Welcome to
Sub 13
It is our intention to provide you with superb drinks and
a great night. The menu serves as a starting point, but
feel free to ask one of our professional bartenders for
advice, or if there is something you would like that is not
listed herein.
House rules
We always go large, so 50ml measures are served as
standard. 25ml measures are available on request as are
125ml glasses of wine.
Don’t ask for less ice, it is there to keep your drink cold
and undiluted, so it is perfect from first to last sip.
Remember our neighbours and exit the bar quietly. We
can call you a cab if you have a long way to go.
No trashy fancy dress, confetti, glitter, inflatables, etc.
Trust your bartender - we’re here to help.
And remember, service isn’t included!
2 FOR 1 COCKTAILS
A selection of our favourite cocktails are available
in our TWO FOR ONE offer between 5pm and 8pm. This
applies to two of the same cocktail. Here is an at-aglance list, with more descriptions in the main menu.
ALL £7.50
MOJITO
POMEGRANATE BLUSH
GRAPEFRUIT & LYCHEE COSMOPOLITAN
SPICEBERRY STORM
ENGLISH GARDEN
PINEAPPLE SMASH
DARK & STORMY
GRAPEFRUIT & KAFFIR GIMLET
CHERRIES FROM HEAVEN
CAIPIRINHA
ESPRESSO MARTINI
PIMMS CUP
Passionate Piña
KIR ROYALE £8.50
BELLINI £8.50
JALISCO FLOWER £8.50
DESCRIPTIONS »
SUB 13 FAVOURITES
THESE COCKTAILS ARE ALL PART OF OUR 2-FOR-1 OFFER
BETWEEN 5PM AND 8PM, VALID FOR TWO OF THE SAME
DRINK.
ALL £7.50
The Mojito
Havana Club Especial Rum, fresh lime, fresh mint, brown
sugar and a dash of soda. Our recipe has been honed over
seven years, we don’t think you’ll find better!
Grapefruit & Lychee Cosmopolitan
Kwai Feh lychee liqueur, Absolut vodka, pressed pink
grapefruit juice and cranberry juice. A Sub 13 classic,
slightly sweet with a lusciously exotic flavour.
Rum & Pineapple Smash
A smash is a long cocktail that includes lots of lovely fruit,
in this case Boiron pineapple purée and fresh ginger, along
with Havana Club 3YO rum, Maraschino liqueur, Berentzen
Apple Liqueur and some fresh lime.
English Garden
Hendricks gin, fresh cucumber, fresh mint, elderflower
cordial and ginger beer.
Spiceberry storm
A fruity mixture of Havana Club especial rum, Boiron
raspberry purée, homemade spiced almond syrup, lime and
ginger beer.
Dark & Stormy
Goslings Black Seal rum, fresh lime, Angostura Bitters and
ginger beer. A bartenders’ favourite.
SUB 13 FAVOURITES
ALL £7.50
Grapefruit & Kaffir Gimlet
Home-infused grapefruit and kaffir lime leaf Beefeater
gin, lime juice and agave syrup create a more approachable
cocktail than a classic gimlet.
Cherries from Heaven
Makers Mark bourbon, Benedictine and Boiron black cherry
purée. a whisky cocktail of distinction.
The Passionate Piña
A timeless combination of Olmeca Altos Reposado tequila
with Orange Curaçao, orange juice and passionfruit.
Caipirinha
The national drink of Brazil. With Germana 2YO Cachaça,
fresh lime and brown sugar. Great with passionfruit, or
switch cachaça for Absolut vodka in a Caipirovska.
Espresso Martini
Absolut vodka, Toussaint coffee liqueur, fresh espresso
coffee. The perfect pick-me-up.
Pomegranate Blush
Absolut Vodka, fresh pomegranate, fresh mint, lemon juice
and ginger beer. A sub 13 classic packed with vitamins.
Pimms Cup
Pimms No. 1, Cointreau, cucumber, mint and ginger ale.
Classically a pimms cup Calls for gin, but we find Cointreau
provides a more rounded flavour.
Champagne
Cocktails
Cocktails marked with an asterisk are available in
our 2-for-1 offer between 5pm and 8pm. Valid for
two of the same drink.
Kir Royale *£8.50
Briottet Crème de Cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) and
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut Champagne.
Bellini *£8.50
Your choice of Boiron peach, pineapple or raspberry purée
and Perrier-Jouët.
Jalisco Flower *£8.50
Champagne and tequila might not be natural bedfellows,
but here Olmeca Altos reposado tequila with St Germain
and pressed pink grapefruit juice makes the perfect foil
for the delicacy of Perrier-Jouët.
Champagne cobbler£8.50
A summery modern classic created by the godfather of
bartenders, Dale DeGroff. Classically cobblers were
fruit based shaken drinks and popular in the 19th century.
DeGroff adds champagne to a base of pineapple, lemon and
orange with Luxardo maraschino liqueur.
Classic Champagne £11.50
A sugar cube dowsed in bitters, then submerged in your
choice of Martell VSOP Cognac or Pyrat Pistol rum. Finished
with Perrier-Jouët.
The martini
The mixed drink in it’s simplest form - gin (or vodka if
you must) flavoured with the delicate botanicals of
vermouth. Although the word Martini has in recent
times come to mean anything that is served in the
classic V-shaped glass.
Most martinis nowadays are dry martinis, with dry
vermouth, although your preference as to how much
is used determines how wet or dry the martini is. After
prohibition, as the quality of base spirits improved and
martinis have been getting drier and drier, with ratios
of 11:1 now common.
We suggest you take it stirred and with either a lemon
twist or an olive garnish.
Dry Martini £9.50
Millers Gin and Noilly Prat vermouth. Served on the wet
side of medium and garnished with an olive.
Martinez £9.50
Beefeater gin, Maraschino liqueur, Noilly Prat vermouth
and orange bitters. The slightly sweeter progenitor of the
dry martini updated for a modern palate.
Vesper £9.50
Beefeater gin, Absolut vodka, Lillet Blanc aperitif. James
Bond’s martini, although we chose to stir it for lighter
aeration and a smoother drink. We also add a tiny drop
of angostura bitters, to recereate the flavour of the
original kina lillet used in the book.
Your martini... From £9.50
Let your bartender know which gin (or vodka) you would
like and how dry you want it served.
The manhattan
Supposedly Named after the Manhattan Club in New
York, and created for Lady Randolph Churchill.
Although The appearance of a Manhattan cocktail
in early cocktail records suggest that the formula
(which originally included orange Curaçao) was
already in use from the 1860s onwards.
Think of it as a whisky version of a martini, where you
have a choice of dry (with dry vermouth) sweet (with
sweet vermouth) or perfect (with a mixture of both).
the flavour is further enhanced by the addition of
bitters and in the case of sweet Manhattans,
Maraschino cherry syrup.
Our Manhattan £9.50
Makers Mark bourbon, Noilly Prat and Punt e Mes vermouths,
cherry syrup and Angostura bitters. Served just on the
sweet side of perfect.
Your Manhattan... From £9.50
Your choice of Bourbon or Rye whisky, bitters and vermouth
to your specification: dry, perfect or sweet.
El Presidente £8.50
Havana Club Barrel Proof rum, Punt e Mes Italian vermouth,
orange curaçao, Briottet orange bitters and a dash of
homemade grenadine. A superb rum twist on the classic
Manhattan.
“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has
taken out of me.”
– Winston Churchill
The Daiquiri
A sublime and simple example of perfect balance.
Supposedly invented by Jennings Cox, an American
stationed in Cuba with the Spanish-American Iron
Company who ran out of his usual gin and turned
to rum to refresh his guests. He mixed it with lime and
sugar to make it more palatable, although we have the
British Navy to thank for that, whose grog consisted
of lime or lemon (to fight scurvy) the rum ration and
sugar to balance.
Natural Daiquiri £7.50
Havana 3YO rum, fresh lime juice and sugar syrup.
Flavoured Daiquiri £7.50
Choose from Raspberry, pineapple, vanilla or peach. We add
a dash of Licor 43 to our Vanilla Daiquiri as well to give it
an edge!
Hemingway £8.50
Havana 3YO rum, Maraschino liqueur, grapefruit juice, lime
juice and a dash of sugar. Hemingway, legendary alcoholic
and also a diabetic, favoured a sour Daiquiri balanced
with grapefruit and cherry liqueur - we add a bit of sugar
to make it more approachable!
“My mojito in La Bodeguita, my daiquiri
in El Floridita”
– Ernest Hemingway
Tiki Style
Fond memories of trips to the Caribbean during prohibition,
combined with the experience of American troops stationed
in the Pacific during World War II came together to create
not just a style of drink but a veritable life choice. Visually
it is all loud shirts, thatch, grass skirts and other kitsch
interpretations of Polynesian culture, but the principle of
using delicious fresh fruit and fruit liqueurs, rums, and
spices like nutmeg and cinnamon has become timeless.
No introduction to Tiki style drinks can exclude mention
of Donn Beach and Victor Bergeron, whose bars (Don
the Beachcomber and Trader Vic’s) were the original Tiki
joints. The tropical style of cocktail that is their legacy
was almost entirely created in their bars. Notoriously
protective of their recipes, there are many interpretations
of these drinks. After much research, however, we think we
have some drinks that we think the guys would be proud of.
Manuia!
Mai Tai £7.50
The Classic tiki cocktail, and indeed one both Donn and
Victor claim to have invented. Their versions are quite
different, and so it comes down to personal preference
but we have plumped with the Trader Vic style for our
menu. Appleton 8, Edmond Briottet Orange Curaçao, orgeat
(almond) syrup, and fresh lime juice served short over
cubed ice with a Goslings 151 float.
Passionfruit 13 Punch £7.50
Our own contribution to the tropical category, this long
refreshing cocktail mixes Goslings Black seal, Havana
Club Anejo Especial, fresh passionfruit, fresh lime juice,
orgeat, passionfruit syrup, pressed pineapple juice and a
dash of Campari.
Tiki Style
Zombie £8.50
Another of Victor Bergeron’s creations, this longer
version of the Mai Tai mixes just about everything Tiki in
a potent but delicious drink. Its also worryingly moreish.
Appleton 8, Goslings 151, Taylor’s Velvet Falernum, pressed
orange juice, fresh lime juice, pressed pink grapefruit
juice, cinnamon, homemade grenadine, Angostura bitters
and a dash of Absinthe.
Fogcutter £7.50
Another classic, this time from Donn Beach. Only a handful
of cocktails successfully mix more than one base spirit,
but the rum, cognac and gin used here work together in
smaller quantities to create a rounded cocktail that is
deceptively strong. We use Havana Club 3YO, Martell VS,
Beefeater, fresh lime juice and fresh lemon juice and a
float of Cherry Heering liqueur and serve it in a goblet
with loads of garnish.
“Anybody who says I didn’t create the Mai
Tai is a dirty rotten stinker.”
–Vic Bergeron
“There can be no truer form of flattery
than when other people claim credit for
your concepts and ideas and use them for
their own benefit.”
–Donn Beach
Cocktails &
Fancy drinks
Jerry Thomas, author of the original cocktail guide
“How to Mix Drinks, or The Bon Vivant’s Companion”
is the inspiration behind these drinks. His guide shows
how mixed drinks used to before the dark ages of
the 70s and 80s made them the artificial, mixer-heavy
travesties familiar to many today. We have tried to stay
true to his memory by avoiding artificial ingredients
and wherever possible making them ourselves.
Mata Hari £8.50
A sumptuous blend of Martell VSOP cognac, Punt e
Mes vermouth, our homemade chai rooibos syrup, fresh
pomegranate juice and Sicilian lemon juice. Our own take
on a drink from the fabulous Employees Only Speakeasy in
NYC.
The Sour £8.50
A venerable cocktail style that takes a strongly flavoured
spirit or liqueur, mixes it with a citrus juice and some sugar,
flavours with bitters and smooths with egg white. We use
pasteurized egg white and suggest some of the following
choices of base: Luxardo Amaretto, Makers Mark Bourbon,
1615 Pisco or Frangelico.
Chocolate Martini £7.50
Choose between white or dark chocolate. With Absolut
vodka, Mozart Chocolate liqueur and milk.
Chocolate Orange Martini #1 £8.50
Orange infused Absolut vodka, Mozart Black chocolate
liqueur, Regans orange and chocolate bitters. For those
who want chocolate without the heaviness of Milk.
Cocktails &
fancy drinks
Pisco Punch £8.50
Classically punch is served in a bowl for sharing, but here
we have reduced it to glass quantities. As well as fine
Peruvian 1615 Pisco we use homemade spiced pineapple syrup,
pineapple purée, fresh lime juice, Sicilian lemon juice and
some Bitter Truth Celery bitters.
Euromillions £8.50
A rich and decadent whisky drink with Makers Mark
bourbon, Grand Marnier, homemade grenadine, absinthe,
lemon juice and pasteurized egg white. Our own twist on
the classic Millionaire cocktail.
Exclamation Mark £8.50
One for Malt Whisky fans: Ardbeg 10YO Islay, Chartreuse
Vert herbal liqueur, Maraschino cherry liqueur and fresh
lime juice. The Last Word on which this was based was a
popular choice on our last menu so we thought we’d try
this whisky variant this time around.
No-groni £8.50
“The best drink I’ve had this year” is how manager Tim
described this cocktail after tasting. Enough said. Like
a Negroni but with Byrrh Grand Quinquinoa instead of
Campari, Beefeater gin and Punt e Mes vermouth.
French Calypso £8.50
A much more flavoursome Espresso Martini, with Havana 7YO
rum, Byrrh Grand Quinquinoa, fresh espresso coffee, fresh
mint and a dash of homemade cinnamon syrup. Absolutely
delicious!
Non-alcoholic
Cocktails
We can’t always go large - so for those of your who
are on the wagon, here are some suggestions...
ALL £3.50
Immaculate Conception
Ginger beer, lime and Tabasco. A spicy little number that
while it doesn’t contain any liquor it certainly packs a
punch!
Apple Mojito
Like a Mojito, but with pressed apple juice in place of the
rum.
Moneypenny
Raspberry, passionfruit, pressed apple juice and orange
juice.
Lemonade
Delicious homemade lemonade, “justa like mamma used to
make!”
Cherrylacious
Black cherry, chocolate, milk and almond. You might not
be drinking but you can still spoil yourself!
Frappuccino
A favourite of the bar team when needing a cold pick-meup (other than a beer) we thought we’d put our secretrecipe frappé latte on the menu.
Wine
White wine
175ml
250ml Btl
Chenin Blanc, Purple Heron S. Africa
£4.00£5.50 £15.00
Sauvignon Blanc, San Rafael, Chile
£4.50 £6.00 £16.00
Pinot Grigio, Riff, Italy
£5.00£6.50£17.00
Viognier, Crooked Mick£18.00
Chablis Francoise Chauvenet, France
£26.00
Rosé Wine
Pinot Grigio Blush, Conto Vecchio, Italy £4.00£5.50 £15.00
Red Wine
Tempranillo-Ganarcha, El Muro, Spain
£4.00£5.50 £15.00
Merlot, San Rafael, Chile
£4.50£6.00£16.00
Shiraz-Malbec, Piropo, Argentina
£5.00£6.50£17.00
Ventoux Rouge, Terres de Truffes, France
£18.00
Perrier-Jouët
champagne
We are proud to work closely with Perrier-Jouët,
our favourite brand of Champagne to bring you
an excellent, well-priced selection. A particular
favourite of Oscar Wilde, it’s iconic hand-painted
bottles are as famous as the champagne itself.
125ml Btl
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut NV £8.50£45
Light with a lovely weight of soft-apple and stone fruit
with hints of honey and brioche. An easy-drinking, well
balanced Champagne.
Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé NV£60
Soft fruit aromas of ripe strawberries and raspberry jam,
leafy notes with traces of petals. Pale pink in colour with
a firm palate and good structure.
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque
£130
Fifty percent Chardonnay adds finesse and elegance
to complement the robust Pinot Noir. A fine vintage
Champagne that is typical of the house style, with delicate
floral aromas and a soft palate showing hints of honey
and nougat.
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Rosé
£250
Pink in colour with salmon tones. Light and fruity, floral
notes with aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry and
forest fruits.
"Pleasure without Champagne is purely artificial."
– Oscar Wilde
Other
Champagne
BTL
Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut NV
£65
A full-bodied Champagne of great class. A delightful
pale gold in colour; the mousse is light and persistent.
Dom Perignon Brut£150
Roughly equal proportions of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are blended to create this Champagne of exceptional
depth and rich texture.
Krug Grande Cuvée Brut NV
£180
Using ruthless selection and traditional production
methods Krug produce a wine of almost legendary quality.
"Come quickly ! I'm tasting stars!"
– Dom Pierre Perignon, on tasting his first Champagne!
Spirits & Liqueurs
Here is a selection of popular spirits and liqueurs Although we’re always buying new products so inspect
our selection or ask a bartender. Remember, all spirits and
liqueurs are served as 50ml measures unless indicated
otherwise, but please ask if you would like 25ml.
VodkaABV50ml
Absolut Blue40%£5.00
Absolut Flavours40%£5.50
Babiçka40%£6.50
Belvedere40%£7.50
Grey Goose40%£7.50
Krupnik Honey40%£6.00
Ketel One40%£7.50
Luksusowa40%£5.50
Wyborowa40%£5.50
Wyborowa Exquisite40%£9.50
Zubrowka Bison40%£5.50
Gin
Beefeater Gin40%£5.00
Beefeater 2445%£7.50
Hayman’s Old Tom 40%£6.50
Hayman’s Sloe26%£6.50
Hendricks41.4%£5.50
Martin Millers40%£6.50
Martin Millers Westbourne Strength 45.2%
£7.50
Plymouth41.2%£5.50
Tanqueray43.1%£6.00
Tanqueray No 1047.3%£8.00
Number 346%£6.00
Bols Genever42%£5.50
Whitley Neil42%£6.00
Spirits & Liqueurs
Malt WhiskyABV50ml
Talisker 10YO Islay45.8%£7.50
Macallan 10YO Highland40%£7.50
Craggenmore 12YO Speyside 40%
£8.50
Ardbeg 10YO Islay 43%£7.00
Dalwhinnie 15YO Highland43%£7.50
Blended Scotch Whisky
Chivas Regal 12YO 40%£6.00
Chivas Regal 18YO 40%£15.50
Johnnie Walker Black Label 40%
£6.50
Johnnie Walker Blue Label 40%
£25.50
Johnnie Walker Gold Label 40%
£15.50
Monkey Shoulder 40%£6.50
North American Whisky
Jim Beam White LAbel Bourbon
40%
£5.00
Jim Beam Black Label Bourbon
43%
£6.00
Bulleit Bourbon 45%£6.00
Canadian Club 40%£6.00
Gentleman Jack Tennessee 40%
£8.50
Jack Daniels Tennessee 40%
£5.50
Knob Creek Bourbon 50%£9.50
Makers Mark Bourbon 45%£6.50
Rittenhouse Rye 40%£6.00
Wild Turkey Bourbon50.5%£8.50
Jeffersons small Batch41.1%£9.50
Spirits & Liqueurs
Cognac, Calvados & Eau de vie
ABV
50ml
H by Hine40%£8.00
Martell VS40%£6.00
Martell VSOP40%£7.50
Martell XO40%£25.50
Calvados Domaine L Dupont VSOP
40%
£9.50
1615 Pisco42%£7.00
Rum & Cachaça
El Dorado 15yr43% £9.50
El dorado 3YO40%£5.50
Goslings 151 Proof75.5%£8.00
Goslings Black Seal Dark Rum
40%
£5.50
Havana Club 3 year old
40%
£5.00
Havana Club 7 year old 40% £6.50
Havana Club Barrel Proof 45% £7.50
Ron Zacapa 23YO40%£10.00
Angostura 182440%£9.00
Appleton 8YO43%£7.00
Mount Gay Eclipse40% £5.50
Mount Gay Extra Old 40% £8.00
Pyrat Pistol40%£9.00
Wray & Nephew Overproof
63%
£6.50
Trois rivieres Rhum Agricole
40%
£8.00
Germana 2YO Cachaça40% £6.00
Germana 10YO Cachaça40%£9.50
Port & Sherry
Cockburns LBV40%£5.00
Tio Pepe Fino15%£5.00
Spirits & Liqueurs
Tequilaabv50ml
Agavero Licor32%£6.50
Don Julio Blanco38%£7.50
Don Julio Anejo38%£8.50
Olmeca Altos Reposado38%£5.00
Olmeca Altos Plata38%£7.50
Patrón Anejo40%£9.50
Patrón XO Café35%£8.00
Aperitifs & Vermouths
Campari25%£5.50
Lillet Blanc17%£5.00
Lillet Rouge17%£5.00
Pernod40%£5.50
Pimms No. 125%£5.50
Carpano Antica Formula16.5%£6.00
Carpano Punt e Mes16%£4.50
Martini Bianco15%£4.00
Martini Extra Dry15%£4.00
Martini Rosso15%£4.00
Noilly Prat15%£4.50
Byrrh Grand Quinquinoa18%£5.00
A Selection of our liqueurs
Baileys Irish Cream17%£5.00
Licor 4331%£5.50
Tuaca35%£5.50
Mozart chocolate15%£6.00
Frangelico24%£6.00
Luxardo Amaretto28%£5.50
Opal Nera Black Sambuca (25ml)
40%
£3.50
Sambuca Luxardo (25ml)38%£3.50
Beer, cider &
Soft DRINKS
Bottled Beer
Bath Ales, UK
500ml
various
£4.50
Corona Extra, Mexico330ml4.6%£4.00
Lapin Kulta, Finland330ml5.0%£4.00
Pacifico Clara, Mexico350ml5.0%£4.50
Vedett Blonde, Belgium330ml5.2%£4.50
Peroni Nastro Azzuro, Italy 330ml
5.1%
£4.00
Negro Modelo, Mexico330ml5.3%£4.50
Bottled Cider
WYLD WOOD, UK500ml6.5%£4.50
Soft Drinks
Eager Pressed Fruit Juices glass
£2.50
(Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Pink Grapefruit, Tomato)
Postmixglass£2.00
(Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Lemonade)
Old Jamaica Ginger Beer
glass
£2.50
Schweppes Tonicglass£2.50
Schweppes Slimline Tonic
glass£2.50
Canada Dry Ginger Aleglass£2.50
Hildon Sparkling Water330ml£2.00
Hildon Still Water330ml£2.00
Information
Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday
5pm - 12am
Friday & Saturday
5pm - 2am
sundayclosed
Bank holiday sunday
Bank Holiday Monday
5pm - 2am
5am - 12am
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Drinks in moderation
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