Worship Street Whistling Shop

6 Reviews on “Worship Street Whistling Shop”

• Kingy

  Cute speakeasy type bar on Worship Street, in between Moorgate and Liverpool Street – although on the main street, it is not particularly signposted so don’t walk past it! It is right next to blueberry Bar. The venue has the dark speakeasy feel to it and has some nice booth areas. You receive table service at 12.5% service charge (although the service wasn’t particularly great) and a G+T is 9. Nice venue but would prefer to spend my money in somewhere like Nightjar instead.

  August 19, 2015, 10:48 pm

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• Gingle Lists Everything

  We had 9:00 reservations at Callooh Callay, but the original plan was to go to the Whistling Shop before that. It was 8:30. We debated about whether we could really squeeze it in, and rather rashly, decided we could and we would. In all honesty, we couldnt, but we did it anyway. We walked up to Worship Street, walking much further up and farther away from the populated area than I was expecting. We walked in and I instantly regretted having spent so long in Scaredy Cat Town and missing out on being able to make the most of this place. It was all dark wood and tea lights, and even though it didnt have a hidden entrance, walking inside made you feel like you were entering some tucked away, little known place. We told the guy who greeted us that we were on a tight schedule and needed to get a drink as quickly as possible. They asked us why the rush and when we told them, agreed that we really shouldnt miss out on those reservations and were fully behind getting us served and out again as quickly as possible. The cocktail list sounded amazing. They take a scientific approach to cocktailing making, apparently experimenting with different flavour combinations in their laboratory. Many of the cocktails include ingredients like WS2 exhaustion tonic, which are mixtures of their own invention and require a glossary at the back of the menu to figure out what they are. We wanted to make as much of the choices available as we could, so we ordered different drinks to each other – House Gin Fizz and the Panacea.House Gin Fizz: Tanqueray gin, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, vanilla salt, orange bitters, sodaPanacea: Compass Box whisky, honey and lavender shrub, lemon juice, sage dust.Yes, sage dust. Both were enjoyable to drink and had an interesting taste, with a creamy topping, but I think my friend and I preferred the Panacea, probably because it was so unlike any other drink wed had before. The gin fizz was nice (and very quaffable once we realised wed gone past our imposed 10 minute time limit) but it was just a gin fizz. Nothing as cool as sage dust in it. The cocktails backed up my instinctive reaction that we should have spent more time here. The downside is that the drinks are quite pricey, and the place was eerily empty. There was one other group in there, but otherwise the place was dead. I assume this is because it feels like its in the middle of nowhere, even though Shoreditch is only a few streets away. jaminaward.wixsite.com

  March 17, 2015, 4:47 am

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• Manu Narang

  The only thing going for it was the ambience, really. Mediocre drinks, no real grub and the place just being too dark inside. I’m not visiting again…

  July 13, 2014, 3:57 am

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• Nic Cril

  As soon as I knew I was heading to London I started to compile a list of places that no matter what – I MUST VISIT. This wasn’t even on my radar but as soon as I landed almost every London foodie worth their salt Twittered me – ‘get your arse down to the Whistling Shop’.I had no idea what they were talking about – but a short search later showed that this great new bar has just opened its doors to massive acclaim for their cocktails, all dreamed up in their onsite laboratory. And no – not like the god-awful laboratory bar tourist trap housed in one of Melbourne’s laneways.In true London fashion, had you not known what you were looking for you would have passed straight by, let alone realised there is one of the worlds best bars hidden in the basement. Not to mention the fact that it sits in an area that really has nothing else going on in it during the weekend (situated as it is in the Moorgate-Liverpool Street banker Monday to Friday enclave). You need to make a special decision to travel here knowing you probably will have to travel elsewhere to get any other food or drink.It’s almost without signage, at the City end of Shoreditch on a backstreet deserted at night. The cellar room is darkly Dickensian, full of cosy corners, leather armchairs and select antiquities. In the back is a windowed laboratory – worthy of a Jekyll and Hyde fantasy – crammed with equipment modern and antiquated, used to create the wondrously described ingredients which constitute the cocktails.And look at the prices of the cocktails – the equivalent of no more than $12. We decided upon the Black Cat’s Martini – Beefeater gin, martini extra dry, vermouth, removed cream. Fantastic drinking and perfectly executed flavours with an alcohol content to blow your socks off.The Civility Cocktail – Lillet Blanc, martini extra dry, WS^2 exhaustion tonic, WS^2 rasberry syrup. This cocktail was a very easy drinker and had a nice rounded sweet edge that worked well.My brother decided upon the Broiler-Maker – Hennessy Fine de Cognac, super heat treated beer ‘vermouth’, WS^2 roasted yeast bitters. This was one of my favourites and any beer lover who doesn’t mind a flirtini or two may be lead down a very dark path with this concoction.I just had to choose the most outrageously sounding cocktail: Radiation Aged Cocktail – Diplomatico rum, WS^2 chip pan bitters, Campari, Dubonnet, Absinthe, WS^2 Grenadine, Irradiated. Straight off the bat you know that mix is going to be lethal with a Whistling twist. The first mouthful was a right-hook to the jaw but as the flavours mixed together it became one of the most elegantly balanced cocktails I have ever had.When I once again live in London this is going to be the bar where I will drag friends along and watch their faces as they too stumble upon one of London’s true secret basement bars. sharkingforchipsanddrinks.com

  August 30, 2013, 5:35 am

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• Roxane Bch

  Another speakeasy bar, well hidden in a quiet street of Shoreditch. Although noisy, this place is worth the detour for its fabulous cocktails and mysterious atmosphere.Read more: http://trendyguide.wordpress.com/tag/london-2/page/9/ trendyguide.wordpress.com

  July 3, 2013, 12:50 pm

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• Paul C

  On Worship Street, the Whistling shop is not like any ordinary venue. No beers are being sold ! It is however a great location to have some drinks at. When you enter via the small door, you cannot realise how large and spacious it is in the basement. Big tables and some booths for people who want a bit more privacy and calm. The cocktails are especially good and the overall atmosphere relaxed and friendly. I highly recommend this place.

  June 27, 2013, 2:50 am

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