze.

Dark rum, ginger beer, bitters and lime: a refreshing classicThe Dark 'n' Stormy cocktail was invented in Bermuda shortly after World War I. British naval officers mixed local dark rum with spicy ginger beer. The layered look of the dark rum floating on top of the pale ginger beer inspired a sailor to name it after a threatening storm cloud.  Dark 'n' Stormy is a trademarked drink and must be made with Goslings Black Seal rum from Bermuda.

The espresso martini was invented in London in 1983 by legendary bartender Dick Bradsell at the Soho Brasserie. Legend says a famous young model walked up and asked for a drink to "wake me up and f*** me up," prompting Bradsell to combine vodka, sugar, coffee liqueur, and a fresh shot of espresso. We use cold brew coffee from Shed Cafe and Wybrow Vodka, which is rumoured to be the same as used in the original recipe

The Grasshopper is a sweet, mint-and-chocolate-flavoured after-dinner drink with a pastel green colour. It is made by shaking equal parts green crème de menthe, white crème de cacao, and heavy cream with ice, then straining it into a chilled glass

A French Martini is a sweet, fruity cocktail made with vodka, pineapple juice, and Chambord (a French black raspberry liqueur). Despite the name, it contains no gin or vermouth, and it was actually created in New York City during the 1980s, getting its "French" title from the raspberry liqueur.

The Hemingway Daiquiri is a tart, spirit-forward twist on the classic rum lime drink. It originated in the 1930s at El Floridita Bar in Havana, Cuba, when author Ernest Hemingway asked for his daiquiri with double the rum and zero sugar.

A Long Island iced tea is a potent alcoholic mixed drink. Despite its name, it contains no actual tea. It gets its amber color and name from a visual likeness to non-alcoholic iced tea, created by mixing five different types of liquor (Rum, Tequila, Vodka, Gin, Triple sec) with lemon juice, simple syrup, and a splash of cola.

The Pornstar Martini is a modern classic cocktail created in London in 2002 by bartender Douglas Ankrah. It is a sweet, tangy, and tropical drink made with vanilla vodka, Passoã (passion fruit liqueur), passion fruit purée, and vanilla syrup, served with a floating passion fruit garnish and a shot of prosecco or champagne on the side.

A Paloma is a refreshing, popular Mexican cocktail made with tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit soda, served over ice in a salt-rimmed glass. Its name means "the dove" in Spanish. It is crisp, tart, and lightly sweet.

A famous tropical rum cocktail created in the 1970s at the Soggy Dollar Bar in the British Virgin Islands. It blends dark or navy-style rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, and orange juice, finished with a generous dusting of fresh nutmeg. We use Black Tot Navy Rum as the base spirit

The Picante de la Casa (meaning "spicy of the house") was created in 2011–2012 by bartender Chris Ojeda at Soho House West Hollywood, evolving from an earlier cucumber-and-hot-sauce recipe at Soho Beach House Miami. Standardized during a 2012 global bar summit in London, it became a modern classic and the best-selling drink across Soho House locations worldwide. Made with Reposado Tequila, fresh lime juice, agave syrup, fresh coriander, and red chili pepper.

The Piña Colada ("strained pineapple") was created by bartender Ramón “Monchito” Marrero at the Caribe Hilton. Tasked with making a signature welcome drink, he blended white rum, pineapple juice, and Coco López coconut cream, making Puerto Rico's official drink in 1978.

A mojito is a classic, refreshing Cuban highball combining sweet, tart lime, and herbaceous mint flavours. It is traditionally made by gently muddling fresh mint with sugar or simple syrup, adding white rum and fresh lime juice, and topping the drink with club soda over ice. Mojito traces its roots back to 16th-century Cuba, evolving from a medicinal tonic called "El Draque" made with crude sugarcane spirit (aguardiente), lime, mint, and sugar created for English privateer Sir Francis Drake's crew.

The classic Negroni was invented in Florence, Italy, around 1919 at Caffè Casoni. Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender, Fosco Scarselli, to make his favourite drink—the Americano—stronger by swapping the soda water for gin, creating the famous equal-parts bittersweet cocktail: gin (Citadelle craft gin) , Vermouth (Cocchi Storico Vermouth Di Torino), and Campari

Invented in New Orleans in the 1830s by Creole apothecary Antoine Peychaud, the Sazerac originally combined his secret-recipe bitters with Sazerac-de-Forge et Fils French cognac. By the 1870s, a devastating European vine pest (phylloxera) led to a cognac shortage, forcing a permanent shift to American rye whiskey. (Rittenhouse overproof)

A very sweet, peachy, and tart; the fruit juices mask the taste of the alcohol (Vodka & Schnapps). Created in 1987 by bartender Ted Pizio at Confetti's Bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He invented the fruity drink during a Spring Break contest hosted by a peach schnapps distributor, naming it after the two main reasons college students flocked to Florida: sex and the beach.

The Sidecar is a classic, tart, and refreshing cocktail made with cognac (Pierre Ferrand 1840 Original Formula), orange liqueur, and fresh lemon juice. It is classified as a "daisy" cocktail—a sour style that uses an orange liqueur instead of simple syrup for sweetness—and is typically served straight up in a chilled coupe glass with an optional sugared rim and an orange or lemon twist.The Sidecar cocktail emerged around World War I, with origins split between Harry’s New York Bar in Paris and Buck’s Club in London. First appearing in print in 1922.

The Singapore Sling was created around 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon, a Hainanese bartender at the Long Bar inside the Raffles Singapore. He designed the pink, fruity drink using  gin, cherry liqueur, cointreau, Bénédictine, pineapple juice, lime , and grenadine, to look like an innocent fruit punch. This allowed women in colonial times to consume alcohol discreetly during an era when public drinking by women violated social etiquette.

A Southside is a classic, refreshing alcoholic drink made with gin, fresh citrus juice, simple syrup, and mint. It tastes like a gin-based mojito or a mint-infused gimlet.Its earliest recorded appearance is in Hugo Ensslin’s 1917 book Recipes for Mixed Drinks as the "South Side Fizz," though popular lore ties it to Prohibition-era Chicago gangsters or New York’s exclusive 21 Club.

Bobby Lozoff and Billy Rice created the modern Tequila, Orange juice and Grenadine recipe at The Trident restaurant in Sausalito, California, in the early 1970s. The Rolling Stones discovered the drink at a private party hosted by Bill Graham in 1972.  Mick Jagger ordered the cocktail, loved it, and the band adopted it as their official drink of choice throughout their 1972 North American tour

Wray & Ting (or Ting Wray) is a refreshing, potent Jamaican highball made by combining Wray & Nephew Overproof White Rum (126 proof) with Ting grapefruit soda, served over ice with a lime wedge. It balances the funky, high-proof punch of Jamaican rum with the tart, bitter-sweet citrus bite of real grapefruit.

Tom Collins cocktail evolved in the 19th century from a London gin punch named after a real head waiter, later getting its distinct American name from a massive 1874 public practical joke.The 1874 New York HoaxThe Prank: A popular practical joke swept New York City and other US cities in 1874. The Script: A friend would rush up to a victim and claim that a man named "Tom Collins" was at a nearby bar telling terrible, slanderous lies about them. The Trap: Enraged victims rushed to local bars demanding to confront Tom Collins, leaving clever bartenders to serve them a tall, refreshing gin lemonade to cool their tempers.

A Vesper Martini is a potent cocktail made with gin, vodka, and Lillet Blanc. Famous as the signature drink of James Bond, it was invented by author Ian Fleming in his 1953 novel Casino Royale and named after the character Vesper Lynd.

A whiskey sour is a classic cocktail blending the warming, rich notes of whiskey (we use Monkey Shoulder) with tart fresh lemon juice and sweet simple syrup. It features a balanced sweet-and-sour profile, often topped with a silky egg white foam and aromatic bitters.

The Woo Woo cocktail emerged in the mid-1980s, fueled by the commercial launch of peach schnapps like DeKuyper Peachtree in 1984. As a close relative of the Fuzzy Navel and Sex on the Beach, this sweet, bright pink drink combined vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice for a fast, crowd-pleasing party option.