London's best ice cool bars

The temperature’s soaring again this weekend. Forget limp desk fans: you need to hit one of London’s coolest bars for a cocktail on the rocks. For added cool, wear a bikini
ice cool bars london

Bar 5cc

This insider favourite is hidden inside the Exmouth Arms, an old pub in Exmouth Market. Black shutters keep it cool and dark. There’s a twin secret establishment in Bethnal Green.

23 Exmouth Market, EC1, 020 3664 6454, 5cc-london.com

Mishkin’s

An oasis of calm in the sweaty theatre district, with cool tiled floors and exposed stone walls. Its changeable summer cocktail menus are generously icy.

25 Catherine Street, WC2, 020 7240 2078, mishkins.co.uk

Voodoo Ray’s

Dalston Superstore’s new little sister Voodoo Ray’s has a New York pizza parlour vibe, where you can grab a slice and a frozen Margarita churned in a traditional Italian granita machine. Ice cool.

117 Kingsland High Street, E8, 020 7254 2273, dalstonsuperstore.com

Mizuwari

A Japanese whisky den hidden in a cool basement in Soho. Bartenders hand-carve ice balls to fill your glass.

16 Old Compton Street, W1, 020 7287 9111, bincho.co.uk

Callooh Callay

Voted ninth best bar in the world. You enter through a giant wardrobe, Narnia-style, for the air-conditioned downstairs bar or head upstairs to the Havana Nights pop-up.

65 Rivington Street, EC2, 020 7739 4781, calloohcallaybar.com

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