{"id":544,"date":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prixvillegiatu.wpengine.com\/drinking-in-secret\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T14:26:24","slug":"drinking-in-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/en\/drinking-in-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"DRINKING IN SECRET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Sandra Iskander<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s where all the A-listers head to when they are in London and now we know why <strong>Chiltern Firehouse<\/strong> is such a hit.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prixvillegiatu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Westminster-20160506-00256.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1351 lazy\" alt=\"Westminster-20160506-00256\" data-src=\"https:\/\/prixvillegiatu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Westminster-20160506-00256-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The hotel maybe famous for its restaurant patio where diners go to see and be seen but the hotel also hides a speakeasy patio where guests can take their delicious cocktails from the 20&#8217;s-inspired bar to the hidden patio to enjoy it with a cigarette if they wish.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prixvillegiatu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/large.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1376 lazy\" alt=\"large\" data-src=\"https:\/\/prixvillegiatu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/large.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a>\n<p>How do you get there? You need to go to the bathroom where discreetly you will find a seemingly innocent full length mirror marked Cigarettes and Men, push the mirror and you will find yourself on the other side where discretion is key and fun is de rigueur.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prixvillegiatu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/large-4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1377 lazy\" alt=\"large (4)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/prixvillegiatu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/large-4.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/a>\n<p>1 Chiltern St, London W1U 7PA<br \/>\n+44 20 7073 7676<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chilternfirehouse.com\">www.chilternfirehouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiltern Firehouse may be a celebrity haven but it also hides the best kept secret in town, a fabulous speakeasy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[140,141,142,143,27,15,28,13,36,144,115,145],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DRINKING IN SECRET - Prix Villegiature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chiltern Firehouse may be a celebrity haven but it also hides the best kept secret in town, a fabulous speakeasy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/drinking-in-secret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DRINKING IN SECRET - Prix Villegiature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chiltern Firehouse may be a celebrity haven but it also hides the best kept secret in town, a fabulous speakeasy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/drinking-in-secret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prix Villegiature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Villegiatureawards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-18T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-16T14:26:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/large.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sandra Iskander\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@remyLeL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@remyLeL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sandra Iskander\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/drinking-in-secret\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/drinking-in-secret\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sandra Iskander\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/#\/schema\/person\/69c5fe4ea99447c5f1d1bf0a141f02c1\"},\"headline\":\"DRINKING IN SECRET\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-18T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-16T14:26:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/drinking-in-secret\/\"},\"wordCount\":135,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/drinking-in-secret\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.prix-villegiature.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/large.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bar @en\",\"bars\",\"Chiltern firehouse\",\"Chilternfirehouse\",\"Coup de coeur\",\"Gastronomy\",\"happy food\",\"Hotels\",\"Interior Design &amp; 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