Elvino Wine Merchants (Blackfriars - London)

Elvino Wine Merchants

El Vino, I am told, is an instituation in London wines. The venue looks like a very old bakery from the front but inside it becomes a deep set bar and cafe behind the shop front with a very thorough stock of interesting wines. In the summer an area to the right of the bar outside is used with the odd picnic bench and insdie remains fairly quiet despite the fact that it has plenty of seating for any crowd offering more than one floor of fine wine drinking. It is seemingly popular yet never overcrowds and it is assuringly expensive but definitely a nice change from the chain pubs and standard 4 lagers on tap attitude of this area of town.

Overall a pleasent refreshing mature approach the wine bar scene and worth a look in if you are reaching the end of your best drinking years - 6/10