It’s become the new pre and post-theater requisite for producers and actors to and fro their West End shows. Unlike the Savoy’s American Bar that’s a London institution dating back to the 1930s, The Beaufort Bar is a new but remarkably old looking lounge heavy on the marble and $110k in gold leaf detailing located in the hotel’s former-Cabaret room once blessed by Gershwin himself. Those that remember the space off the Thames foyer will recall mirrored rococo walls and stage with dainty arrangement of reserved sofa and club chairs built to prevent slouching or lazy pinkies while drinking. <br /><br />Post-renovation a regal art deco aesthetic reigns albeit with gentlemanly atmosphere and furnishings by interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon, who put all the tassels in Paris’s Georges V, but still not meant to prop your feet atop. Cocktail service is prompt but finding a sofa available is often not so easy. Luckily, a delightfully deco bar with gloved bartenders pour flutes of champagne liberally and stirs up drinks like the Gilded Cage or White Lady created the hotel’s first mixologist Harry Craddock.
Tips
Dressy art deco bar brings new modern lounge aesthetic to London’s revamped Savoy.
Last Word
During the day the bar is home to the hotel’s high-tea service, switching to a suit-and-tie happy hour aesthetic of nearby city bankers and eventually a more dressed-up theater crowd by night.
