Happiness Forgets

London, United Kingdom

No. 10 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2016, No. 40 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2019, and No. 35 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2018.

Alastair Burgess's candlelit basement under Hoxton Square, red brick walls, red glass pendant lamps, and a menu the World's 50 Best sums up as polished cocktails in a deliberately low-key room. The bar's own tagline: 'Great Cocktails, No Wallies'. Doors open at 5pm every day; bookings run through the site, and the team also operates sister bar No Nuisance in St Albans.