Soho Residence Reviews Summary

Category: Cocktail bar London

Address: 83 - 85 Wardour St, London, W1D 6QE, United Kingdom

Phone: +442074349413

Rating: 3.9
based on 185 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The staff were really nice. We arrived for a night cap and have a couple of drinks."
  • "Staff were wonderful, I reserved an area for my friends to celebrate my birthday and they checked on us every now and then."
  • "The Doorman and security staff were all friendly and approachable."
  • "The waitress was really nice and charming."
  • "Julia was so amazing and very helpful and Monika was a great deal of help by making our night special."
  • "The staff seemed friendly and weren't quick to kick us out, even when we were sitting around chatting 15 minutes after the end!"
  • "From the door guys to the wait and bar staff everyone was extremely friendly and professional."

Cons:

  • "I’m appalled by the blatant racial profiling I experienced at the security checkpoint of Soho Residence."
  • "The bouncer was quite aggressive."
  • "Rude, blunt waiter who was on instagram for 5 minutes before serving."
  • "Only 1 staff member who could do their job."
  • "Barman refused to take orders and ignored everyone."
  • "The short male bartender look at me as I was an inconvenience when I approached the bar."
  • "The general manager was very unprofessional and rude."

Drinks and Prices

Pros:

  • "We walked past and it was Super happy hour, pints of Peroni for £3.60, in Central London!"
  • "Great drink options and awesome happy hour deals (premium whiskey neat for £5)."
  • "Drinks were of good quality and reasonably priced."
  • "Most of drinks were £5 as well, which is very cheap for London's standards."
  • "Cocktails delicious (very cheap too)."
  • "The drink we had from the dusk app was great."
  • "They have a good range of drinks, which are reasonably priced."

Cons:

  • "Had no idea a Gin & Tonic can be ruined. Worst one I had in London and in general."
  • "Cocktails were horrible. You have to be super drunk to enjoy any cocktail."
  • "Mediocre drinks at the highest of London prices."
  • "No draft beers, terrible overpriced bottled selection."
  • "Far too expensive in the 'bottle bar' in the basement no draft (6 quid for small bottle of beer you're having a laugh)."
  • "Over £150 for two rounds of 5 cocktails, so over £15 per cocktail."
  • "Drink prices are pretty extortionate and they have the cheek to charge a £10pp entrance fee after 10pm."

Atmosphere and Venue

Pros:

  • "Great atmosphere, staff super nice and friendly...cocktails 10/10."
  • "It's nice enough inside and friendly."
  • "Pretty nice spot to have a good time for the night."
  • "Good atmosphere and good customer service."
  • "Cool bar, mixed crowd (gay and straight), relaxed atmosphere but cool pop music to dance a bit as warm-up."
  • "Environment was cosy and easy for a good catch up with friends."
  • "The interior of the place is amazing."

Cons:

  • "But is expensive!"
  • "Trendy but small and crowded."
  • "The basement club had no sense of continuity from the ground floor and felt like it was shoved out of the way behind a slightly dirty door so felt a touch awkward."
  • "Very crowded."
  • "The upper floor is a little small."
  • "This place gets busy early, so grabbing seats can be difficult and the music is SO LOUD it is not really a great place for conversation."
  • "Horrible and small place full of very pretentious people making ninnies of themselves."

Discrimination and Security

Pros:

  • "They have good Covid regulations in place and you need to show both a domestic Covid Pass and your ID for access."
  • "The Doorman and security staff were all friendly and approachable."
  • "Ahsam, the person whom is controlling the entrance upstairs, was 5 stars. He’s friendly, accommodating and helped all of us, as a team, to go upstairs even though he was standing all night at the stairs."

Cons:

  • "The owner of the place deliberately chooses the people who gets inside only by the race and clothes they're wearing."
  • "Completely unfair admission policy."
  • "It is disheartening to see that this level of discrimination happens in a multifaceted city like London."
  • "Door staff extremely rude, only letting girls in for free."
  • "Extremely rude/racist staff as witnessed on the evening of 30th December 2023 (first floor)."
  • "Racist venue who refused to let 3 brown people in as not on guest list but happily let the 3 Caucasian guys in behind us despite them also not being on the guest list."
  • "Incredibly rude and aggressive staff at the entrance (bouncers) - refused entry to my group for no reason."

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