Gin House

Aliados & Bolhão


This slick, pared-down bar attracts an upbeat crowd with a splash of class, '80s and '90s pop and rock and 160 different kinds of gin. Try palate-awakening cocktails – a gin and tonic with cucumber and rose petals, for instance – but be aware that some come in fishbowl-sized glasses...more than a couple and the room might start to swim.


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