Milk & Honey

Rightly regarded as one of London’s better members’ clubs, Milk & Honey does allow lesser mortals into its hallowed salons: in practice, this means reserving in advance in the early part of the week – on the understanding that you don’t disturb the natives. Name-dropping, hooting, hollering, fighting or addressing ladies to whom you have not yet been introduced will not be tolerated. Top calls from the list include the bosom caresser (a classic brandy cocktail), hot buttered rum (£8.50), lazy man (a port & Calvados-based flip) &, from a clutch of cobblers, cups & punches, sangaree & apricot Rickey – low on alcohol for the elegantly waisted. Floradora (homage to an Edwardian chorus girl) is billed as a pick-me-up, while penicillin (a peat-tinged whisky toddy) may have other properties.