Hand-carved ice clinking in crystal, the low hum of jazz, and a bartender asking what you feel like rather than handing you a list; descend the stairs off Roukai Lane on any given evening and you could be forgiven for thinking you had slipped into a golden-era Manhattan lounge. Husband-and-wife duo Alastair Walker and Heather Garland have spent the best part of a decade perfecting their menu-free philosophy at this Britomart institution, where every drink is built around the person ordering it. Add in weekly-changing house creations and live jazz early in the week, and you have the city’s definitive late-night cocktail lounge.