Loungelover
1 Whitby Street , Shoreditch, E2 7DP, London
Super-sexy Lounge Lover is like that beguiling stranger that you've had you eye on for ages ? it looks sumptuous but you can never quite pluck up the courage to make a move.
I urge you to go forth and pull, because Lounge Lover is worth all the embarrassment, teary-eyed nights and jeering remarks that will inevitably follow the rejection.
Perched on the end of a lovely old Shoreditch street, the place is a veritable palace inside ? chandeliers hang from the ceiling, ornate furniture pebbles the numerous mezzanine floors and an uber-groovy soundtrack keeps the place lively. High-quality drinks and cocktails, with a selection far too long to even begin relating, is the order of the day, and a gated (iron wrought no less) VIP area is available for the especially high and mighty.
It's really best to go at night as the place only really gets going under the cover of darkness, filling up with some right pieces of work (both good and bad) from the surrounding boroughs. Not a cheap gaff, but then you pay for quality, and if it's an quirkily-decorated, heavy-atmosphered and beautiful-peopled place you're after, then you've just met your perfect match.