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Simon Difford

Author · Critic — cocktails, spirits and bars worldwide; bar profiles written from the room, with door policy, style, food and year established recorded as data.

founder and author of Difford's Guide, which places-db/SOURCES.md lists as a cocktail-category specialist alongside World's 50 Best Bars and the UK Top 50 Cocktail Bars. His bar write-ups are bylined and dated and carry a verdict, and they capture the structural facts (established year, door, format) that listings coverage drops.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• Difford's Guide ↗their review · 2015-08-07
  • The Bar With No NameIslington

    “It's rare to find Tony behind the stick these days, but the very talented bar crew make consistently great drinks, delivered with equally attentive service.”

• Difford's Guide ↗their review · 2015-07-21
  • Merchant House LondonCity of London

    “This excellent subterranean lounge bar is hidden away at the end of a cobbled passageway which lies off Bow Lane, famous for the historic St Mary-le-Bow church at the top of the narrow street.”