The Shrub & Shutter

4 Reviews on “The Shrub & Shutter”

• Sarah Bailey

  We went for the food rather than the cocktails, although the cocktails all looked pretty good and very elaborate! The food was great. Squid and Kimchi cakes were fresh tasty and spicy. The beetroot barrisia was heavenly, as we’re the potatoes with anchovies. We shared buttermilk chicken with chickpea chips, the sea bass and mackerel! All in all a more than surprisingly good local restaurant. Booking is definitely necessary. I loved it.

  November 27, 2016, 12:59 pm

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• LHOG

  Great spot. Cocktails are delicious, particularly the sublime pistachio cupcake.Staff were super friendly and Jay Z was blasting, nothing wrong with that : )

  June 1, 2016, 4:37 am

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• MyTucker

  Promoting itself as a cocktail bar, we were more impressed by the food, with in our view dishes standing out well against the vast majority of local restaurant competition by the quality ingredients, expert cooking and professional presentation. Well done, keep it up and we are definitely returning soon.

  August 21, 2015, 8:00 pm

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• Social Concierge

  The VibeEvery so often a venue will come along that simply blows your socks off. The Shrub and Shutter has done just that and Id even go so far as to crown it my best new bar of 2014. Tea lights flicker invitingly ushering you in from the early evening darkness and an unassuming shop front belies the wondrousness of what lies within. Part botanical workshop, part bookish hipster cafe, Chris Edwards and Dave Tregenza have furnished this place expertly with a keen eye for detail that doesnt go unappreciated and the result is akin to the Danish concept of hygge, roughly translating as cosy meaning you feel welcome to spend hours here. Perfect place to bring a date then.The OrderFood and drink geeks, behold! There is a new altar in town. The Shrub and Shutter offer so much variety, weekly changing specials and just about a tonne of passion. For him, try the deer hunter cocktail (tincup bourbon, orange, SotE smoking pipe bitters, capovilla tabacco amarone and birch sap), it comes served with a mouthful of venison. For her, how about the harler vin (titos handmade vodka, the crusher pinot noir, fresh lemon, vanilla sugar and plum bitters) served with frozen grapes. Both are perfection, much like everything we tried on the menu. The owl and the pussycat comes served with a teeny tiny cheeseboard which is delectable and the perfect accompaniment. There is also a great list of bar snacks including a sumptuous chicken liver parfait served with sauternes jelly and toast.The GameBrixton is the perfect date location given its eclecticism and bold personality. The Shrub and Shutter is the newest addition to the scene but may find itself featuring in any number of future Brixton date permutations. You could visit the latest exhibition at the Black Cultural Archives and afterwards head down Coldharbour lane for a sneaky cocktail and some exceedingly delicious bar snackettes. Or, why not make early evening reservations and have supper and a few cocktails before catching a movie at the Ritzy cinema for some romantic back row action, popcorn-stuck-to-your-top notwithstanding. Alternatively, dine elsewhere, maybe in Market Row or Brixton village, but bring your date to Shrub to impress them with the cocktail of their lives. A nice time to visit would be an evening midweek or even a Saturday afternoon, when you are likely to have the bar all to yourselves, and the friendly staff can really lavish their attention on you. Its a great spot and you will certainly win all kind of cool points for bringing your date here so what are you waiting for?The FaultsAll I will say is good things come in small packages.Sex Factor.4. socialconcierge.co.uk

  March 17, 2015, 2:26 pm

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