Chapter 1
A 19th-century machine room
Dark timber, tufted leather, smoked glass and brass rails. Seating sits low under pools of amber — the room feels like the inside of a pocket watch, gears still turning.
House of Merlin
Steampunk cocktail bar & eatery · Pasteur
The story
The inventor's bar
Gears, brass and low light — a 19th-century machine room that happens to pour cocktails.
Chapter 2
Liquid alchemy
The bar treats cocktails as experiments: a nixie-tube clock, pressure gauges, a titration rig dripping into the glass. The Stogie — Islay whisky, walnut, saffron, cigar smoke — is the signature of the bench.
Chapter 3
Jazz after dark
Three nights a week — Tue, Thu, Sun, 9 to 11 PM — live jazz under the low amber light. After 21:00 the room shifts fully into cocktail mode.