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...

Make a dash and adorn your tache this Movember at The Plough

The Plough
Harborne

Known for already wielding a dapper selection of face warmers, Harborne's Plough will be Birmingham's Mo-Hub this Movember, boasting furthermore furry faced antics. Following on from their initial shave-off on...

Hove harbours a glistening new private hire venue, with taxidermy to boot

Caribou Rooms
Hove

A three floor private hire only venue in the heart of Brighton's most bespoke suburb, Hove, the Caribou Rooms boast a plush alternative to any private parties in the city....

Craft beer could have a new mecca in Birmingham city centre

Purecraft Bar and Kitchen
Birmingham City Centre

Warwickshire based brewing company Purity have undertaken a long-term lease for their very first craft beer bar in Birmingham. Opened along Waterloo Street just shy of Birmingham's City Centre, this...

The Rainbow Aren't Just Breaking Beats, They're Breaking Records

Now we all know that Birmingham doesn't do anything by halves, and one of their biggest clubbing complexes doesn't do that either. The Rainbow Venues in Digbeth have got a...

Wireless Festival takes to Birmingham in 2014

An already overtly popular festival in London is setting up a second party shop, and it just so happens to be in Birmingham? You heard us right. Whilst Wireless Festival,...

Gatecrasher Birmingham reaches half a decade

While many of us may have been but wee nippers way back in 2008 (going to include myself in this one), Gatecrasher Birmingham were well on their way to becoming...

The Mesmerist - Bar Review

The Mesmerist
The Lanes

When you walk past a piece of taxidermy do you skip with peculiar glee? When you glaze over a cocktail list do you foam at the chops? Then you best...

Secret Dining Society returns for yet another mysterious meal

You are cordially invited to a meal of.....wait, okay, so we haven't got the foggiest what kind of a meal you're invited to. but that's all the fun of Soul...

Celebrate World Gin Day with the Bitters 'N' Twisted gang

World Gin Day is upon us this Saturday and it looks like the ever popular bar chain, Bitters 'N' Twisted, are here to help us celebrate. Introducing and influencing some of...

Le Truc throws a Bastille Day party at the Arcadian

Got a hankering for all things European? Love the independence of the French? Or just fancy chowing down on some of the finest street food in Birmingham? Well then, you're...

Great British Pub Awards 2013

Hailed as the 'one to win' and entered by pubs and local boozers the UK over, the Great British Pub Awards are back for their sixth year of boozy award...

'Swap 'Til You Drop': Vintage clothes swap party

Got some old wares that you fancy donating to a better cause? Feeling that it's time to be out with the old and in with the....old, this Winter? Then The...

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