Be at One is a new underground cocktail bar that’s just opened in the lower part of Piccadilly Arcade, opposite New Street Station in Birmingham City Centre.
Be at One has 150 cocktails available on its menu. They fall in four types, classic, signature, modern and virtuous and Virgin.
Be at One is located in the former Churchills basement snooker club in Stephenson Street at the back of Piccadilly Arcade, and will open on Friday May 13th.
The bar is part of a chain which currently has 31 venues across the UK including Bath, Bristol and Cardiff and 19 in London.
Be At One’s original bar was opened in 1998 in Battersea Rise, London.
The bar will be open until 3am every day except Sundays (12am close).
you can expect great service, an unbeatable party atmosphere and a pretension-free attitude!
On the menu you will find concoctions such as Banana banchee, Brazilian monk, Japanese slipper, Russian spring punch, devil in disguise and flame haired vixen.
Be At One will be the only bar in the arcade which also houses Faculty Coffee and 16 Bakery.
Ruth and I visited for their press launch on the 11th May. Here are some of the photos. Apologies for the darkness of them.
It was an impressive evening.
Margarita and Negroni.
A Perfect Negroni. Probably the best I’ve had in Birmingham. Full of Campari depth. Perfection and deeply Italian, just needed some Aperitivo snacks.
I also tried a top notch and my new favourite cocktail a Rob Roy.
Made from Beautiful Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and Dash of angostura Bitters. Well recommended, whisky lovers try it.
The Interior, dark but cool and funky style with a large island style bar and lots of red.
It has Bustling but fab service and bar staff that know their way round their drinks.
One of the bar’s quirks is a slightly sloping ceiling, from the days 100 years ago when The Picture House cinema was above.
The 34-page menu has 150 cocktails in it. Roughly £8.50 a cocktail. Some less expensive, some more.
Ruth’s Vesper cocktail.
Originally in the James Bond book Casino Royale and became his signature cocktail. Gin, Vodka and Kina Lillet. Top notch, she said and her new favourite cocktail.
Ruth enjoying her Vesper cocktail.
Photos above from the press launch on May 11th.
There is a Happy Hour enables you to buy one cocktail and get one free for a partner.
The hours are from 4.30pm til 1.30am Monday to Wednesday, 4.30pm till 3.00am Thursday to Saturday and Sunday 4.30-Midnight.
For a list of their cocktails
http://www.beatone.co.uk/cocktails
You can find Bar At One on the New Street Station side of The Piccadilly Arcade B2 4BJ.
http://www.beatone.co.uk/cocktail-bar/birmingham
https://www.facebook.com/BeAtOneBirmingham
https://twitter.com/beatone_brum
http://www.beatone.co.uk/media/images/AWBe-At-One-WEB-No-Prices_1876.pdf
Drink Photos courtesy of Be At One.
Thanks for reading,
Andy 😊
All drinks in the photos and mentioned were complimentary from the press night.
Be At One Bar at the foot of the arcade, near the station and next to Cafe Nero.
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