Address: 20 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1EB, United Kingdom
Phone: +442030065911
Rating: 4.3
based on 135 reviews.
Atmosphere and Environment
Pros:
"The atmosphere was great and everyone enjoyed themselves."
"Overall quite interesting space, good decor, great live performance, great service."
"The venue itself, especially the private backstage room is lovely."
"This place has a very cool vibe on."
"Incredible record bar with live music at its central nervous system."
"It's rare to find a bar that absolutely hits on every cylinder."
"A lovely place for atmosphere."
"The location was impressive."
"Awesome place. Make sure to book ahead."
"Great for my husbands birthday. Staff were very helpful."
Cons:
"The bar is very loud in general I guess this is people’s final stop before heading back home."
"I have mixed feelings about this place."
"This place is craps! Went there last Saturday stayed for about one hour was awful experience!"
"Terrible and humiliating experience on Saturday."
"Awful. One bouncer in particular is on a power trip."
"It is difficult to understand the intention of the place."
"Empty bar advertising happy hour on the board outside. We were then rejected entry at the door because it's bookings only."
"My man ash (bartender) is a legend, he’s always got a smile on his face and he treats everyone the same."
Service and Staff
Pros:
"Tony Bowen sang all night our favourite songs and it was lovely being able to request them."
"There was this guy called Sunny, he had excellent recommendations on cocktails and food! Overall all the staff came and checked on us if everything was ok!"
"Hired this venue for a birthday party and from start to finish the team were great!"
"I wanted to say a huge thank you to Sailor, Kenny and Manon for helping with an all-day work event at Eastcheap Records yesterday."
"I had a very peaceful dinner and drinks over the bar, by really nice servers, George was one of them."
"Had a brilliant evening here Saturday night. It’s got a really good, relaxed atmosphere. The security are lovely, they give you a warm welcome and are really nice guys."
"I had such an amazing night here with my fiancé - we were looked after by the charismatic and hilarious Gennaro."
"Manon and her team alex, josh, george, josee made us have a great night will cone back again, love this venue."
Cons:
"Really disappointed to be asked to leave after waiting at the bar for 20+ minutes to be served."
"Our waiter brought us the bill after one hour with no comment without us even asking for it."
"The manager here, Manon, who I had met at the start of the evening when we arrived to our room, came outside to diffuse the situation and seemed apologetic."
"Some if not the worst service I have ever received!!"
"Just so you know - if you've been there the whole night, and just stepped out before leaving but wanna go back in and have a wee, they won't let you back in."
"A lovely place for atmosphere, but I ordered three peroni, and they watered down the third."
"We used to really enjoy this bar but after being assaulted by an overly zealous doorman, spoiling for confrontation, pushing us to the floor we’d advise you steer clear."
"Wish there was an option to put 0 stars. I never write reviews but the disgusting behaviour in the doorman & numerous of femals being spiked requires this review."
Music and Entertainment
Pros:
"Good pit stop if you are a fan of live music."
"Since I did not order any food (although the ones I saw from other people did look and smell good) I cannot review it."
"Visited for birthday drinks on a Saturday night. The 2-for-1 cocktails before 7pm were decent and the pizza I ordered was pretty good."
Cons:
"I would call this place an in-between. Meaning you don't really get loud live music, nor are you able to talk to your friends."
"For what is a music-focused establishment, the DJ was absolutely terrible (and other random patrons agreed)."
"I won't be back though I'm afraid."
"Drinks were okay but got asked to stop singing along to the DJ’s songs."
Food and Drinks
Pros:
"Service was fine given I prefer everything from the counter. Good selection of cocktails and average selection of drinks."
"Had a brilliant evening here Saturday night. It’s got a really good, relaxed atmosphere."
"Great cocktails, came in their happy hour and the passion fruit and mango daiquiri was really good!"
"Eastcheap Records is a great place to go for live music, cocktails, and good times."
Cons:
"Not the best overall. Drinks were just fine but too expensive for a place like this."
"Food was so so. Security at the entrance was friendly."
"Some if not the worst service I have ever received!!"
"The bar itself has a great atmosphere and vibe but shame same couldn’t be said about the staff."
Security and Entrance
Pros:
"Security at the entrance was friendly."
"The security are lovely, they give you a warm welcome and are really nice guys."
"The location was impressive, yet the conduct of the entrance personnel was unreasonably harsh, and this appears to be a persistent issue."
"Great looking venue however the seating / table situation is terrible. We we’re a group of 5 and they had us sitting around this one tiny tiny table this became and issue when we ordered our food as there we no room on the table we had to eat our food on our laps!"
Cons:
"I have mixed feelings about this place."
"Really disappointed to be asked to leave after waiting at the bar for 20+ minutes to be served."
"We used to really enjoy this bar but after being assaulted by an overly zealous doorman, spoiling for confrontation, pushing us to the floor we’d advise you steer clear."