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While bleary-eyed Westfield shoppers were busy ticking off their Christmas shopping lists, we spent yesterday evening in a subterranean grotto, drinking botanical cocktails while being serenaded by hunky mermen at Bompas & Parr’s ‘Beyond the Waterfall’ experience.
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The night kicked off with us clambering into a tiny wooden boat and paddling all of 20 metres to emerge unscathed beyond the waterfall (thankfully you get a brolly AND a poncho).
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Be nice to this man – after you admire the jellyfish and pocket some gem stones, he'll give you your first drink of the evening: a mixture of gunpowder rum, spiced port, spiced grenadine and gingerbread absinthe – like Christmas in a bottle.
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A dark passage leads to your sea-themed grotto where you get to exchange seashells for cocktails.
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Meet Ruby: your fabulous, feathery-lashed host, and listen out for a wonderfully camp rendition of Under The Sea later on in the evening...
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You might even get to sponge down one of the mermen mixologists...
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We recommend testing your sea legs on the Shipwreck Sour, a scrummy mixture of cider brandy, Coral Calvados, creme de peche, lemon, egg white and bitters. See a video of the night below.
Beyond the Waterfall at The Village, Westfield, Shepherd’s Bush runs until Dec 23. Tickets are £15, plus booking fees for a 60-minute slot and two cocktails. Walk-in spaces are available.