Highline is good. How good? It's about as good as a place where you'd tell your friend that, "Hey, there's a good place there."
Behind an one-way mirror* and the end of the restaurant Street Meat, it is quite purposely hidden. It's not that hard to find once you know what you are looking for. The decor is great here, very stylish and cozy, and very different from Street Meat's "New York subway joint" look.
They serve primarily whiskies. And not surprisingly, to appeal to easy drinkers, they serve a good collections of Japanese whiskies. They are very proud of their cocktails (and mixology behind), but I never wanted to waste some good whisky with other mixes, so I only ordered a Hibiki on rocks, while the rest of my friends each ordered their own choices, but all whisky based.
The bar is sponsored by Penhaligon too. So you'd notice a nice scent filled up the room, but only after they turned down the air-con quite a bit, after two guests individually asked them to do so.
But otherwise? Price tag is at the edge of being called expensive. Ok it IS expensive, as they don't have happy hour deals. Ladies got a glass of free whiskey every Wednesday, so it helps a bit. Also, quite a good strategy to place a bar here, and it certainly also drives people to eat at Street Meat afterwards too. (See my Street Meat review later for food.)
Also - surprisingly they serve shisha too. I couldn't imagine everyone's there having shisha, as room was really limited and ventilation would be a problem, but it did add a bit of variety.
* Note: I hate calling it one-way mirror as much as I hate calling it two-way mirror. It should be "one-way glass" instead, if you allow me to be a bit pedantic. But English is not about what it "should be", otherwise flammable and inflammable shouldn't mean exactly the same thing either... read more