Old Street Records Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff were really free friendly and always on hand for refills."
• "Bartenders that served me were all really helpful and knowledgeable."
• "Absolutely class! Would recommend 10/10. Staff are extremely friendly, drink are really good and manager is a legend."
• "The bar staff were helpful and the queue never seemed too long."
• "The bar staff were friendly, quick, and good fun."
• "Staff is so so friendly like nowhere else I have seen in London."
• "The staff were superb in terms of quickly getting all pre-ordered drinks together upon my arrival."

Cons:

• "Manager Harry told us it was ‘The booking team’s problem, not his.’ He did not try to help us."
• "When I asked about this I was met with extreme hostility from the woman at the cloak room and was ejected for being unreasonable."
• "First round of drinks ordered was made by an obnoxious rude tall blond girl with a bad attitude."
• "The door staff are extremely rude."
• "70% of the bar staff was incredibly rude!"
• "The cloakroom lady only accepts cash no card and is close the rudest person on the planet."
• "Honestly, I was surprised at the terrible attitude I received from the waitress (the tall slim blonde one)."

Atmosphere and Music

Pros:

• "Old Street records is a nice bar with good live music."
• "This place is most certainly my favourite place in London if not in the entire country!"
• "Amazing live music and great vibe for a night out."
• "Absolutely great place for a good night. The live music was awesome."
• "Great music and atmosphere and the 2 for 1 cocktails went down a treat with my sister!"
• "Such a lovely place! The music and the atmosphere was absolutely amazing."
• "The atmosphere in here was awesome."

Cons:

• "Downstairs was horrible. Super hot, full of drunk sweaty people."
• "Music was terrible (not live, recorded the whole time we were there)."
• "Upstairs, horrible music, too loud and impossible to dance and because it's too loud you can't even talk to other people."
• "Very unknown rock music that absolutely nobody in the bar was dancing too."
• "Music was really too loud for conversation."
• "Music in upstairs bar area was offensively loud. Couldn't have any kind of conversation."
• "Only music played was a top 100 playlist on repeat."

Security and Management

Pros:

• "Other bouncer was really cool and friendly."
• "Good security check."
• "Friendly security and bar staff."
• "The bouncers were really friendly, and in particular the manager Tim was extremely friendly and helpful when I lost my wallet."
• "Greeted by a firm but very friendly doorman which is refreshing."
• "Bouncers are all friendly and know me pretty well, awesome staff and vibe."
• "Very polite staff and overall customer service much better than the average for the area."

Cons:

• "He abruptly proceeded to have the bouncer remove both my partner and I from the premises, citing my conduct as reason for removal."
• "Rude bouncer."
• "The floor walkers and security are over aggressive and are not fit for running OSR."
• "The extremely unpleasant doorman/whatever asked me for my ID, then asked me if I was by myself."
• "The door staff are extremely rude."
• "Bouncers not the most pleasant people."
• "Absolutely disgusted by the attitude of the security staff!"