Katie Kirwan

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Katie Kirwan is the Head of Brand & B2C at DesignMyNight, where she has been shaping the website's voice and strategy since 2013. A recognised nightlife and hospitality expert, Katie brings over 12 years of experience to the table, exploring the UK's best restaurants, bars and cultural experiences.

Not only about Japanese food (she'll never skip agedashi tofu when it's on the menu), Katie is on the pulse of the best quality cocktails for £11 and less in London, and can always be found in quirky museums too. Need a table at The Devonshire? She can help with that.

Beyond DesignMyNight, Katie Kirwan's expertise is regularly featured in top publications, including The Times, Bar Magazine and Time Out.

Favourite cocktail bar

Black Dove, Brighton
Favourite restaurant

Bonsai Plant Kitchen
Special skill

Finding the best taco restaurant nearby.

Recent articles...

Sauerkraut and Seitan: Are These Brighton's Best Vegan Hot Dogs?

Jan 15, 2019

Piers Morgan would have plenty to say about this beauty. I've come to learn two things in life: not all hot dogs were made equal, and not all vegan hot...

Once You Speed Pot You Just Can't Stop

Jan 3, 2019

Speed Pottery. Throwing taster sessions for 2 Adults.

Instead of pints down the pub? We tried our hands at something a little less familiar: pottery. I believe that couples who clay together, stay together; so in ditching my...

When I Die? Bury Me With A Horchata Martini

Dec 21, 2018

Breddos Tacos Soho
Soho

If boots were made for walking, basements were made for margaritas. Some taco restaurants in London are neat and petite, while others are boisterous and bold. Breddos Soho? Well, they're...

Festive, Vegan & Free: Candy Kittens Are Giving Away Free Advent Calendars With The Help Of Airtasker

Nov 8, 2018

The Christmas advent calendar has a new contender, and it's vegan. It's November; no, that doesn't mean that my inbox is flooded with pumpkin latte press release after pumpkin latte...

Sell Your Soul To The Kraken This Halloween in London

Oct 16, 2018

Kraken have created a snake-venom cocktail in the party's honour. Last October, four of the DesignMyNight team joined Kraken for their Screamfest bash. Did they scare us senseless with a...

Bottomless Vegan Brunches? There's A Meat-Free Restaurant Coming To Clapham

Oct 15, 2018

The Meet
Clapham

Vegan mac and cheese is just that start of it at this Clapham pop-up. Clapham doesn't always know what to do with the meat and dairy-free. You can get a...

Did This New, Brighton-Born Bao Restaurant Blow Us Away?

Oct 12, 2018

Baby Bao
Central London

Light lychee cocktails pair well with kick offered in dishes. Bao is hot competition in London; and while there are plenty of restaurants now adding the heavenly bites of dough...

Here's What Happened When We Tried The Vegan Bleeding Burger At Old Compton Brasserie

Sep 28, 2018

Old Compton Brasserie
Soho

Sometimes I read the news, and sometimes I don't. What comes to my attention when I stumble across some this week? A long-standing pie and mash shop in London has...

This Hackney restaurant serves vegan scallops, and we had to try them out...

Jul 18, 2018

The Brook boast dishes with a dose of deception, and i'm well on board with it. I know that a lot of people are saying that 'veganism is having its...

Is one of London's best vegetarian buffet restaurants worth the hype? We tried Tibits

Apr 19, 2018

Colourful plates that stay the course can be found at Tibits. There'll be days like this my mumma said: by 'days like these', she in fact meant 'shit show afternoons...

Is this some of London's most creative Indian food? We tried 9 courses at Indian Accent

Mar 28, 2018

Indian Accent
Mayfair

Indian Accent is now closed. Soy keema can be found as one of the stand-out dishes on the 9 course vegetarian tasting menu. 9 courses... right? While that's enough to...

A bar in London has created a colour-changing, Harry potter themed cocktail

Mar 2, 2018

Don't let the simple look of this cocktail fool you, there's a transformation waiting... Granary Square Brasserie is notoriously a looker, from their velvet sofas and insistence on chandeliers, down...

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