Eat Out London!The Shrub and Shutter
The Shrub & Shutter | Restaurant & Bar | Brixton
Following the success of their drinks consultancy, ‘Salts of the Earth‘, Chris Edwards and Dave Tregenza are proud to introduce ‘The Shrub & Shutter,’ a restaurant and cocktail bar open since Sept 2014 at 336 Cold Harbour Lane in Brixton.
Sidenote: You can also book dinner / weekend Brunch at our sister restaurant First Aid Box, in Herne Hill Dinner reservations only.
Book online via our Design My Night link below Please note that online reservations are for dinner – For drinks, its walk ins only.
Back room seats a maximum of 40 for dinner, or 75 for standing (canapés available) Front Bar has a capacity of 20 max (standing room) for drinks only Whole venue hire also available.
Email us for more information Nominated for Imbibe Personality of the Year award (2017 ) Design My Night – Best cocktail list (2016/17) Time Out Love London Awards – Brixton’s best bar (2016) Open Table Diners award (2015) NEWS: We also own First Aid Box, a cafe and cocktail bar in Herne Hill!
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First Aid Box | Herne Hill
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Chris Edwards and Dave Tregenza, owners of Salts of The Earth drinks consultancy and award winning cocktail bar and restaurant The Shrub & Shutter (Time Out Love London Awards ‘Best Brixton Bar 2015,’ Open Table Diners Awards 2015) are excited to introduce their newest venture, situated in Herne Hill, South London.
The concept is health, nutrition and doctors orders but with our own unusual alcohol based twist.
First Aid Box serves from 5pm daily, with the exception of Saturdays, where Alchemy coffee, Jing tea and fresh juices are available throughout the day, with the addition of our health inspired cocktails long into the evening.
Shrub and Shutter Brixton Review | London Bar Reviews ...
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One such delight was the location for my most recent lady date with my best pal; The Shrub & Shutter, a warm, cosily lit bar and restaurant just a little further down the road from the main hub of Brixton’s night life.
I’ll start with the drinks list; it reads more like a food menu, split into five sections; ‘Before Dinner’, ‘Starter’, ‘Main’, ‘Dessert’ and ‘Just Drinking’.
I dived straight for a ‘Main’ option, plucking for the meaty Fuck a Duck (£11), a beautifully full-bodied drink made with duck fat washed El Dorado 5 rum, homemade plum wine, plum and orange bitters, and brown sugar.
In order to allow them to concentrate more on the curation of these gastronomic drinks, the kitchen takes on chef residencies, where they're able to showcase their dishes to a hungry clientele before taking on ownership of their own restaurants.
By allowing chefs the space and opportunity to concentrate on their food, the team have also given themselves the chance to focus on curating a drinks menu that offers their customers something distinctive and special, all the while ensuring neither offering is compromised.
The Shrub and Shutter - bar review | London Evening Standard
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Shrub & Shutter | Bars and pubs in Brixton, London
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And nowhere do we see this more clearly than opposite the daunting edifice of the Barrier Block (the vast Southwyck House), where in a down-at-heel shop parade, a trendy cocktail bar has replaced a part-time Caribbean restaurant.
An alchemist’s laboratory of tinctures, potions and spirits dominates the tiny and sometimes frenetic front room.
But gimmicky though this may all be, the cocktails are expertly made: the Georgetown Negroni balances smoky aromas with the depth of El Dorado rum and ‘charcoaled’ Campari.
There are wines and beers too, but the reason to come here is for the expertly made cocktails – the best SW9 has seen.
Yup, Brixton’s changing all right.