Apples & Pears Cocktail Bar — Restaurant in London

My husband loves the Brick Lane area of London with all the street art, and so I was on the hunt for a cool venue to celebrate his 50th. Apples and Pears has been the most amazing choice we could have made for not only East London, but all of London!

Our friends from all over have not stopped raving about what a cool place this venue is, and I actually can’t wait to have an excuse to host another event there!! 

Kim is the most efficient events person ever to liaise with. A superstar with the drinks order when I wanted to add in bottles of alcohol-free fizz to offer guests, she will make sure you feel welcome, organised and in the best hands. Reggie and the two lovely barmen on the night could not have been more incredible. A lot of friends said they had never felt more looked after at a venue!

For our event I hired the Lounge bar on the ground floor, with its high ceilings and an excellent sound system. The day (11th July) had been a boiling hot 30 degrees, which did not matter, as the air-conditioning inside this place is one of the best I've ever come across in a bar on such a hot day! We organised our own DJ and food (samosas, Brick Lane bagels and a graffiti cake!) It is worth asking about lighting and decorations, as they are allowed within guidelines (all of which we were happy with and everything worked out really well) - we brought along our own disco & fairy lights, a few arty decorations/activities (such as sketch pads on the shelves) and we had an artist sketch the party scene, which all added to the East London street art atmosphere I envisioned !

Apples and Pears was THE perfect venue for our event, honestly don’t hesitate to reserve if you are!! Thank you so much to Kim, Reggie and the awesome bar guys for making it a smashing milestone...

I never even knew that this place existed until I stumbled across if and decided to check it out. It can definitely go onto the hidden gem list.

In midweek they have a range of different events on to try and mix things up a bit and it was the songwriters corner when I was there. 4 singer songwriters sitting around talking about their inspirations and processes before treating the audience to some very good entertainment. I'll all for venues doing something a little bit different and this was right up my street.

Luckily their cocktails made me want to hang around to listen to the music. After all, that's why we were there. I went for the Hanuman which was a bourbon and rum old fashioned and I would highly recommend it. A good hit of booze but not too harsh that it wasn't an absolute pleasure to drink. Hannah plumped for the Nuclear Colada which was actually a lot tastier than it looked given that it was served with about half a glass of squirty cream on top of the alcohol. Cream fans would probably love it but this one had to be drunk quickly to make sure that the alcohol wasn't tainted!

The menu is pretty extensive and they are willing to make you up a classic if that's what you want. I'll definitely be back to...

I had my 30th birthday in the basement bar here, and it could not have gone better. All the staff were SO helpful and friendly, especially the woman on the bar downstairs (sorry I don't know her name!) but I wanted to thank her as she made the whole evening so fun and kept us supplied with plenty of water (and cocktails!) The cocktails are delicious and they let you design your own personalised cocktail menu which was such a nice touch. They were also so flexible in letting us hang some pictures around the venue and the music was perfect - there is option for your own DJ but I just made a playlist and we plugged into the aux and it was great! One member of staff even went out to buy an iPhone adapter to plug it in as we didn't have the right connecter with literally no fuss. All the staff were so friendly, so helpful, so knowledgeable and so flexible and it really made the night so so good. Plus the cocktails were delicious!!! Highly recommend for a party of 50-60 guests. The space was amazing, so so cool and overall I had...