The Lucky Pig

TINDERELLAS of the world, hello, and you’re welcome:
this is THE go-​to spot for a solid first date, with good cocktails, secluded spots in the back for that coveted make out sesh, easy (and mostly stumble free) access to the great outdoors for a cigarette break and copious amounts of delicious and heady cocktails so that even if Jack from Hinge is as phenomenally bad as the last EL James book, at least you’re drunk and wont remember.
Highlights: the barmen really know their stuff, so let them hook you up.
Other highlights: REALLY cozy interior, made for snuggles and private «so, where do you see this going» conversations.

I do like this bar, especially their live music nights and really delicious drinks, but the number of times I’ve been and they’ve had only one member of staff behind the bar resulting in crazy lengths of time waiting to be served, puts me off visiting regularly. Great if you book a table with friends or are looking for a casual but atmospheric date venue!

Great place, love the live music!

It is really hard to try to book a place for 20 people in London without paying a deposit or commit to some obscene amount of minimum spend. I was lucky enough to lock down Lucky Pig for my birthday party without any deposit. The staff was really helpful during the booking process. They discuss which area they would book for me and when they would bring out the food and drinks etc. So everything went smoothly.
The bar itself is in Fitzrovia in a basement. Not the easiest place to find. However, the inside has the cool speakeasy vibe. There are a few couch areas, one of which can be turned into a stage. The night we went, we actually have some local band playing live music. I believe that is a regular thing. There are also a couple of «cave rooms» that can hold about 6 – 8 people each, where you can have a cosy party with a small group of friend. This place is perfect for a winter night, because it is in the basement and gets absolutely no sun light. However, during the summer months, you probably want to find somewhere with outdoor seatings.
The drinkers here are good and the food is tasty as well, especially the freshly made pizza. I had a great time there and will definitely book it for a party or just go hang out in one of the caves.

AMAZING!
this place is a gem hidden away in Fitzrovia. My team joined them at a gentleman Jack
Event and where blown awAy by the beauty if the venue and brilliance of the people who work there. It has an amazing look and vibe to it and has a brilliant team of bartenders that really know their stuff.
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Much better than the grapes down the road their a right bad bunch…

Awful place. Money making machine with cocktails that are not good quality or good value for money. £5 for a bottle of beer, and only one band.
It’s not a bar or cocktail lounge because it’s not about talking and socialising. Loud, bad club like music, stinking hot (to make you drink more).
No atmosphere. Really inauthentic.

Very cool spot! Amazing bartenders. From the moment I walked into this place I was impressed. The bar is hidden away in a downstairs place with a very authentic feel. Drinks were a little pricey but they were not shy on spirits. Loved the ambiance. Reserve a table in advance for groups.

Fun in name, fun in nature! It’s been so long since I was last impressed by a West End bar that I’d braced myself for a night of overpriced drinks, conversation-​stifling music and getting squished up against pretentious strangers. I wasn’t completely wrong…
Yes the drinks were pricey, but oh so well made. It’s all about the cocktails here — I was happy sipping away on the Fleur De Vie of vodka, elderflower and lime all night. Stolen samples of others confirmed that the barmen in braces were indeed doing a grand job.
Yes the music is loud, but the DJ made my night with some great old school rnb/​hiphop. It’s nice that the place isn’t that big as he could play off the crowd well and change it up if something was dragging.
Yes the place got rammed too, but luckily my mate had reserved an alcove for her birthday — there was something a little naughty about the candlelit caves with curtains across the doorways that are set into the far wall. We somehow squeezed a cosy 12 of us in there to start with for drinkies and chat, but once the DJ picked up everyone was out in the main bar to dance. Useful for a time out and bag drop though.
I liked the worn-​down prohibition style décor even though it’s been done to death elsewhere — this place had some nice extra touches with old school posters and even an old Singer sewing machine that looked like one my grandmother used to own :)
I’d advise getting there earlyish in the night to avoid the queue that picks up. Having said that, two of us arrived at an unfashionably early 8.30pm and the doorman made us wait for 5mins anyway despite there being no queue. You know, just because he could.
Have bookmarked this place as a fun underground drinking den, that would probably be good for a date too — in fact a friend-​of-​a-​friend actually turned up about 11ish on a first date, thinking that he’d impress the girl with somewhere new and unusual… only to find that his best mate and about 20 guys he knows were all there too. Doh!

I went here for a grouper date and it was the perfect location! They had these little ‘dungeon’ type rooms to the side of the dance floor which were perfect for drinks. You could still hear the music and hear what the person sitting across for you was saying without yelling. The cocktails were delicious and a good size. I would come back :)

I came here fir friend’s birthday. Despite pre-​booking, there was a short wait to get in due to the number of guests inside but the staff managing the line were sociable and kept us informed
Lucky Pig is located in the basement and on the occasion I visited, very crowded. There were a few alcoves with seats — happily, one of these was reserved for our party. Otherwise, it’s rather crammed
The barmen were fast with service though and they kept the line of customers happy. The small dancefloor was busy with dancers but again, more space would have been welcome
Fun venue. My friend had a great birthday. Four stars

I popped into the Lucky Pig for a cocktail a few weeks back with some friends — I had unfortunately missed the Unilocal event here earlier in the year, and had heard from fellow Unilocaler Nida K. that it was a pretty great place to grab a drink. My arrival was precipitous — the bouncer knew my name because friends had told him to expect me. Being greeted by name is always a plus in my book, even if it’s not the norm for every other patron.
It was crowded and warm inside the Lucky Pig, but sported a wide array of patrons, from some suits to a few of the more hipster variety, but mostly a bunch of normal people jamming to the live music and having a few well-​mixed cocktails. The ambiance is great — there are dark corners to tuck into, which though I rarely tuck into dark corners, always strikes me as a nice touch for those people edgy enough to tuck into dark corners on a regular basis.
Our drinks were quite expensive but were well-​made and certainly worth the money. I found myself wanting to come back and get to know more about what the bar offers, because the Lucky Pig strikes me as the kind of place where they’re open to new cocktails and always having a bit of fun with the menu. I guess that means I need to go back soon!

My time here was short n sweet, but in that short amount of time I was really impressed with this venue. First off, it’s a bit hard to find since it’s underground. I was wandering around confused for a minute before I saw the sign for The Lucky Pig Cocktail Bar. Once I got down the stairs, the vibe of the bar was a bit on the speakeasy side. It’s pretty roomy and there are a lot of places to cozy up.
I had two rounds of the Dark n Stormy which were superb since I basically like any drink that has ginger beer in it. The men at the bar were very cool and I enjoyed my little interaction with them. But what do I remember most about this night? The music. Let me just say, I loved the man on the guitar. He was incredible… and I don’t usually say that about very many musicians. I’m definitely coming back to The Lucky Pig… all the elements fall into place here. Good drinks, nice ambiance, and incredible live music!

A great cocktail bar, somehow simultaneously shabby and opulent. The food is gastro-​puby and does a good job at soaking up the booze. The coctails are unusual, but very pleasant, although not inexpensive at £9.00-£9.50 each with beers at £4−5 per bottle. If I didn’t have two livers I need to tire out I’d be here a lot.
There’s a good crowd and a good vibe, if you are in the area and not sure where to go it should definitely be on your list.

The Lucky Pig feels like a member’s only bar without the member’s only part. Even the name sounds like somewhere you’d sneak of too and other people wouldn’t b allowed: «Yes, yes, I’m of f to The Lucky Pig. Good day to you, sir.»
In fact, The Pig does have a bit of mysery to it. It’s located down an outdoor stairwell and you’ll walk by it a few times if you don’t know where it is (there is a giant mural painted on the wall with it’s name, but I was looking for a door, not a staircase.)
Inside, it’s got more of that mystery. Everything is dark, but in an intimate way rather than a below-​ground creepy way. There are tables throughout and some nice relaxing sections built into alcoves.
The Pig prides itself on it’s unique cocktails and I can’ argue with them there. I got a house-Pimm’s, where they wrap a slicked cucumber around the inside of the glass like a snake before filling it. Fascinating.
Cocktails are priced at what you’d think (about £9 per drink). They also do tastings of rum and vodka on different nights, so worth keeping an eye out for those.
Damn good bar if you can find it.

This place has some nice cocktails etc. but it needs to be a bit better managed.
If you’re going to serve cocktails that are time consuming, you should probably be set up for table service. On Saturday night there was a huge crush at the bar just to be able to get any sort of drink.
More disturbingly, they ran out of olives really early in the night so they could not even make a proper martini, which, to me, seems unacceptable for the kind of place that holds itself out as a cocktail bar.

Lucky Pig has all the hallmarks of a post-​WWII gentleman’s club. The big buildings up top were blown to smithereens and boys needed a play to play. Conveniently, they were already hiding in the bunker underneath their old stomping ground and someone had wisely brought down a bottle of gin and a barrel of scotch and it just made plain sense to get the party started where they were. The place was decked out in old wood and dark leather (in the rich mahogany sort of way), curtains strategically placed over «doorways», and the girls were called down. Good times.
Now I don’t have any idea if all that above is true (or really any of it), but that’s the back story my overactive imagination came up with as I descended the steps into Lucky Pig. It’s a perfect place for a drink, to catch up with friends, or arrange clandestine rendezvous with a special someone… or a spy.
We opted for a table in a sunken part of the bunker (I kid you not, this place does feel like an air raid bunker) which was cosy yet perfectly roomy. The heavy walls make for easily heard conversation inside, but even just steps away from the entrance you can barely hear a whisper. Perfect.
Drinkswise, they do alright. The old fashioned I started with had a good smoky bourbon and an excellently twisted bit of orange peel. It was a tad on the sweeter end of things but truly not a bad thing. It disappeared in a flash and I quickly moved on to a dark & stormy. Again, a bit on the sweet side but an excellent blend of lemony ginger beer and dark spiced rum. It’s pretty to look at and a pleasure to drink.
The staff are friendly and knowledgeable enough to recommend a drink based on your tastes. You can even order off menu (which I did in order to get my Sazerac) provided they have the stuff in the bar.
I can’t comment on food as it was a liquid dinner but I think it’s limited to bar snacks by and large.
Overall, a nice little find in that no mans land between Oxford Circus and Regents Park (which I actually didn’t know existed beforehand). Worth a shot if you are in the area or waiting for your other half to finish shopping down in the chaos that is Oxford Street!

Went down on a Tuesday night after work. Not bad cute charming/​shabby interior. Friendly and attentive staff. Cocktail list was more conventional than I expected not many eyebrow-​raising options. Came in at about £9 a time which seemed slightly on the high side, given the lack of fireworks. Live musician playing who was really talented but also very loud indeed for some people this could be a minus. Luckily we found a shielded corner, but if I’d wanted to do a lot of talking then this would have been a disappointment. As it’s a new place I wouldn’t be surprised if they raise their game in due course. Still worth a visit.