Scarfes Bar - Rosewood Hotel (Holborn)

• The Rosewood is a relatively new development on High Holborn and has automatically been crowned the suave spot of the area
• The large establishment is all encompassing
• A cute deli and American style dining room are on your left
• The attention to detail and excellent quality all around is what makes it stand out
• The buzz of the bar is comforting and the ideal level of busy
• Slightly disappointed that there were no cigars being passed around
• Scarfes Bar is named after renowned British artist and caricaturist
• As the atmosphere of this bar is very British
• A live jazz band started playing as we were working our way through the menu
• I just want to spend the whole night here with a bottle of whiskey
• Our first waitress was totally clueless and only seemed to know the words Grey Goose
• The flavours were initially a bit too funky but really started to blend well as the drink went on
• Mary was delighted with her L'Amour Moderne
• Inspired by Her (that one with Joaquin Phoenix looking sad and Scarlet Johansson as a sexy computer)
• They nailed it with Grey Goose
• 14.50 which will lead to comparisons with Artesian (recently voted No
• 1 Bar in the World) but I am happy to pay the mark up when the atmosphere is incredible (and there are free nuts
• The Indian venues I have recently stumbled across stuffing me with all things keema and seekh and sambar
• The most recent is Scarfes Bar
• Stashed away in the splendid Holborn neoclassical landmark that is now the Rosewood Hotel
• Scarfes Bar is about as far from the well worn and tired Indian high street restaurants of yesteryear as you could hope to achieve
• A bar you would equally be chuffed to find out was the destination of a first date
• Even) and weighty wooden tables with velvet and leather chesterfield armchairs
• The shelves are stocked with over 1000 antique books hand picked by a Portabello antique dealer
• The walls are embellished with one off paintings by renowned British artist and caricaturist Gerald Scarfe
• Ll find a mostly Indian lunch time menu to partner with over 200 single malts and a specially curated cocktail list that has few other intentions than to get you hammered they&rsquo
• There are a few European style casseroles thrown in for what I can only assume is good measure
• Crisp soft shell crab with chorizo oil had a great texture
• Could have done with a dollop of hot paprika mayo or something similar to loosen things up (£
• There were firm oblongs of paneer cooked with a mush of punchy spinach concealing generous slithers of ginger and fenugreek very good (£
• Then there was flaking away fresh water fish from south India in a rich gravy with glorious hits of cardamom (£
• The cucumber raita was strained and thick
• Blistered and coriander speckled naan was the preferred utensil of choice for the great job of sauce excavation that lay before us (£
• If our dapper cocktails plying us with their English sparkling wine
• Sides and desserts are reasonable
• Some mains are down right spendy for what they are
• Their target market (I suspect) are people who 1) work close by or 2) have the sort of funds that enable them to stay at The Rosewood in the first place
• The evening snack menu is nothing but reasonable
• The connoisseurs behind the bar are calling me
• Solitary dining with a good book
• So if you've heaps of time and enjoy an elegant bar this is a well located and reliable choice
• I popped into Scarfes Bar with a friend to have a drink on my birthday
• After being told that the Mirror Room was too full to accommodate us
• It definitely was as classy as others have described to me
• We ordered some small dishes to share the momos were pretty tasty
• I suppose it is a part of the Rosewood Hotel (which is a very beautiful place)
• Food was quite spicy as the menu was full of Indian dishes
• Really enjoyed the booked themed cocktails which were accompanied by quirky illustrations rarely do I enjoy reading menus as much
• Everything was a bit pricey but the food was tasty and the ambience
• Went on a Sunday evening after a meal around and it was great as was not so busy so we could enjoy the best seats near the piano and fireplace

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