The season for Gulls’ eggs

For a very short window in spring, the black-headed gulls nest and a limited number of their eggs are available for harvesting. We are really excited to have been able to source some of these wonderful eggs.

These delicacies have been a British tradition for centuries and we are serving them as a breakfast special in a traditional manner – soft boiled, with toast soldiers and celery salt. Gull eggs have a creamer and richer flavour than hen eggs, and the yolks are a vibrant orange.

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Raising a glass to Her Majesty, The Queen

To commemorate Her Majesty, The Queen’s 90th birthday, Bars Manager Luca Missaglia has created four Tanqueray No. Ten bottled cocktails, to celebrate four memorable occasions in her life. Each cocktail uses gin and tea, quintessentially British ingredients which also form the inspiration for the interior design in aqua shard.

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Our Employees of the year go to Hong Kong!

Our employee of the year for 2014 for all of aqua restaurant group,  including aqua london and Hutong, was jointly awarded to twin sisters Samanta and Sandra Nowacka from aqua shard reception team. The twins have been with us since we opened and consistently impress guests and staff alike with their positive attitude and dedication to providing great customer service.

Their prize? An all expenses paid week long trip to Hong Kong. The girls took their holiday last month, here’s their photo diary of how they got on.

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A pumpkin to behold

We were delighted to visit our friends at Ben Johnson school again last week to pick the winners of our Hallowe’en pumpkin designing competition. We first met the creative children through the Magic Breakfast charity in our first year and have stayed in touch. We had a tough job picking the winners –  from about 50 entries we shortlisted 12 who were invited to join us for afternoon tea.

On Wednesday this week the children visited as a half term treat and enjoyed mocktails, sandwiches and lots of sweet treats. Read more +

Vote for us in the London Lifestyle Awards!

We’re delighted to have been shortlisted for ‘London Bar of the Year’ at the London Lifestyle Awards this year. The awards, now in their fifth year, celebrate the places that make London such a great city, and we’re honoured to have been included among so many fantastic bars, restaurants and businesses.

While of course awards aren’t everything, awards as prestigious as these are a fantastic additional level of recognition for our fantastic teams who work so hard to ensure the very best possible experience for the thousands of guests who visit the bar every week.

So, if you’ve enjoyed a visit to the bar at aqua shard, savoured one or two of our carefully-crafted cocktails, loved our afternoon tea or just delighted in the view, we would very much appreciate it if you could find a few moments to cast a vote for us. Voting’s very straightforward, just click here – you don’t have to vote in every category, but be sure to tick ‘aqua shard’ under ‘London Bar of The Year’!

Thank you very much from all of us for your support!

Our top tips for booking your table

Many of the questions we’re most frequently asked are to do with making a reservation, so we thought it would be helpful to combine some of the answers into this ‘how to’ guide.
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