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Max Venning

Bartender · Owner / operator — London cocktail bars, low-intervention drinks lists, martinis; and, via Top Cuvée, natural wine and wine-bar food.

Listed with the bar people, owners and locals in London.

Max Venning is behind Three Sheets, the London cocktail bar, and is one of the seven experts Time Out London polled on the martini in June 2026. He is also a co-founder of Top Cuvée in Finsbury Park, which Time Out recorded on 19 October 2020: "Max Venning and Brodie Meah, founders of Top Cuvée".

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• Time Out London, 'Chef's Specials' (Isabelle Aron) ↗their pick · 2020-10-19
  • The Compton ArmsIslington

    “And just up the hill is the Compton Arms, a firm favourite where our friends Four Legs are cooking what's surely the best pub food in London right now.”