Freedom Bar Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "We were a party of 20+, from the minute that we arrive Chris, John, Teddy and all the guys on the floor and the bar they went beyond and above to deliver us an excellent service."
• "Visited on Thursday night with a party of 7 including my daughter in a wheelchair. The staff at the door were excellent."
• "The mood was absolutely amazing, great crowd, friendly staff and on the Wednesday when I was there, there was a fun lip sync battle performance."
• "What a wonderful night! Super accommodating, really friendly staff."
• "The staff are absolutely amazing. They are all very friendly and polite."
• "The host was lovely and friendly and welcoming."
• "Had the pleasure to be served by Elisa tonight, she was the best waitress we could’ve asked for."

Cons:

• "After queuing for over an hour we were told by the door staff in a rather rude way that it was bookings only yet the group before and after us did not have bookings."
• "Very rude poorly trained door staff, management should sack the lot as they are losing lots of customers."
• "The lady collecting entry fees did not look at customers, didn’t say hello, let alone have a smile on her face."
• "So the bar staff was fantastic, drinks were coming quick door team was ace however…security team member called amber was the worst person you could have hired to work within hospitality sector."
• "Jake, the waiter with whom I had to deal on Friday night was one of the rudest and most aggressive people I have come across in a long while."
• "The lady working at the cloak room had such an attitude."
• "Extremely rude staff and terrible service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The mood was absolutely amazing, great crowd, friendly staff and on the Wednesday when I was there, there was a fun lip sync battle performance."
• "Club music and dark space makes fantastic and cocktail-club atmosphere."
• "I had my best nice ever in London because of this place, the music, the mood of the people inside, everybody dancing and having fun. PERFECT."
• "Love the ambience of the Freedom Bar. The decor is absolutely lovely and the candles on every table it creates a wonderful relaxing atmosphere."
• "Fun atmosphere, staff always helpful, useful to book a table, and you get waitered service. Nice!"
• "I'm glad I found a nightclub with an amazing vibe, that treats customers with equality, inclusion and respect."
• "Freedom mixes bar & club exquisitely, I have reserved a table twice for friends birthdays here and it's been a success each time."

Cons:

• "This bar/club is just okay. Nothing really special or noteworthy for our night out."
• "The music was also really awful! Don't waste your time going to this dump."
• "It’s such a shame because it has great location and should in theory be great."
• "Hope last night was a one off but what was going on with the music - it was so straight and bloody awful!"
• "The music was the worst part of the experience with not fun songs and very weird/awkward transitions between."
• "A bit boring, no one seemed to hang around but just moved on to somewhere better."
• "The staff was rather impolite, and the atmosphere wasn't great."

Price

Pros:

• "Drinks are reasonable priced and cocktails very delicious."
• "Good happy hour with really reasonably priced drinks for the location."
• "Drinks were surprisingly well-priced."
• "The pricing is also very reasonable, it’s such a lovely place to go after having a dinner somewhere near there."
• "At least the cover charge wasn’t too much (£5)."
• "The Gin & Tonics were pretty affordable!"
• "Great on the whole in terms of drinks prices, staff and decor..."

Cons:

• "Cocktail expensive and had hardly any alcohol and normally I don't drink a drop."
• "However, I notice that they add 10-12.5% onto every purchase of drink."
• "I paid £8 for a Jack Daniels with Coke. It was the most expensive tap water I've ever bought."
• "4 stars because the drinks were very expensive."
• "Firstly behind the bar the staff add a 12.5% service charge to EVERY drink."
• "Without solicitation charging 12.5% service for BAR service is outrageous."
• "No consistency in the drinks prices, depends which member of staff serves!"

Security

Pros:

• "Most importantly, the bouncers/door staff are very kind."
• "The security is lovely, I left my bag outside in the and Daniel was kind enough to come all the way inside to find me to give it back!"
• "One of the door staff even told his colleagues to take care of me every time I was there because he said I was a 'lovely person.'"
• "The staff are lovely caring and attentive."
• "I was made to feel very welcome by the professional staff both on the door and behind the bar."
• "The manager (guy from the north east) is a real gent and his hospitality made my night :)"
• "Me and my partner stumbled across Freedom on the night we got engaged, the manager was sooo lovely and got us a space downstairs."

Cons:

• "FREEDOM BOUNCERS ARE TRANSPHOBIC!!!"
• "Racist club.I came from work, just to have a couple drinks, and they’ve asked me where I’m from, first question."
• "used to be a great place now ruined by idiotic door men who lie to people my friends could not get in..."
• "I visited the Freedom Bar on 2nd Jan 2023 and experienced such transphobic treatment."
• "Very rude poorly trained door staff, management should sack the lot as they are losing lots of customers."
• "Was refused entry out of spite by the bouncers at Freedom Bar."
• "Previous reviews about bouncers are so valid. They have no idea what queer community values are."