CityBird: Cheapest Happy Hour In The City?

Barcelona Tapas – with branches on Middlesex Street in Aldgate, Lime Street by Leadenhall and Well Court off Cannon Street – charges only 99p for house spirits between 5-7pm Monday to Friday. Even the manager didn't believe how cheap it was - I had to physically drag him outside to check the sign outside, which confirmed that yes, house spirits are only 99p before 7pm. (With a mixer that makes £1.35, he added for the sake of clarity.) 

During the ‘hora loca’ (happy hour in Spanish, I’m guessing) fill yer boots with a pint of draught beer for the price of a half, and a litre of sangria for only £6.50.

What’s more, get a free tapas dish when you order a bottle of wine.

I’m assured by colleagues that the food a) isn’t great and b) is bladdy expensive – one spent £60 on a lunch for him and his missus, and they only had one glass of wine each – so make it a happy hour pre-drink rather than a destination eatery.

The best thing? Not only is the Middlesex Street branch opposite my office, it’s near enough to stumble to Mary Janes on Minories where the happy hour lasts until 11pm on a Thursday. Go forth and ruin your livers for under a fiver, City folk.

If you think you know of a cheaper happy hour let me know in the comments below.