Lyaness is the award-winning bar from Mr Lyan and team, set within the iconic Sea Containers London on the South Bank. Recognised as the first-ever 3 PIN bar by The Pinnacle Guide, it’s a space shaped by creativity, but made for people—everyone’s welcome.

About Lyaness

Welcome to Lyaness, where cutting-edge creativity, epic vibes, and next-level drinks come together. Brought to life by the legendary Ryan Chetiyawardana—aka Mr Lyan, dubbed "The World’s Most Awarded Bartender" by The Telegraph—Lyaness is the latest creation from the team behind iconic spots like Mr Lyan Studio, Silver Lyan, Super Lyan, Cub, Dandelyan, and Seed Library.

We’ve just made history as the first-ever 3 PIN bar, awarded by The Pinnacle Guide—a new recognition system for the World’s Best Cocktail Bars. What sets us apart? Our curiosity. At Team Lyan, we’re all about experimenting with out-there ingredients—some unusual, some alien, and some just plain weird—and turning them into something mouth-wateringly delicious. Whether we’re working with like-minded collaborators or cooking up magic in-house, you can expect drinks that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Our menu focuses on ingredients instead of traditional cocktails—so trust us, tell us your flavor faves, and we’ll craft the perfect drink for you.

Perched on the South Bank with epic views of the Thames, Lyaness reimagines the iconic space, combining comfort with a dash of whimsy. Whether it’s a date night, mate night, or something in between, we’ve got just the spot for you. Designed by Jacu Strauss and the Lore Design team, our space sports an electric blue palette paired with Dandelyan’s original green marble bar.

We’re an 18+ space from 5pm, but we welcome in-house guests aged 16+ with an adult (no alcohol for the under-18s, of course!). While bookings are recommended, walk-ins are always welcome—subject to availability.

A demonstration of our cocktail approach—blending storytelling and flavour to give you more layers to engage with; each with an aim to carry the signature Lyan balance of fun, clarity and deliciousness.

COLLABORATION 2.0 MENU COCKTAILS

PINK BELLY GIMLET

Another Hendrick’s gin, carrot salami, aquavit honey, lemon

On the wetlands of Spain, biologist Miguel Midealdea farms fish a little differently; rebuilding the ecosystem, letting nature do its thing, and welcoming the 250 species of birds that arrive to feast – happily losing 20% of his fish in the process. His measure of success? Not volume; rather how joyfully pink the flamingos’ bellies glow. Mirrored in our approach, and this complex zesty sour.

£17 / £11 boozeless

CHERRY CANNON PUNCH

Hibiki Harmony whisky, strawcurrant, pine, sakura tea, bubbles

Sometimes the clues we notice aren’t the ones that matter most – and sometimes the problem isn’t the problem. The planes that made it home don’t have quite as much of a tale. What other stories (& flavours!) have we missed?
Armoured berries bolting on brightness to whisky goodness.

£19/ £11 boozeless

LOBSTER FRAPPÉ

Courvoisier VSOP cognac, Ceylon Arrack, immortal coconut, cucumber, absinthe

Some creatures slip past time; if things are getting tough – just start again. Aging, it turns out, isn’t a simple march toward decline – it’s a balancing act between pressure & repair. A small reminder that sometimes the secret to staying young is knowing how to start again. Using this mentality to stay young, and layer complexity into a bright, green cooler.

£18 / £11 boozeless

IRON MAI TAI

Aberfeldy 12 whisky, hot-fermented fig, cream sherry, almond, sour apple

We’re taught that life begins with the Sun… until you look a little deeper. The Earth’s core keeps the party going – its heat bubbling through hydrothermal vents that feed whole ecosystems – and the iron snail. Using this inspiration to stretch fig flavours to provide a honey backbone to a sour.

£17

HEART YARD HIGHBALL

Heart Cut “Barley” whisky, strawberry wine, smoked cream soda, orange blossom

London’s underground map was chaos – a mirror of the looping streets & wandering tracks of the city above. It took an electrician to redraw it like a circuit board – straight lines & bright colours. Technically wrong, yet wonderfully right – clarity over accuracy. A sentiment much-needed in the whisky world, and celebrated in this crushable longer serve.

£17

RAY CAT

Bacardi Carta Blanca rum, blue cheese irish cream, sherry, coastal smoke

Long after languages fade, how might we warn any future peoples of imminent threats? Welcome Ray Cat, of course! Not every warning sign means “stay away”… sometimes it simply means “approach with curiosity.” Reimagining a favourite liqueur into a beautifully decadent drink, with heaps of complexity.

£17

LUNAR TUXEDO

The Botanist gin, moon raspberry, white tea, guava vermouth

Our imaginations cling stubbornly to what we know – the truly alien sits just beyond reach. What would fruit taste like if life had begun somewhere stranger? Honestly – we have no idea – which feels like a perfect place to start. Raspberries from the moon to add minerality to a tropical Martini variant.

£18/ £11 boozeless

ROYAL GAMBIT

Maker’s Mark bourbon, Dreamsake, koji’d pistachio, whole leaf green tea, lemon

Chess at its best is playful, intense & wildly creative, though somehow now, terribly serious. Memorised openings, perfect strategies; the quiet filing-away of the unknown. What if it were reset? Loosen the rules & start from play – exactly our approach in developing brand new flavours for this fizz.

£17 / £11 boozeless

FORTY-FRUIT HOOK

Glendronach 12 whisky, fourseason kombucha, apple brandy, white vermouth, bitters

There’s something wonderfully unnecessary about Sam Van Aken’s Tree of 40 Fruit – a functional act of grafting turned into a slightly mad, wildly beautiful artwork. Seasonal plant varieties from across the year, co-fermented & stitched together to exist as one, creating our complex Franken-booch and the perfect fruity backbone for this sipper.

£18

RAINWATER FIX

Patrón blanco tequila, pineapple shio, Capreolus eau de vie, passion fruit wine

Rome wasn’t built in a day – or even that well. Its walls were designed with tiny flaws: flecks of limestone left deliberately “wrong”, ready to melt with rainwater and quietly mend time’s inevitable cracks. When you understand a system deeply enough, doing a little wrong can make it wonderfully right which we have applied to enrich fruits in this earthy, mineral snap.

£18 / £11 boozeless

CHET² MARTINI

Belvedere vodka, really excellent BiBi chocolate, vermouth

Following cahoots & collaboration with dear friends BiBi, our eyes were opened to new modes of thought. The joy – as ever – is that when you trust another perspective completely, you don’t end up with one idea or the other, but something delightfully new: proof that one plus one really does equal three. Direct-sourced, fermented cacao beans giving volume to a Vodka Martini.

£19

THE CLASSICS

CHABLIS

Ki No Bi gin, fino sherry, lemon, chalk bitters

Tongue-in-cheek reimagining of the classic Burgundian character of flint and minerality – adding in a sour freshness.

£17

PINNACLE POINT FIZZ

Don Julio blanco tequila, nixtamalized blue corn, sloe, ginger bitters, sour pineapple, soda

Sloe tequila highball with nixtamalized corn – more nutrition, more flavour! – and a ginger pop.

£18

GREEN RAYU PUNCH

Johnnie Walker Black Ruby whisky, green sauce liqueur, masa, cashew milk rayu, bubbles

Decadent, nutty punch lifted with the bright, zesty & herbaceous
profile of a classic green sauce.

£17

MULTI-MILK

Grey Goose vodka, whiskies, thunder mushroom, burnt milk, cultured milk liqueur, milk wine

A celebration of the complexity of milk, but also of zapping things with a car battery. A surprisingly fruity fizz that’s not overladen with dairy richness.

£17

MAMIE TAYLOR

Bruichladdich Classic Laddie whisky, vegan honey, fresh date, galangal, ginger soda

A brighter take on the classic highball cocktail – the spice from “honey” lifting a hint of smoke.

£17

RAPAPORT COCKTAIL

Fords gin, tree caramel, a tonne of micro-organisms, nuked vermouth, VORS sherry

A Martinez style cocktail with an insane depth courtesy of a proprietary sequential fermentation opening out rich forest aromas alongside deep berry notes. A complex sipper.

£17

CEREAL MARTINI

Boatyard vodka, golden levain, seeded vermouth

An off-dry Martini, with a hint of savouriness coming through
from “golden levain” for a clean nutty finish.

£18

Our Special Editions menu is just that—special! Featuring a selection of five cocktails, you’ll find some of our favourite producers, some typically mad techniques, or a scarcity that links to their production—mostly, all three! 

Special Editions

Blood Orange Bubbles

A rich and decadent Champagne cocktail celebrating some category-defining products from some dear friends; wild harvested rooibos from the Fynbos of South Africa sourced by Henrietta and Rare Tea Co. is married with Bermondsey Bees’ “East-India” honey – the golden nectar from the single hive mentioned later – alongside a very special citrus distillate packing a frankly ludicrous concentration of oils made painstakingly (all hand sorted, wild-fermented and then slowly distilled) by our pal Barney in the Cotswolds. All carefully nuanced together to lift the accents from Laurent-Perrier’s iconic rosé – redolent with delicate fruit and tannin notes from using the rare process of saignée; allowing contact with the skins to develop flavour, and the more-natural salmon pink hue.

£31

The Score

A celebration of a very rare spirit – something we don't often think about with vodka – and an embrace of Polish Vodka's traditions of eschewing any additives, oils, flavourings or sugar (unlike some famous glycerine-laced brands from other countries). A single field of double diamond rye from a longterm partner farmer of the distillery, from a single harvest, distilled and then rested to mellow over 10 months. In celebration, we combine this with other rare, single origin ingredients – Champagne in lieu of vermouth to add brightness and zest alongside white flower notes, true Canadian maple syrup to add chocolatey umami notes, sea salt to temper the richness and a single estate olive oil to add a final aromatic. Rich, layered and complex – a crisp Vodka Martini masquerading in old fashioned territory.

£30

ATOM Martini

A tequila Martini with all the full-bodied richness you’d want from Don Julio 1942 – pulling the golden vanilla notes from the anejo using a wonderful, yet time consuming process, signature to Lyaness. By subjecting the humble butternut squash to a cascade of flavour-friendly bacteria, we’re able to ferment the fruit through from its vegetal notes to citrus and nectarine flavours. Married alongside some botanical accents with some dry sherry, we create a delicate sipping drink that allows the facets of the tequila – far more complex than many people realise – to unfurl its flavours slowly.

£27

Single Blend Beeswax Old Fashioned

A play on one of the original Lyan signature drinks – this time wrapped around an incredibly special Scotch. Using the classical play of an old fashioned to open out the spirit with water, sugar and bitters alongside our historic application of beeswax to build aroma and body, this version uses beeswax from a single hive courtesy of our friends at Bermondsey Bees. Rich with aromas of handmade candle made in a meadow, this is the perfect compliment to the famous distilleries of Sutherland – the waxy richness marrying with the ultra rare tropical notes of Dornoch Distillery's own casks. A layered old fashioned that does justice to the rarity of the ingredients, yet somehow still creating something greater than the sum of its parts. 

£24

Koji Hardshake

Taking one of the most iconic serves that launched in this building and levelling it up with a rare blended Scotch whisky. We love blended Scotch, and using this famous marque from the House of Walker allows the complexity of this drink to really shine – rich spice, ethereal smoke and over-ripe orchard fruits get combined in a whisky sour that manages to tow the line between fat boy and bright. Originally designed to use koji to bring a floral lift to the drink, we've refined this over the years to have the perfect balance between rich, bright, indulgent and moreish. 

£27

 

 

To Share

English Coastal Oysters (each)

black currant mignonette

£4

Blistered Peppers

paprika (vg,gf)

£10

Aubergine Dip

cassava chips (vg, gf)

£11

Seabass Ceviche Tacos

red onion salsa, coriander (gf)

£12

Mushroom ‘Sausage’ Roll

marmite puff pastry, mushroom ketchup (vg)

£11

Four Cheese Croquettes

jalapeño mayo (v)

£13

Popcorn Buffalo Chicken

pickled celery (gf)

£14

Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail

american style (gf)

£15

Bar Bites

Nocellara Olives (gf,vg)

£7

Cambrook Nuts (vg,n)

£7

Salt & Vinegar Seaweed Crisp (vg, gf)

£7

Fries

old bay mayonnaise (v,gf)

£7

Tater Tots

buttermilk ranch (v, gf)

£9

Happy Hour

Happy Hour at Lyaness is our take on that early evening moment—when the pace softens, but the drinks don’t.

It’s a space for us to revisit the familiar and gently shift it sideways—cocktails you might recognise, reworked through our lens of ingredients and flavour. Alongside, a selection of small plates designed for grazing, sharing, or simply extending the moment a little longer.

Whether it’s a quick stop or the start of the night unfolding, it’s all the curiosity, craft and flavour and you’d expect from us—just with a lighter touch.

Weekdays, 5–7pm.

Get Togethers

Got a reason to gather? We’ve got the space.

Lyaness works just as well for laid-back drinks as it does for bigger celebrations that roll into the night. From birthdays and team nights out to full takeovers, the bar shifts with the mood—high energy when you want it, easy-going when you don’t.

Our team will help shape the night, from drinks to pacing, with our ingredient-led menu at the centre and plenty of room to make it your own.

For group bookings and private events, get in touch.

Lyaness Gift Card

Looking for the perfect gift? Look no further!

How about treating someone special to cocktails for two at Lyaness? They’ll choose their drinks from our expressive, ingredient-led menu, then settle in, take in the Thames views and enjoy the moment.

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Contact Lyaness

opening times

  • Monday-Thursday: 5pm - 12am
  • Friday: 4pm - 1am
  • Saturday: 1pm - 1am
  • Sunday: 1pm - 12pm

location

  • Sea Containers London
  • 20 Upper Ground
  • London
  • SE1 9PD