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...

Is whisky a tipple reserved for men? Birmingham Whisky Club have other ideas

Thought whisky tasting sessions were reserved for broody middle aged men with a penchant for smoking jackets? Think again lasses! Already aiming to revolutionise and entice Birmingham into a new...

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...

Kings Heath or Kitsch Heath? The Sun at the Station invites you to both.

The Station
Kings Heath

Hoping to be the charming suburban alternative to their already popular city centre bar, The Sun on the Hill, The Sun at the Station promises the same if not different...

Peach Pubs to turn Edgbaston art-deco townhouse into its 17th pub

The High Field
Edgbaston

With a hefty £1m investment behind them, independent pub company Peach Pubs are taking to Edgbaston to open their 17th pub venture. Set to transform the former home of English...

Popular independent Vegetarian bistro bar to open in Birmingham city centre

Bistro 1847
Birmingham City Centre

Excited to open their latest Vegetarian bistro branch in the heart of Birmingham's Great Western Arcade, director Damien Davenport has said that 1847 chose Birmingham as their next destinations thanks...

Digbeth's Rainbow Venues Get A Facelift

The biggest players when it comes to the Birmingham club scene have unveiled even further plans to expand their empire and make Summer in Digbeth a season to remember. Only a...

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...

Q Club returns with a Student Night to remember

Cool It Events are hailing this student night in Birmingham as the biggest one the city has ever seen, and whilst normally we would do some deep investigative reporting to...

Island Bar unveil innovative new cocktail menu

As if these shaker wielding warriors weren't churning out enough tasty concoctions as it was, Island Bar have upped the ante when it comes to fanciful flavours and tongue-in-cheek tipples....

'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...

A hearty morsel of Scandi chic arrives with the Norjske pop up bar

7 Years of Hertz
Digbeth

With the winter chill set to storm Birmingham like a battering ram of icky, there's a new pop up bar in Birmingham promising to bring a little Northern European warmth...

Is your singing voice Trapped in the Closet?

Now, most of you will be familiar with the smooth talker that is R Kelly, but how about his Trapped in the Closet series? A tongue in cheek (possibly not...

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