Thursday 12 November 2015

Ice Bar London



London is one of my all-time favourite places to visit and I try to visit as often as possible.  I Lived in London for a while doing various brand research and internships which really helped my brand mould into what it is today so its easy to see why London will always be a special place to me. 

One of my favourite things about London is that it’s always ever changing and interesting.  I always try to do new exciting things when I'm in town and have been looking forward to visiting the Ice bar for such a long time.  


If you have never heard of Ice Bar London here is some quick details about what makes it so interesting and unique.  The bar is the UKs only permanent Ice Bar which takes on a different concept every year.  This year for its 10th Anniversary award winning sculptor Jens Thins Ivarsson has taken on the change of a “Rock” themed bar.  The ice comes all the way from River Thorne in the North of Sweden and is crystal clear natural ice.  The bar features carved ice including 231 ice block punk belt studs, a huge 6ft tall skull you can take pictures with, a rock goddess carved into a wall mural, a whole ice bar and ice block seating to name a few.  




The drinks are all served in actual ice cube glasses.  Which aren’t reused so they are personal to yourself.  They offer a range of great alcoholic cocktails and non-alcoholic cocktails one is included in the entry price.  Cocktails are cleverly named to fit the theme including “whole lotta rosie”, “smoke on the water” and my favourite “monkey Wrench” to name a few!  


My favourite part of the experience has to be the designer thermal capes with matching gloves.  They are nice and cosy to keep you warm (its 5- at all times).  A practical design feature of the cape was that the gloves were attached to the cape so when you take them off to take pictures you don’t lose them!


In summary I highly recommend the bar to visitors and locals!  I can’t wait to come visit the next concept.  My top tip would be to wrap up warm.  Unfortunately due to having a meeting just before my experience I didn’t wear warm clothing and even with the cape I was chilly (not unbearably) Just wear warm clothing and enjoy your trip!