2006-Present
Guanabara in the press
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2005
- Evening Standard - ES Review - Sept 2005 - (view)
- The Daily Telegraph - Sept 2005 - (view)
- The Times - August 2005 - (view)
- Guardian - The Guide - August 2005 - (view)
- BBC Olive - Bar of the Month - March 2005 - (view)
- Refresh - Diary - March 2005 - (view)
- Guardian - The Guide - 26th February 2005 - (view)
- Guardian - Friday Review - 25th February 2005 - (view)
- Gay Times - UK Scene - February 2005 - (view)
- Metro Life - Nightlife - 25th February 2005 - (view)
- Metro - Metro Life - 7th February 2005 - (view)
- Guardian - The Guide - 5th February 2005 - (view)
- Daily Mirror - The Ticket - 4th February 2005 - (view)
- Time Out - Nightlife - 2nd February 2005 - (view)
- Observer - Bar of the Week - 30th Jan 2005 - (view)
Press reviews
"Like nothing else!"
Time Out (Slam Dunk Wednesdays) - October 6 - 13, 2004
"Music from Brazil's countryside. Ace dancing, lots of clapping and whistling." [... Forro, Sundays ]
Time Out (Critics' Choice DJ Bars, ) - October 6 - 13, 2004
"... pumping batacudas and exotic organ percussive grooves. Hang at the bars, dance under mirror balls, feel the Rio Sun!"
Time Out (Far Out Fridays) - October 6 - 13, 2004
"Guanabara is London's hippest new after-dark destination. As the only authentic Brazilian bar in the country, it's a must-visit for divine caipirinha cocktails and delicious Latin American cuisine."
Glamour Magazine (Bar Hopping) - October 5, 2004
"GUANABARA CAIPIUMBU... "Served at hot new Brazilian bar, Guanabara, this drink is a Caipirinha with a twist - the fruit has been flown in straight from the Amazon rainforest. To truly get into the Latin spirit, sample Guanabara's cuisine, featuring Brazilian dishes with Portuguese and African accents, and boogie to modern samba and bossa nova. Trust us, it doesn't get more exotic than this"
GQ (Cocktail of the Month) - October 2004
"A new venue to surely inject class back into the area, just as nearly Salvador and Amanda has... Alex Attias displays ace abstract tuning at this new Brazilian-styled playground."
Time Out ( Critics Choice Clubs) - September 15 - 22, 2004
"... some of the fruit ingredients are so exotic you need to be a native to have heard of them! The bar has a kitchen specialising in mouth-watering Brazilian cuisine, served up by very sexy native waitresses. But the star of this venue is the music: live bands play the latest sounds from Brazil and the floor fills with some of the most energetic dancers London has ever seen"
LAM Magazine - October 2004
"Brazilians will commonly dismiss certain themed venues as 'para Ingles ver' which literally translates as 'for the English to see'. Guanabara is not one of them. Sure, with London's increasing fascination for all things Brazilian, the arrival of a brand-new, 500 capacity restaurant, live music and bar seems timely. But inside, the former Talk of London exudes a genuine Rio and Ipanema flavour ... a circular makeover by designer Gisela Domschke that just looks better after every Capirinha (we recommend the passion fruit). Sociologists will love that one bar is designated as the 'upper class' zone, smarter and slicker than the opposing and busier shanty-style beach bar lit with football lamps. Brazilian staff take orders for scrummy salads, stews and sirloins before running to shake their famous rears on a mirror ball dancefloor where all styles of Brazilian bands, Djs and record labels fill the agenda. Resiagenda. Resident spinners include Latin Vibe's John Armstrong, Marcio Custodio and Lucia P. The weekends get our vote, when the longtime Brazilian-nuts Far Out Recordings imprint mix bossa jazz, samba and salsa-tinged breaks and disco house. These days it's cheaper to head to Brazil if you've got a lot of dental work that needs doing. But if private treatment isn't an issue, Guanabara is your best fiesta-fuelled alternative. Just don't go telling the gringos."
Time Out (Sam Pow PREVIEWS, NIGHTLIFE) - September 22, 2004
"[Brazil Nuts] ... Guanabara is a new bar and restaurant for Londoners with a taste for all things Brazilian. It has a strictly authentic aesthetic, with exclusively South American beer, fruit juices flown in from the Amazon, and a menu of indigenous specialities including mains such as monkfish and prawns in spiced coconut milk with rice and caruiu (£12.50). Aside from DJs and bands, there are plans to screen late-night Brazilian sunsets in real time."
The Times (The Knowledge, Food News) - September 25 - October 1, 2004
"In the venue formerly known as Talk of London (whatever happened to Lenny Beige anyone?) the only cheese now available is in the authentic Brazilian nibbles served at the bar. Guanabara (the name of the bay at Rio de Janeiro... is a Brazilian bar-club with the biggest selection of cachaça (the sugar cane spirit in caipirinhas) in the West End. The staff are all Brazilian, the music is all Brazilian, the food is all Brazilian and the football-lamp shades are, I guess, also all Brazilian. Each evening has a different regional vibe... Guanabara is now the least beige place in town. "
The Guardian (Alex Bellos - The Guide, Preview - Bars) - September 18, 2004
Time Out (Slam Dunk Wednesdays) - October 6 - 13, 2004
"Music from Brazil's countryside. Ace dancing, lots of clapping and whistling." [... Forro, Sundays ]
Time Out (Critics' Choice DJ Bars, ) - October 6 - 13, 2004
"... pumping batacudas and exotic organ percussive grooves. Hang at the bars, dance under mirror balls, feel the Rio Sun!"
Time Out (Far Out Fridays) - October 6 - 13, 2004
"Guanabara is London's hippest new after-dark destination. As the only authentic Brazilian bar in the country, it's a must-visit for divine caipirinha cocktails and delicious Latin American cuisine."
Glamour Magazine (Bar Hopping) - October 5, 2004
"GUANABARA CAIPIUMBU... "Served at hot new Brazilian bar, Guanabara, this drink is a Caipirinha with a twist - the fruit has been flown in straight from the Amazon rainforest. To truly get into the Latin spirit, sample Guanabara's cuisine, featuring Brazilian dishes with Portuguese and African accents, and boogie to modern samba and bossa nova. Trust us, it doesn't get more exotic than this"
GQ (Cocktail of the Month) - October 2004
"A new venue to surely inject class back into the area, just as nearly Salvador and Amanda has... Alex Attias displays ace abstract tuning at this new Brazilian-styled playground."
Time Out ( Critics Choice Clubs) - September 15 - 22, 2004
"... some of the fruit ingredients are so exotic you need to be a native to have heard of them! The bar has a kitchen specialising in mouth-watering Brazilian cuisine, served up by very sexy native waitresses. But the star of this venue is the music: live bands play the latest sounds from Brazil and the floor fills with some of the most energetic dancers London has ever seen"
LAM Magazine - October 2004
"Brazilians will commonly dismiss certain themed venues as 'para Ingles ver' which literally translates as 'for the English to see'. Guanabara is not one of them. Sure, with London's increasing fascination for all things Brazilian, the arrival of a brand-new, 500 capacity restaurant, live music and bar seems timely. But inside, the former Talk of London exudes a genuine Rio and Ipanema flavour ... a circular makeover by designer Gisela Domschke that just looks better after every Capirinha (we recommend the passion fruit). Sociologists will love that one bar is designated as the 'upper class' zone, smarter and slicker than the opposing and busier shanty-style beach bar lit with football lamps. Brazilian staff take orders for scrummy salads, stews and sirloins before running to shake their famous rears on a mirror ball dancefloor where all styles of Brazilian bands, Djs and record labels fill the agenda. Resiagenda. Resident spinners include Latin Vibe's John Armstrong, Marcio Custodio and Lucia P. The weekends get our vote, when the longtime Brazilian-nuts Far Out Recordings imprint mix bossa jazz, samba and salsa-tinged breaks and disco house. These days it's cheaper to head to Brazil if you've got a lot of dental work that needs doing. But if private treatment isn't an issue, Guanabara is your best fiesta-fuelled alternative. Just don't go telling the gringos."
Time Out (Sam Pow PREVIEWS, NIGHTLIFE) - September 22, 2004
"[Brazil Nuts] ... Guanabara is a new bar and restaurant for Londoners with a taste for all things Brazilian. It has a strictly authentic aesthetic, with exclusively South American beer, fruit juices flown in from the Amazon, and a menu of indigenous specialities including mains such as monkfish and prawns in spiced coconut milk with rice and caruiu (£12.50). Aside from DJs and bands, there are plans to screen late-night Brazilian sunsets in real time."
The Times (The Knowledge, Food News) - September 25 - October 1, 2004
"In the venue formerly known as Talk of London (whatever happened to Lenny Beige anyone?) the only cheese now available is in the authentic Brazilian nibbles served at the bar. Guanabara (the name of the bay at Rio de Janeiro... is a Brazilian bar-club with the biggest selection of cachaça (the sugar cane spirit in caipirinhas) in the West End. The staff are all Brazilian, the music is all Brazilian, the food is all Brazilian and the football-lamp shades are, I guess, also all Brazilian. Each evening has a different regional vibe... Guanabara is now the least beige place in town. "
The Guardian (Alex Bellos - The Guide, Preview - Bars) - September 18, 2004
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Happy Hour
For the finest Brazilian cocktails a tad cheaper...
Monday to Thursday - 5pm 'til 7.30pm
Friday & Saturday - 5pm 'til 7pm
Beers £2.00
Caipirinhas £3.00
Selected Cocktails £3.00
House Wine bottle £8.50
House Champagne £20.00
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