Description

  • Date Night, Food & Drink and Something A Little Different
  • Tickets from £7.00
  • South London
  • Over 18
  • This event has taken place.
  • Multiple start times (see ticket info)

Autumnal wild cocktails, campfires and culture are back!  We invite you to dust off your winter woollens and join us to embrace the magic of 'Friluftsliv', the Nordic concept of open air living.  There will be individual firepits to hire, s'mores to devour (toasted marshmallows with chocolate and biscuits to the uninitiated) alongside our legendary deluxe hot rum (or whisky) toddies to keep you extra toasty.  And all at a safe social distance. A perfect mates' night out or date for two.  

Voted one of London's best outdoor pop-up cocktail bars since we built the roof garden at the Brunel Museum in 2012, we specialise in lovingly prepared seasonal botanical cocktails round a campfire made by Midnight Apothecary founder Lottie Muir AKA the Cocktail Gardener. We infuse and garnish our drinks using ingredients grown in our rooftop garden or foraged close by.  Entry includes admission to the roof garden and the Museum and optional guided descent into Brunel's cavernous underground Grand Entrance Hall beneath the garden. 

We source all our alcohol and sodas carefully using local brews and spirits where possible eg Bermondsey's Hiver Honey Beer, Anspach & Hobday, the Kernel Brewery and Jensen's gin as well as Hackney's Square Root Soda.  Our wine is vegan as is Kernel Brewery beer and we have plenty of non-alcoholic mocktails for you. Our autumn menu will feature a range of cold-fighting libations including the Hedgerow Sour, packed with vitamin C-laden rosehips and the Rhubarbra and Ginger with mule-kicking quantities of ginger.

We built the garden in 2012 as an oasis by the river where we invite you to cuddle up (at a safe distance!), watch the sun set surrounded by your friends, lovers and local wildlife. The menu changes frequently based on what's growing in the garden. 

To keep you safe this autumn we have two sittings: 5.00pm - 7pm and or 7.15pm - 9.30pm.  We have a table ordering app (BUTLR) to keep us all at a safe distance but our amazing team will be delivering your drinks and food with their legendary good cheer (and a mask). We will send you all an online information pack prior to arrival with details of our table ordering app (Butlr), entry and exit points to the venue and a map showing you the one way directions round the site. Tours of the underground Grand Entrance Hall will go ahead with a maximum of 26 guests per tour (you sign up for a slot on the night).  There will be a one-way system in the Engine House for entry and exit to the loos with oodles of sanitiser across the whole site.  For food options we have teamed up with the wonderful Mayflower Pub across the street who will be serving a limited menu, brought direct to your table using the same Butlr table ordering app. (Please note only drinks bought from Midnight Apothecary may be consumed on the premises).

Here's to a great autumn season. Can't wait to welcome you! 

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Tickets/Times

Ticket Event time Cost
Fri 5pm Entry & Underground Tour
Entry to Brunel Museum and roof garden, free tour of Brunel's underground Grand Entrance Hall
17:00 - 19:00 £7.00
Sat 5pm Entry & Underground Tour
Entry to Brunel Museum and roof garden, free tour of Brunel's underground Grand Entrance Hall
17:00 - 19:00 £7.00
Fri 7.30pm Friday Entry & Underground Tour
Entry to Brunel Museum and roof garden, free tour of Brunel's underground Grand Entrance Hall
19:30 - 22:00 £7.00
Sat 7.30pm Entry & Underground Tour
Entry to Brunel Museum and roof garden, free tour of Brunel's underground Grand Entrance Hall
19:30 - 22:00 £7.00
Thurs 5pm Entry & Underground Tour
Entry to Brunel Museum and roof garden, free tour of Brunel's underground Grand Entrance Hall
17:00 - 19:00 £7.00
Thurs 7.30pm Entry & Underground Tour
Entry to Brunel Museum and roof garden, free tour of Brunel's underground Grand Entrance Hall
19:30 - 22:00 £7.00

Location

Address

Railway Avenue, SE16 4LF

Area

South London

Nearest Station

Rotherhithe (Rail)

Organiser

Lottie Muir
Lottie Muir is the founder of Midnight Apothecary. She is the gardener and mixologist who built the roof garden at the Brunel Museum in 2012. Her book 'Wild Cocktails from the Midnight Apothecary' won the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2026 Debut Drink Book of the Year. Her latest book 'Wild Mocktails and Healthy Cocktails from the Midnight Apothecary' is available in all good bookshops.

Venue

Brunel Museum

A cutesy space atop the heralded Brunel Museum, this rooftop garden is an intimate and charming space to take in the night lights of the city. Perfect for a date night or an evening out with mates. Adept with seating and catching the summer and winter sun just right, the Brunel Museum Rooftop Garden…

T&Cs

1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. The ticket holder voluntarily agrees that the management, venue, event participants, DesignMyNight (WFL Media Ltd) and all of their respective agents, officers, directors, owners and employers are expressly released by the ticket holder from any claims arising from such causes.
2. The ticket holder agrees to providing one contact name. email and telephone number per booking for 'Track and Trace' purposes during the Covid-19 crisis.
3. No guest exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms will attend the event.
4. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
5. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
6. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
7. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
8. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
9. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
10. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
11. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
12. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
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14. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.

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