Discount Suit Company

Top choice in Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields


Tucked away like a hidden seam, Discount Suit Company is one of the city's finest speakeasies – though on weekends you'll see that this closet-sized space is no secret. Superb, reasonably priced concoctions (a rarity in this area) are created behind the bar, originally a storeroom for the suit company above. Superfriendly staff and mixologists who'll happily go off-piste seal the deal.

Look for the 'City Wear' shop signs at the corner of Wentworth St and Bell Lane.


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