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...

A new bar comes to blossom on Temple Street

The Botanist, Birmingham – Temple Street
Birmingham City Centre

Living Ventures, living up to the latter section of their name as ever. As though a recent Manchester opening wasn't enough to secure their brand once more, Living Ventures and...
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Craft Cocktail Co London - Cocktail Bar Review

The Cocktail Club Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green

Born of JJ Goodman infamy, Craft Cocktail Company have taken your liquid pondering and made it a reality. Cocktails on tap, cocktails from kegs and cocktails all kinds of bottled,...
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Guerrilla Eats goes weekly

Guerrilla Eats settle down to a more permanent plot this September in Manchester. While a fond farewell will be soon be spurned upon Up In Your Grill, there's another street...
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Bird and Beast hatches a new Manchester plan

Bird and Beast
Central Manchester

A delish-double marinated endeavour from Leeds' Bird and Beast, this overtly popular chicken concept restaurant lands in Manchester in Early 2015, basted birds in tow. Raising the pecking order for...
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El Capo launch new Cellar Cantina

From Andean states down to the Southern Cone, never has a venue in Manchester appeared to sweep so many South American and Mexican borders; until El Capo came 'a' calling...
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The Jones Family Project - Restaurant Bar Review

The Jones Family Project
Shoreditch

The gentrification of Shoreditch may have boozy patty patrons and Jammie Dodger cocktail crooners quaking in their boots, but when it encourages a cosmopolitan restaurant like The Jones Family Project to...
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