Andina

Andina sits on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, a modern picanteria from Martin Morales, the man behind Ceviche and a driving force in London's Peruvian food scene. It runs all day, from breakfast through to a late pisco bar, and the drinking is built around pisco done properly. The pisco sour here is among the best in the city.

This is a bar for people who want flavour and energy without formality. The soundtrack is upbeat, the food is inventive and entirely gluten free, and the crowd is a young Shoreditch mix. If you came for a hushed cocktail den, this is not it. If you want pisco, ceviche and a good evening, it delivers.

The space is bright and pattern heavy, with the pisco bar set at the front and dining running back from it. Time Out has long flagged Andina as a Shoreditch anchor for Peruvian cooking and drinking, and the room carries that all day energy from morning coffee to late pisco. Seats at the bar are the move if you are drinking rather than eating a full meal.

Andina sits in the middle of one of London's densest eating and drinking streets. Redchurch Street and the lanes around it hold a cluster of bars and kitchens, so the pisco bar works equally well as a first round or a late one. Morales has opened several Peruvian rooms across London, and this remains the most relaxed of them.

The pisco sour, Peru's national drink of pisco, lime, sugar and frothed egg white, is the order. Hot Dinners has called Andina's version peerless, and it is the clearest reason to choose the bar over the dozens of other Shoreditch options. Beyond it, the list runs through pisco flights and Andean cocktails, with a tight wine selection alongside. Stay on pisco and you will not go wrong.

A young Shoreditch crowd fills the room, shifting from a relaxed daytime cafe feel to a lively bar through Friday and Saturday evenings. Groups who want to eat and drink in one place dominate the weekend. The dress is casual and the energy is warm.

Explore more with our London cocktail bars guide and the London bar guide. For a Shoreditch crawl, pair Andina with Nightjar in Shoreditch, Cahoots in Soho, or Bar Termini in Soho. Searching nearby? Use our cocktail bars near me hub.