5/12/2011
Tucked down a side street off Oxford Steet, hides ICEBAR, London, a sub-zero bar sculpted out of ice.
ICEBAR is designed and created by the same people who run the Ice Hotel in Sweden (a hotel made of ice, like a big igloo).
ICEBAR is designed and created by the same people who run the Ice Hotel in Sweden (a hotel made of ice, like a big igloo).
Cocktails!
After seeing at least three of my friends post pictures of their trip to ICEBAR on Facebook, My boyfriend and I decided to see what the fuss was about.
Socks in a cape
As we joined the queue, the staff opened the doors to the ice room and a blast of -5 degree air made us all shiver.
We were given faux-furr lined clocks and mittens to wear so we didn’t get frost bite and were herded inside.
I had purchased the VIP tickets (£16 each) which meant that a free premier vodka cocktail (£8) was included in the price of our tickets.
We were handed our drink in a glass made of – you guessed it – ice!
Me in my cape!
Ice glass
After we collected out drinks, there wasn’t actually much to do; after all, we were just now standing in a really cold room.
Sitting down wasn’t an option as there weren’t many seats, and anyway they were also made of ice, and I like my bum to be frost bite free, thanks.
Inside the bar
So we did what everyone else was doing – took photos of ourselves.
Photos of us in capes, photos of us with the hoods of our cloaks up & down, photos of our ice glasses... you get the idea.
Basically ICEBAR is just one big photo opportunity.
Scary lady...
As we were only allotted a 40 minute time slot, we were quite surprised to see that we were the only people to stay until the very end, everyone else seemed to have flaked out moaning about the cold. It was -5, not -50!
ICEBAR, London is definitely something I would like to do again, but after you’ve taken your photos there’s not much to do.
ICEBAR London: 31-33 Heddon Steet, Mayfair, London, W1B 4BN
