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Venue Type: Bars
This autumn South Kensington will see the arrival of a bar with a difference. Located in the basement of The Gainsborough Hotel, Ghost Inc. will signal the return of the pure cocktail bar in a truly unforgettable 'graffiti chic' themed space. In London, bars are often located in hotels, nightclubs, and restaurants, losing their individual identity in making up just one small part of a venue. Ghost Inc will offer a return to the stand alone bar priding itself on excellent drinks and service with a novel twist.
David Serlui and Sam King form the partnership behind Ghost Inc. David has fifteen years of experience in the industry and has worked on an array of highly respected projects, including the celebrated Match Bar Group, during which time he won a huge array of awards, including Time Out's 'Bar of the Year'. In 2001 he worked to establish Aura, one of London's most successful nightclubs, which even after eight years, is still attracting celebrities and royalty alike.
Sam King has a passion for bars and nightclubs and managed Aura until last year when he formed a partnership with David. He has planned and hosted parties for international brands and businesses all over the world and together with David plans to build the Ghost brand on a national scale in the next 18 months.
Ghost Inc. will have a dramatic interior guaranteed to astonish and amuse guests. Designer Robbie Clydesdale and several street artists have emblazoned the walls, columns and dance floor in bold graffiti. Mirrors of all shapes and sizes will adorn the rear wall, shimmering and reflecting in all directions. Heavy black leather studded booths will dot the main floor and also in the discrete alcoves placed at intervals throughout the 150-capacity venue.
Other notable design features include a chopped up and graffitied antique dining room table for the dance floor and an enormous and titillating mural which will stretch the entire length of the bar, depicting a 1940s style bomber pin up girl for guests to admire from behind the bar. The DJ booth will be located to the side of the stone bar playing host to different DJs every night, playing an eclectic mix of music, from electro to rock 'n' roll.
Ghost Inc. will have a drinks bible of over 2,000 drinks hanging behind the bar offering everything from classic cocktails to weird and wonderful concoctions. An entire section of the drinks list will be confectionary-based cocktails, including cocktails made from ingredients such as Krispy Kreme Donuts and Marshmallow Fluff. Other signature drinks include a refreshing 'Orange Blossom and Elderflower Fizz, a mixture of Bombay Sapphire, elderflower cordial, orange blossom, lemon juice, sugar and soda and also 'The Taryntini' a blend of lemon vodka, Aperol, fresh grapefruit and raspberries and crème de pêche.
Ghost Inc. promises to be the ultimate cocktail bar, catering to all tastes in a truly unforgettable way.
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