Waxflower sits in the useful middle ground between neighbourhood wine bar and proper sound room. The setup is not decorative: Pitt & Giblin speakers, Technics decks, an Isonoe rotary mixer and treated wood-wool walls give the room a warmer, more controlled sound than most bars of this size.
The record wall is part of the architecture, with a few thousand records behind the music program and DJs playing across jazz, downtempo, experimental records, psych, house, disco, funk and soul. It still feels social rather than severe, which is the point. You can drink, talk and eat without the music becoming wallpaper.
Go for a long evening rather than a quick drink. Waxflower rewards sitting in the room for a while and letting the selections settle.