Freewheeling inner-city venue that brings energy and sophistication across the board. The proper response to, ‘try our house martini, they’re a speciality and our own blend,’ is without a doubt, ‘yes, please!’ Martinis are a focus of the well-considered cocktail list, with a wide-ranging, boutique-producer focused bottle shop and wine collection to plunder alongside it. A lot of things are happening here: cocktail bar, wine bar, bistro, delicatessen. Take your pick and dive in. Drinking and dining can be done al fresco, in the moodily lit booths, or at the long bar in the bottle shop where arranging a mix of cheese, charcuterie and accoutrements seems apt. The wider menu leans into Euro-bistro fare. Sweet ’n’ savoury eggplant jam donuts are showered with salted, shaved ricotta while roast chicken arrives in plump cuts with a crisp chicken-skin hat, dashes of nutty mushrooms and gently seasoned bread sauce adding subtle complexity. Margot’s nails the brief for a breadth of drinking, dining, snacking and takeaway.
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