Dacantus

We walked over to Dacantus on a Friday afternoon, this is a gin bar recommended by Johnny and Chris at The Botanist (feels funny saying Gin Bar, like Carrie Nation and the Prohibitionists are going to come charging through the door and challenge my femininity and sobriety).
Out of curiosity… I made a note to look up the meaning of Dacantus (this is a Spanish place, only one person working here (the bartender when we arrived) isn’t Spanish) — the closest I could get was «wine aerator» but I think that’s because there’s a wine aerator branded Decantus.
We’d never seen Beefeater 24, so hubs ordered one with grapefruit and cardamon garnish and Fever Tree Light Tonic £6.50. When hubs tasted this, he said «wow» very softly and his eyes lit up. I had Bombay Sapphire with juniper berries and lemon peel and Slim Schweppes Tonic £5.95. They really twisted those peels to get as much aromatic oil out of them as possible (and they did it with two sets of tongs, not their bare fingers). The cardamon was a ground spice. The ice was very large — less dilution of the cocktails. I liked the juniper berries quite a bit.
We were offered an apéritif to accompany our gin & tonics, chicken in a mustard sauce, quite tasty. Then we ordered the pork cubes. Not at all what we expected! It was a larger portion and the food was universally delicious!
We’ll be back in summer of 2016!

Had a couple of drinks here on Boxing Day. Great little find.
Pretty good selection of wine and beers. The food we tried (free samples brought with drinks) was very tasty!
Would definitely go back for drinks and a proper meal again.