Stepping into the 86-cover space in the capital’s Vasant Vihar, designed by Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio, feels like you’re on the set of Dune, if Denis Villeneuve had a sense of humour. Here, Brutalist forms meet retro-futurist flair. There’s a self-playing piano because…why not? And a sonic identity threads through the space, from subtle sound design to menu with with section names like Prelude, Evolution, and Echoes.
The ground level is a museum of ingredients. Over 80 curiosities—Palo Santo, black ants, rooibos, milk oolong, poppy seeds—stare you down like they were smuggled from an apocalyptic apothecary. Nearby, a lab quietly hums with prep work, hinting at the care behind every drink.
On the level above, the bar unfolds into what could be India’s longest omakase-style cocktail counter—21 feet long with just 10 seats—a design choice that encourages observation and connection. Here you’ll encounter not just bartender as mixologist but also bartender as guide, storyteller, and mad scientist rolled into one. Guests can ask questions, sip slowly, engage—or just sit back and let the journey unfold.
Then lies the Amp Room on the last level—a listening lounge that flips between cocktail den and dance temple. On weekdays it’s moody and meditative; on weekends the lights cut, the volume spikes, and it becomes a sanctuary for live electronic acts, experimental DJs, and performers who play to the room, not the algorithm.
The cocktail menu reads like a personal diary and is divided into three chapters: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Each drink comes with a breakdown of ingredients, an illustration… and stickers showing which part of your tongue it’s about to tease. It’s basically a cheat sheet for your taste buds. ‘Yesterday’ reimagines college classics—Sex on the Beach, LIT, Bellini, Godfather—but upgraded, sharper, and smarter. I pick the Long Island with homemade almond liqueur, citrus, and cherry cola, topped with glowing blue ice that lights up the drink. Equal parts nostalgia and rebellion, it’s like running into your old party self…who now quotes Proust.
On the first floor, a 90 ft long omakase-style cocktail counter regales 10 customers with bar theatrics
‘Today’ is where the bar gets clever: globally aware, locally rooted and built around the “AABBCC language”. I opt for the rum-based Ube Colada—pineapple, coconut, ube, Malabar grass, masala tea, pandan water—topped with seasonal mango caviar. Sweet, sour, tropical, it feels like a mini vacation in a glass. Tequila tipplers can’t miss Te Quiero, a tequila punch with pineapple, sweet pepper, mango, dill, and fennel cordial, with a trio of flavoured salts to play with, or the Consomme Paloma, which mixes tequila and Aperol with grapefruit, stone fruit, citrus, vanilla, and consommé tonic—bright and zesty, with an umami punch.
‘Tomorrow’ is where things get speculative and the most interesting. Drinks follow a tasting-menu logic: Blueprints (entrées), Prototypes (mains), Revelations (dessert but liquid). Think Thai curry reimagined as a tequila cocktail in Where is My Rice, or Roll Me Up, with toasted sushi rice-infused reposado tequila, three-ginger honey syrup, citrus, smoked seaweed whisky, and soy-wasabi caviar. Then there’s Charred Aubergine, a gin-based cocktail channelling baingan ka bharta: roasted eggplant cordial, bell pepper Patron, zero-Scoville chilli concentrate, truffle muscovado, nigella, and bharta mix. Served in boxy drinkware, it’s garnished with black ant specks—you need to be ready for it.
