The coolest place in town

Posted on June 23rd, 2007 by James.
Categories: General.

Quite literally the coolest place in town!

IceBar Rachel and James

“ABSOLUT ICEBAR LONDON is the first permanent bar made of ice in the UK located in the heart of Mayfair in London. Experience the extreme – ABSOLUT ICEBAR LONDON is kept at minus 5 degrees all year round and everything inside is made out of crystal clear ice transported especially from the Torne River in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden.”

Noz and Lo Eskimo James

Since I’ve been so crap at updating my blog lately, I thought I’d upload a few pics from our weekend trip to the Ice Bar in London. Rachel and I went with our friends Noz and Lo. Frozen merriment was had by all 🙂

Before you go in they give you a huge silver thermal overcoat and gloves to keep your important bits from falling off. Before I went in, I thought.. minus five.. that’s not that cold, I’ll be fine, but after ten minutes, it’s f***ing freezing! Goodness knows how I’m ever going to survive if I go to Canada in the winter! I’ll have to duct tape a nuclear powered hot water bottle to my back 😉

The decor inside is awesome! Everything aside from the ceiling and floor is made from crystal clear ice! Check out the ice glasses! For some reason I thought they would be round, but square makes much more sense and I think you’d drop them very easily. These square glasses were just right for gloved hands. The drinks were of course all vodka bases and very yummy. I recommend the “Absolut Sami Dreams”, made with Absolut Vodka, Coconut liqueur and Pineapple juice.

Ice Glasses Map

Phonebooth Booze on the rocks

Before we went into the bar, it was blazing hot sunshine… so naturally the second we stepped outside from the winter wonderland, in typical English fashion, it was pissing it down 😉

Noz Enjoying the Beautiful Weather

8 comments.

Jason

Comment on June 25th, 2007.

That’s bollocks! In true English fashion you appropriate a phenomenon from on of the colonies and ship it over to London to put it on show for the rest of the twats who never leave the isles. Just like King Tut’s tomb or the mysteries of the dinosaurs hauled from the earth in China you now steal the age old Quebecois Ice bar. No need to wait for winter, nor to trip over to Canada, now you can have it in London all year round!

Cool!

James

Comment on June 25th, 2007.

I think you’ll find that the whole Ice Bar thing was started by Sweden! The first Ice Bar was opened in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, in 1994.

The London Ice Bar opened in October 2005.. and I’m afraid that Canada trailed behind, opening theirs months later in December 2005! 😉

Lo

Comment on June 26th, 2007.

That’s a place you should go yeah! Really unusual!! really unusual and great fun with friends! I mainly kept warm with Vodkas and laughing!

Last year Noz and I nearly got in the Vodka Ice Bar in Stockholm but he just closed when we arrived. It looks awesome too and I hope to come back and try it!

Love

Jason

Comment on June 28th, 2007.

Ice hotels in Canada go back quite some time. It has been a yearly thing since 2000 in Quebec. Previous to that Ice Hotels (including bars) have been built every so many years for festivals in Quebec.q

Jason

Comment on June 28th, 2007.

By the way – I like your cowl. You look like some sort of Ice Jedi.

Does the bar serve any other Vodkas besides Absolute or is that a redundant question?

James

Comment on June 28th, 2007.

Do they serve other brands of vodka at the “ABSOLUT ICEBAR LONDON”? .. what do you think? 😉

What brand were you after anyway? I’m trying to think of another brand other than Absolut .. and I can’t even think of one. Obviously there are cheaper alternatives.. but another brand name eludes me.

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Comment on November 23rd, 2007.

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Comment on January 12th, 2008.

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