Cocobananas

My housemate managed to host her bday party at the one place within zones 1 & 2 that’s the furthest from a tube station in any direction! So unless you have a car or live in Chelsea, it was citymapper to the rescue to find this place (look for the neon bunga bunga sign).
They’ve gone for fun over authenticity with the Brazilian beach shack theme, so just go with it! My mate had booked the bar on the upper floor for private hire until 10.30pm, after which they let the public in too. It’s a fun, brightly-​coloured space complete with waiters in lifeguard sweatshirts and shorts, and a bar made out of the shell of a camper van. Caipirinhas are the bar’s speciality and the barman was happy to mix up any flavour I wanted. They’re pricey but strong, and served in (impossible to hold!) little buckets with straws.
Once they opened the place up though it got overcrowded pretty quick, and we found it even worse on the next floor down when we went for a dance. I’d had quite enough caipirinhas to keep me going by then but I don’t think I’d have had the patience for the massive crowd at the bar then anyway!
It was a fun eve but I couldn’t help getting the feeling from the door staff, bar staff, cloakroom lady and drinks prices that this is an a-​ok place that thinks it’s a lot better than it actually is…