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Kioku Bar (Raffles at The OWO)

2nd May 2025 by Richard Bagnold Leave a Comment

Japanese sake bar in Raffles Hotel, London located in the former Old War Office building

This is a wonderful option for lovely bar snacks.  This is the main bar for the Kioku restaurant which is at the top of Raffles Hotel and this bar is on the ground floor, accessible by a side entrance.  The bar snacks range from £6 to £15 with a choice of 140+ sakes (the biggest selection of sakes in the UK) ranging to a lot more.  As long as you can navigate around not being so seduced by the offers of the latter, you can get a wonderful Kirin Japanese beer for £7.50 here and snack for around £15 including the 15% service charge. If I could, I would have this each evening and is wonderful pre-dinner, pre-show or supper substitute option in any case.  This is a quality venue and option in every way.

Food Grade: 76%

Bar snack menu
House beer
Sake offer
Crab sando
Ox cheek sand
Cod roe mousse
All offerings
The bill for one
Drink coaster (from the centre of an LP)
Sparkling sake

Location

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  • Food Rating - 76%
    76

Summary

Bar snack quality.
Design of bar.
Superior sake selection.

None of note.

Restaurant Details

Michelin Stars: N/A

Cuisine: Japanese

Address: 2 Whitehall Pl, London SW1A 2BD

Website: Kioku Bar (Raffles at The OWO)

Telephone: 020 3327 3692

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