Gazelle closed permanently in February 2019
Following their collaboration at hit Dalston bar-diner Untitled, chef Rob Roy Cameron and drinks-druid Tony Conigliaro are now taking on Mayfair – with outstanding results. Gazelle is a swish 1960s Manhattan-style bar-restaurant incorporating a classy second-floor cocktail lounge. Here, the bar provides a showcase for the deceptively simple, recherché creations that make Conigliario a go-to for sophisticated palates that prize subtlety over shouty novelty. Savour, for instance, Dreaming of Salmon, a richly rewarding whisky and plum Shrub; Harvard, a magna cum laude pre-bottled Manhattan combining Cognac, Pineau des Charentes liqueur and orange bitters; or Red Amber, a rooibos tea liqueur and vanilla riff on Kir Royale. The accompanying bar snacks might be arcane, but make for exquisite eye candy: yeast ice cream in dinky Parmesan wafers will give you a Mr Whippy-style blast, while corn tostada discs intricately inlaid with savoury lace threads are groovy enough to be worn as earrings.