It started with a single barrel
Founders Elias Crane and Dahlia Moreau met behind a hotel bar and bonded over a shared frustration: drinks were getting faster, not better.
They wanted to build the opposite — a room where time slowed down, where a cocktail took as long as it needed to and tasted like someone cared. They found a forgotten storeroom on Lantern Street, restored its original brick, and lit it almost entirely by candle.
Ten years on, Noir & Ember is still independent, still candlelit, and still pouring drinks made entirely from scratch.
Meet the mixologists
A small, obsessive team who treat the bar like a kitchen and every guest like a regular.
Elias Crane
Co-Founder · Head Bartender
Twenty years behind the stick and the mind behind our barrel-aged programme. Elias believes the best cocktail is the one you didn’t know you wanted.
Dahlia Moreau
Co-Founder · Beverage Director
Our flavour architect. Dahlia forages, infuses and ferments her way through the seasons to keep the menu alive and unexpected.
Theo Nakamura
Lead Bartender
Precision and showmanship in equal measure. Theo runs our Saturday service and can tell your mood from how you order an Old Fashioned.
Hospitality you can taste
Everything we do comes back to one idea: a drink is a gift. It should feel considered from the first sip to the last drop of melted ice.
- Fresh-pressed juice and house syrups made daily — never from a bottle.
- Spirits sourced from small distillers, several made exclusively for us.
- Hand-cut clear ice, because dilution is a recipe, not an accident.
- A no-phone-photography-flash policy to protect the room’s mood.
- Zero-proof cocktails treated with the exact same craft as the spirited ones.
A room built for lingering
Forty covers across velvet booths, a marble back-bar and a curtained mezzanine for private moments.
The original 1920s brick remains exposed, washed in warm light from antique brass fixtures. A six-seat chef’s-counter at the bar lets you watch the craft up close, while the mezzanine offers a quiet escape for two — or for a private party of twelve.
Plan Your VisitPull up a stool
Whether it’s a quiet nightcap or a celebration, there’s always a seat with your name on it.