An East London cocktail bar in the basement at 8–9 Hoxton Square; the owner’s homepage pairs it with the line “Great Cocktails, No Wallies.”
Description source · Checked 2026-10-08
Plan Your Visit
8-9 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU, UKHoxton
- Style
- Low-key neighbourhood cocktail bar in a Hoxton Square basement.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Hours
- Open from 17:00 every day. The owner and its booking partner do not publish a closing time; confirm late visits directly.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Booking
- The owner links Dish Cult for table reservations. The linked booking profile is for this Hoxton venue.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- The owner-linked booking profile describes a short list of house cocktails adjusted monthly; no itemized current list is published online.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
46.2 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 75.6
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 44.8
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 77.7
- Serious press
- 10.8
- Social Vibes
- 61.6
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
88/ 100
Historical 88/100 and high confidence retained. This source check qualifies attribution without recalculating the proprietary score or establishing a representative current customer sample.
Score context
Jordan Bassett’s November 2024 review praises Happiness Forgets’ unpretentious cocktails in a small basement room. Daniel C’s January 2026 blog review is also positive. These are editorial accounts; the blog’s customer-review section is empty.
Guest sources checked:
Guest score details
What the cited sources say
- Reviewers praise unpretentious cocktails
Cautions and context
- Bassett describes limited space
Source excerpt
“Great cocktails, no messin’.”
Shortened phrase from Jordan Bassett’s 5 November 2024 review; a full stop replaces the comma and the continuation “you might say” is omitted.
Source: timeout.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- timeout.comTime Out — Jordan Bassett, critic · 5 November 2024
The excerpt is shortened and its punctuation has been edited; it is not a verbatim quotation.
- themixingnotes.comThe Mixing Notes — Daniel C, blogger/editorial review · Reviewed on 22 January 2026
The blog’s customer-review section is empty; votes are not customer accounts. Its booking statements differ from the earlier guide.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 1,039 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.
UK Top 50 Cocktail Bars
The Bartender's Edit
Peer recommendations from working bartenders. All editions are shown for context; only the strongest placement after recency decay contributes to the score.