Blitz-themed bar

The latest venture from entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling’s Inception Group, Cahoots was inspired by the London Underground’s use as an air raid shelter during World War II. Prohibition is the order of the day and the space is full of secretive cubby holes and dimly lit corners. If you turn to the back of the menu you will find an envelope marked ‘Do Not Open’. Order the martini and you’ll receive your drink served from a disguised cocktail trolley. Between the replica train carriage, miniature air raid shelter and electro swing music, Cahoots is a time capsule to the 1940s, one cocktail-fuelled evening at a time.

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