There is something satisfyingly elitist about the experience of drinking a great cocktail in a bar whose only entrance street-level is an unmarked, crusty-looking elevator. It’s even greater that you may never get the same drink twice.
Eddie Yang, of Drink Magazine fame, presides over Tailor Bar, which prides itself on catering to individual tastes. This means no menu. You walk in and a waiter asks your poison, or the usual cocktail you guzzle. We’re inclined towards bourbons and whiskies.
One day, we were enamored by a Manhattan given mystery by a splash of chocolate bitters. Another, we were over the moon with a citrusy old fashioned. There was also a licorice Absinthe number, and a perfectly balanced negroni that was gone in too few gulps. As one would expect, prices hover between RMB70-90 (and go up quickly).
The space itself is also quirky. Once you’ve gotten up to the fourth floor of said crusty elevator, you’re spit into what is, essentially, the foyer of an office design space with great views of the Jing’an street scene.
Filled with, max, 10 tables plus bar seating, it’s an intimate nook with a stately selection of bottles. Just to prepare you, bathrooms are inside the aforementioned office. This means you are escorted back and forth from the toilets by a key-card toting barman. After all, even high-end tipplers can be volatile when left to their own devices.
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