Merchant luxury - a review of the The Merchant Hotel - smh.com.au

Merchant luxury - United Kingdom - Europe - World - Travel - smh.com.au

You can sip on what is said to be the world’s most expensive cocktail (Guinness World Records is investigating this) beneath antique Baccarat chandeliers at the hotel’s main watering hole, The Bar. The pricey cocktail is a mai tai, which costs $1875 for each tipple and includes a dash of vintage Wray & Nephew rum. My budget doesn’t extend to such an extravagance, but the hotel tells us those lucky enough to sample this cocktail have confirmed that it is worth every penny.

Whoa.

those lucky enough to sample this cocktail have confirmed that it is worth every penny

That’s a tough sell… and I love me some cocktails.