Katie Kirwan

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Katie Kirwan is the Head of Brand & B2C at DesignMyNight. A recognised nightlife and hospitality expert, Katie brings over 12 years of experience to the table, having visited over 500 of 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 hospitality 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...

London to host the world's first all black Christmas

Nov 28, 2016

A dark, festive experience heads to London this Christmas. While some of you like your Christmas' white and covered in festive delight, some of us have a penchant for the...

Street Feast to launch a new rooftop market in in East London

Nov 25, 2016

Street Feast may have upped sticks from Dalston, but there's a new East London site on the way. Giving it ever the welly when it comes to street food in...

Boom Shack takes to Brixton for Caribbean flavours, culture and cocktails

Nov 25, 2016

Boom Shack Brixton
Brixton

Brought to Brixton by the same name that gave the city Boom Burger on Portobello Road, Boom Shack is the latest burger venture from Joshua De Lisser. Found on Brixton Station...

Mber Monument - London Restaurant Review

Nov 24, 2016

MBER
City of London

Monument may be known more for its thoroughfare rather than its restaurant patrons, but I doubt that to be true forever, and new restaurant Mber may too feel the same....

The Black Dog Vauxhall - London Pub Review

Nov 23, 2016

The Black Dog
Vauxhall

My parents no longer ask me if i'd like to buy a house or a property one day, and that's not just down to the crass ladder most home-owners are...

The doors of Fabric will open again

Nov 21, 2016

**NEWS UPDATE: Sadiq Khan has confirmed that Fabric WILL be re-opening. Check back for a confirmed opening date.** **ANOTHER NEWS UPDATE: Fabric has re-opened. WELL DONE, EVERYONE.** Could Fabric...

New fine dining restaurant in Hove from 2013 Masterchef winner

Nov 18, 2016

etch.
Hove

Heralded for knocking the competition out of the park and snagging the top spot on Masterchef: The Professionals back in 2013, Steven Edwards may have been the youngest name ever...

Matsuri St James closes to make way for new Japanese name in Bury Street

Nov 15, 2016

Odonera
Central London

Matsuri may have been serving Bury Street some of the finest theatrical teppanyaki in London, but it's time to make way for a new name as the restaurant closed to...

Japanese and Italian food live happily under the same roof at Sumosan Twiga

Nov 14, 2016

Sumosan Twiga
Knightsbridge

Already a notable dining name in both Moscow and Monte Carlo, Sumosan Twiga's new venture in Sloane Street will once again emphasise both Italian and Japanese dining combined. Set across...

You have only 10 weeks to sample this new pop-up bar in Glasgow

Nov 10, 2016

Pop-up bars are a rare beast in Glasgow, but Ad Hoc is here to shine a little temporary cocktail spirit into the city. While pop-up bars in Glasgow may feel...

Our review of the bottomless recovery brunch at The Clapham North

Nov 10, 2016

The Clapham North
Clapham

What with the novelty of The Clapham North being a five minute walk from our flat not being lost on me, my boyfriend and I roared at the chance to...

London Road's winter pop-up promises street food, DJs, stalls and more.

Nov 8, 2016

Gorge on festive goods at The Winter Gathering at London Road. There's a bitter chill headed to the city, and you've stocked on socks, but what about street food? While...

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