Introducing Manetta’s Bar ‘They met at Manetta’s, the kind of place she liked; it was lively but had secluded corners’ – A Life in Secrets by Sarah Helm Hidden away under the bustling streets of London’s most exclusive neighbourhood is the new Manetta’s Bar – a decadent and sophisticated hangout steeped in rich history and oozing with old school glamour.
Once a favourite hideaway for scholars of literature and the arts, the original 1930s bar, located in the basement of the luxury boutique hotel Flemings Mayfair, has been revived, recapturing the surreptitious spirit of a place where spies may have swapped secrets, and where clandestine trysts took place. The iconic bar has stood the test of time in books such as Agatha Christie’s ‘At Bertram’s Hotel’ and within Sarah Helm’s ‘A Life in Secrets’, a real life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret agents during World War II.
Transporting guests back to the golden era, Manetta’s Bar is the perfect spot for classic aperitifs, inventive cocktails and indulgent nightcaps, and, with its own dedicated entrance on Clarges Street, this underground gem is a must visit for any bon vivants.