Swift

Swift is a two-storey bar offering light aperitifs and pre-dinner drinks in its main room, while the downstairs space features an ‘intelligently compiled’ list of whiskies from around the world in a more opulent, 1950s-inspired Art Deco setting.

Step inside to an airy standing bar inspired by the sweeping style of Joseff Hoffman and the Art Nouveau era. The drinks menu has a succinct list of aperitifs focussing on martinis accompanied by a selection of small plates - the perfect place for those looking to fit in a ‘swift’ drink. 

Head to the more 'decadent comfort' downstairs bar, which hosts live piano music, offers table service - altogether at a far slower pace. Sink into one of the Art Deco sofas and order one of the drinks which lean more towards darker spirits (served with a contemporary twist) or choose from a refined whisky library which showcases (over 130) affordable drams.

Located on Old Compton Street, Swift is the brainchild of four of London’s best-known bar personalities: cocktail duo Bobby Hiddleston (previously at New York's Dear Rabbit) and Mia Johansson, who used to tend bar at London’s Callooh Callay and Milk & Honey, plus husband-and-wife team Edmund Weil and Rosie Stimpson, who operate London’s Nightjar and Oriole bars.

 

Ideal For

Late night drinks, pit stops

Signature Dishes

Native and rock oysters served with Nikkei sauce and shallot vinegar respectively; Guinness Welsh rarebit with caramelised onion and sourdough toast; smoked mackerel and horseradish rillettes and steak tartare.

Signature Drinks

Bloody Mary with vodka, cherry tomato, carrot, celery, lemon & Swift spice mix; Winter Bishop with Old Forester bourbon, primitivo, clementine sherbet, chestnut; and the Piccolina – a mix of white port, Amontillado sherry, fig and Angostura and the Sgroppini, a blend of Prosecco and lemon sorbet.


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