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Don’t drop when you shop – rest up at aqua!

Being located at the junction of two of London’s – indeed the world’s! – most famous shopping streets, Oxford Street and Regent Street, you won’t find a more perfect place than aqua london to fuel up for, take a break during or recover after an epic shopping spree.

Within just a few minutes walk of our front door you’ll find yourself in a shopper’s paradise with unbeatable retail experiences the likes of which just can’t be found elsewhere. Historic department store Liberty of London is so close that its ornate golden galleon weather vane can be seen from the aqua nueva terrace; why not enjoy a cocktail there after visiting the stores five floors of exquisite designer clothing, fabrics and homewares?

Behind Liberty, world-famous Carnaby Street is now the central thoroughfare of the thriving Carnaby Quarter, home to myriad small independent boutiques such as Bolongaro Trevor as well as larger stores from edgy international brands like Cheap Monday and for sneaker-heads, trainer stores stocking the most sought-after styles. Read more +

Bar Supervisor Simone Rossi named ‘The Mixing Star UK 2015′

For this guest post, Lorenzo Stabile, bar team member in aqua spirit, interviews his colleague Simone Rossi about his recent success in a prestigious international competition.

If you ever wondered how to be inspired to combine flavours for a new cocktail, here is the answer: behind a great cocktail there is always a story that starts its creation. That was the the first step of a journey that allowed Simone Rossi, bar supervisor at aqua spirit, to see his cocktail among the winners of The Mixing Star 2015, a global competition promoted by Italian liqueur company Disaronno.

Moving to London from a little city in Italy, Simone entered the hospitality industry with only a basic knowledge of cocktails but a great passion to develop his skills. A few weeks ago, his passion and determination were rewarded when he was named The Mixing Star UK 2015, one of thirteen worldwide national champions.
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Enjoy chic cocktails on our Marios Schwab for aqua terrace

To complement the aqua kyoto summer terrace which has been so beautifully designed for us by fashion designer Marios Schwab, bar manager Luca Missaglia has worked closely with Marios to create three exclusive cocktails using super-premium vodka Cîroc.
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If you like Green Tea Colada…

Reimagining classic cocktails with contemporary ingredients and influences is one of the hallmarks of our bars manager Luca’s style. And few drinks demonstrate it better than his already-extremely-popular new Green Tea Colada, from aqua spirit‘s ‘Inspired by Japan’ selection.
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Reviewers are raving about our New Year Solutions!

January might be over but our New Year Solutions menus in aqua kyoto and aqua nueva are not. aqua nueva’s decadent Spanish delights have been proving very popular, but perhaps because of the time of year it’s kyoto’s nourishing, nutritious, cleansing menu that’s taken the lead. If you’ve yet to try it for yourself, we’ve recently enjoyed some great reviews which we hope will tempt you.
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Inspired new cocktails

Recently we introduced our new bar manager Luca Missaglia and in our Q&A with him he revealed that there would be new cocktails on the list inspired by Japan for aqua spirit and aqua kyoto and by Spain for aqua nueva. This week we spent some time with Luca tasting the Inspired by Japan section (yes, it’s a tough job…!) and we think guests are going to be delighted with his new creations.
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Javier, Miguel and Rajesh from aqua london

aqua london, aqua shard and Hutong make up a great team!

National Waiters’ Day 2014

It’s not often we encourage our staff to run, but we were shouting support from the sidelines when we entered a team into the recent National Waiters’ Day race!

A brilliant initiative described by its founder Fred Sirieix as ‘A day to celebrate all Front of House staff and inspire people about careers in the hospitality industry’, National Waiters’ Day took place on 25th September and the highlight for us was The Waiters’ Race in London’s Hyde Park.
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aqua london ladies racing for life!

Never underestimate an aqua london lady. Torrential rain, miserable running conditions and injury couldn’t – and didn’t – put off our intrepid team of runners who turned out last Saturday 28th June to run Race for Life, determined to do their bit to ‘beat cancer’s butt’.
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Watch the World Cup!

By popular demand, we will be screening the England Uruguay game tomorrow, Thursday 19th June, on our terrace at aqua nueva! The large screen will be on from 7.30pm ready for the match at 8pm. Get here early to choose your spot and show some patriotic cheer! Enjoy some of our new delicious summer cocktails such as a Peach Melba; Ciroc peach vodka with Chambord, peach puree and lemon juice or a Ginger Collins; Tanqueray shaken with fresh ginger, lemon juice and finished with lemonade.

The weather is looking good tomorrow so we are sure to be rocking! You can either celebrate or commiserate (we’re crossing everything for the former!) on the aqua kyoto terrace or aqua spirit bar until late with our resident DJ playing until close.
Normal dress code does apply, so however much you may want to show your support, it’s still no sportwear, shorts or flip flops please! See you tomorrow.

Experience innovative Japanese cuisine at aqua kyoto

Last week we introduced aqua kyoto head chef Paul Greening and spoke of his innovative approach using fine regional produce, inspired by the purity of Japanese cuisine. Few dishes better characterise that approach than this dish of Crab salad with tomato dashi soup bubble and seaweed.
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