Best Christmas drinks in London

Kumo
In this jewel of a bar hidden below Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge fashionistas can warm their bones by their drinks as Kumo's showstopping Rum Blazer (£9.50) is served flambéed. Rum infused with figs, raisins and vanilla is heated through, then set aflame for added impact. Kumo also does a Sake Berry Blazer (£9.50) which owes its inspiration to the bar's Japanese influences, and is gently heated to give you a lovely warm glow.
11 Beauchamp Place, SW3 (020 7225 0944)

Villandry
With a food store, bakery, restaurant and bar all under one roof, Villandry gives you Christmas shopping and those all-important post-shopping drinks in abundance. Try the Very Berry Christmas (£6.75) — calvados, apple, winter fruit cordial and hot water. Or how about the Chocolate Vice (£6.75)? It's hot chocolate spiked with dark rum and topped with smooth cream and plump marshmallows. The all-day menu soaks up the booze, with Toulouse sausages and mash at £11.50, or steak and ale pie for £12.50.
170 Great Portland Street, W1 (020 7631 3131)

Broome & Delancey
This diner's hot spiced bourbon (£6.50) is Christmas in a glass: cider mulled with ginger, vanilla sugar, cinnamon, orange and lemon zest, then livened up with a large tot of Woodford Reserve Bourbon. The Manhattan-style bar also serves a classic eggnog (£6.50) with cream, eggs, milk and sugar, gold rum and bourbon combined in an indulgent winter tipple.
35-37 Battersea Rise, SW11 (020 7228 9400)

Harvey Nichols
not much tempts us out of the warmth of Harvey Nicks in full-on Christmas shopping mode, but we'd make it to the terrace and its winter drinks menu. The names speak volumes — Cinnamon Toast (£8.95), Winter Woolly (£9.50) and Hot Toddy (£10.95). The café also does a delicious hot
chocolate with peppermint schnapps and lashings of whipped cream (£6.95), and classic mulled wine (£6). Fifth Floor Restaurant head chef Jonas Karlsson offers a taste of his native Sweden with "vit glögg", a white mulled wine with
ginger, orange peel and cloves.
109-125 Knightsbridge, SW1 (020 7235 5000)

Hix Oyster & Chop House
Champion of all things British, chef Mark Hix has eschewed the exotic for homely mulled cider from Pass Vale Farm in Somerset at £3 a glass.
He's also partial to a "bull shot", a hot cocktail meant to bolster aristos out shooting grouse. Featuring vodka combined with beef consommé, lime, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco, it's best served from a Thermos flask.
36-37 Greenhill Rents, Cowcross Street, EC1 (020 7017 1930)

Ice Café at Somerset House
London's most glamorous ice rink, sponsored by Tiffany & Co, is back in the romantic courtyard at Somerset House. As much fun as dancing on ice is the après-skate scene at the Ice Café where they serve comfort food — and comfort drinks. Warm up your mitts with a mug of mulled wine, or an apple toddy made of cider brandy and cider (both £3.75). Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without enjoying that slightly wobbly spin on the ice.
Somerset House, Strand, WC2