The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History Reviews Summary

Drinks and Bar Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great drinks (including a wide variety of absinthes)."
• "Had a drink in the bar before visiting the museum (cocktails are London prices but pretty much worth it for the taste)."
• "The drinks are great."
• "They make very unique drinks (I had a drink with a scorpion)."
• "The cocktails were really interesting."
• "The drinks are gorgeous!"
• "Cocktails were great and the staff were very friendly."

Cons:

• "Overpriced. Downstairs it stinks so bad I almost puked."
• "I had a canned cider that was very watered down."
• "Waiters... rush you to finish your drinks to either order another one or leave the place."
• "Cocktails are London prices."
• "Then the staff actually came over and complained to my friend for not leaving a tip, despite our drinks being late and costing more than a small African country!"
• "Terrible customer service. Waiters make you feel very unwelcome."
• "Grossly overpriced. 3 small rooms with a few odd artefacts."

Museum Experience

Pros:

• "Museum was really interesting and very different from anything I had seen before."
• "The collection is breathtaking, not for the faint of heart!"
• "It is truly a morbid cabinet of curiosities, but also quite fun if dark and morbid is your chosen aesthetic."
• "The museum itself truly feels like a modern day cabinet of curiosities."
• "Mind blowing collection of bizarre stuff and very well presented.. we spent 2 hrs there in state of amazement and awe."
• "It holds one of the best taxidermy displays I’ve ever seen, and some seriously creepy sculptures and occult artefacts."
• "The museum is something out of a fantasy novel, has to be seen to be believed."

Cons:

• "The museum was utter tut! A room full of things that should have been binned years ago!"
• "Pretty weird to be honest. This isn't as much a museum as an odd collection of 'things'."
• "It's tiny and cramped, with stairs that may kill you and there's so much going on, you have no idea what's what."
• "Absolute rubbish. Why anyone would pay to go there and look at stuff like Amy Winehouse's poo is beyond me."
• "Nothing was really labelled or explained so you don't know what you're looking at."
• "Contents were dismal, really not worth going to see!"
• "The museum is tiny and expensive there are more objects related to sex than curiosities."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff inside were really friendly and nice."
• "Friendly staff."
• "Staff was also pleasant and knowledgeable."
• "The staff were sweet and wonderful."
• "The staff were the best and wanted us to have a fantastic time which we did."
• "The staff were brilliant, friendly and helpful."
• "Staff is very friendly!"

Cons:

• "As we entered, we were barely greeted by rude staff."
• "We were kicked out of the place by a rude waitress who told us a had to leave cause the chairs are for the clients of the bar."
• "We were not welcomed, I've been there many, many times but today I was turn away in a very dismissive and rude faction."
• "Then the staff actually came over and complained to my friend for not leaving a tip, despite our drinks being late and costing more than a small African country!"
• "Terrible customer service. Waiters make you feel very unwelcome."
• "A little disappointed as Viktor Wynd... did not even say goodbye to us."
• "Staff from the bar when we showed up to try our luck didn't seem keen to help, and actually made me feel quite embarrassed for asking about access."

Accessibility and Layout

Pros:

• "It's small so buying a ticket in advance is a good idea."
• "The bar upstairs has a huge range of absinthe to choose from."
• "The underground station is Bethnal green and then you need to walk 5 minutes to get to the museum on the main road."
• "The spirally staircase with little gems of curiosities gets you prepared to see a cellar full of interesting artifacts."
• "Different and surprising collection of things."
• "You will really want to take your time in both the bar and museum, if it's not too busy."
• "Would recommend to take the tube rather the bus to the area."

Cons:

• "A dreadful smell and bad taste in my mouth!"
• "The very tight spiral staircase and space between the displays enough for one at a time means if you have mobility issues or on the larger size it's not the place for you."
• "Poorly maintained though with lots of exhibits looking drabby and display cabinets in need of a clean of the real cobwebs."
• "This place is definitely not wheelchair friendly."
• "Our main reason for visiting was for the petting zoo... On arrival we were told the petting zoo was no longer there."
• "It's à bit far from the metro Station."
• "Staff from the bar when we showed up to try our luck didn't seem keen to help, and actually made me feel quite embarrassed for asking about access."