This award-winning cocktail bar makes the best margarita in London, according to cocktail experts

Spicy marg girls, tequila lovers, and wannabe mixologists: pay attention. London’s most knowledgeable bar proprietors have just named the best margarita in the city. 

Time Out asked seven experts in the industry – including Mr Lyan of Seed Library and Lyaness, Tayer + Elementary’s Monica Berg, and co-owner of Three Sheets Max Venning – where they would go to sip the capital’s very best margarita. 

According to the experts, you can get your hands on London’s top marg at Satan’s Whiskers. The Bethnal Green cocktail spot is a longtime favourite with the city’s drinkers; the modish drinking den, filled with 2015 hipster era taxidermy, is known as one of the best places in the capital for proper, high-quality mixed drinks.  

‘Classic cocktails are the speciality at Satan’s Whiskers, they are always on point.’ said Carina Soto Velásquez, co-owner of Hackney listening bar Equal Parts. 

Stephanie Randle-Solley from Walthamstow brewery Exale also named Satan’s Whiskers as London’s best margarita. 

‘I always order a Tommy’s,’ she said. ‘Or I would sit at the bar and get the bartender to make me whatever kind of margarita they want.

‘I love that you can sit at the bar, open a tab and just keep ordering drinks – it feels like you’re in New York.’

As for the runners up for the best margarita in London, Trailer Happiness, a Notting Hill tiki bar was recommended by Monica Berg; Dalston agave spirit specialist Hacha was nominated by Mr Lyan; and Max Venning named Side Hustle at the Nomad Hotel as the home of London’s best marg. Swift’s Coral Anderson chose swanky South Bank spot Lyaness. And last but not least was the minimalist Old Street hangout Tayer + Elementary, nominated by Missy Flynn and Gabriel Pryce from Rita’s.

The best bars in London, according to Time Out.

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