Night Tales Reviews Summary

Location and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Cool area located at the Hackney Central station, need to walk through a small alley to get to the clubhouses."
• "Night Tales is the type of place that only the cool kids know about. Almost secreted away down an unassuming road and under a railway arch."
• "If you're in a hurry home, Hackney station is only 5 minutes walk away. Perfect venue for catch-up drinks."
• "The venue is well located and designed but don't get fooled by good names that they booked, this place is nowhere near ready for a good music and a decent party experience."

Cons:

• "Came completely sober to join friends for an hour. But I refused to enter and pay a ticket after speaking to a rude bouncer."

Security and Staff Attitude

Pros:

• "The events team were super accommodating in the run-up, especially with date and package changes."
• "On the night everything ran perfectly and the team were super helpful, ensuring that it all went to plan."
• "As a very experienced bartender myself, I love to see people like Sachin! Big up the team it’s a 5-star atmosphere. Keep it up it’s a vibe."
• "The staff are all super lovely and I know I’ll be back again in the future."

Cons:

• "We complained to a manager called Vlad - he threatened to kick all 6 of us out of the venue and bought along 9 security guards."
• "After being forced to apologize for raising a complaint (laughable by this point), we were moved to a booth."
• "Massive disappointment with the venue and security guards and bouncers were very rude and did make our group feel unsafe."
• "Booked here for my birthday party and was massively disappointed. Expensive deposit that I was told would be returned to me and my guests could pay as we go, only to arrive and be told we could only order specific drinks."

Atmosphere and Vibes

Pros:

• "Inside the club the space was amazing; there was a lot of room for groups to hang out and enjoy the night."
• "All round immaculate vibes. Went there for the carnival warm up, was presented with an entire chocolate cake for my birthday. Food was lush. Tunes were banging. Drinks were delicious."
• "Really clean venue with a fun atmosphere. Was here for a private function."
• "Great bar, the venue overall is really nice & has a club room for different events but you might need to pay extra to get into the club room."

Cons:

• "I went to see Magda at this venue. Firstly, the sound system was appalling. You could hardly hear the DJ's but never-stop-talking people."
• "What was worse; some drunk kids started an absurd dancing activity, shouting and screaming."
• "The reserved tables are funny, haven't been in a club with *tables* for a while. Having a tier structure gives a bit of basic nightclub vibe, given that they bring in cooler DJs."
• "It's just a bit of a miss of a club, with a try-hard built-for-instagram vibe."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Three individual bars all served drinks and alcohols. I had an elderflower gin and it was not bad."
• "The minimum spend went towards a bottle of Rum (£25 cost price), a bottle of Gin (£22 cost priced), flat post mix Coca-Cola, and semi-melted ice."
• "Fun place with tasty food and party atmosphere."
• "An amazing place! The decor is incredible and makes for many instagrammable photographs! Visited when The Stickmen Project were performing and had a fantastic night, drinks were reasonably priced and the staff were friendly."

Cons:

• "Great venue and a great party, but the bar staff were the laziest bunch of people I've ever come across. Lots of guests waiting to be served and plenty of folks being paid to do just that, but several of them just staring at their phones and ignoring the guests."
• "This place needs better bar management."
• "Cannot comment on the food as we didn’t have any."
• "Booked a VIP area for a birthday party and we unfortunately had a very unpleasant experience! The deposit and minimum spend was unreasonably expensive, and we were bombarded with obscure rules on what counted towards the spend, and the drinks choice was very limited."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Celebrated my hen party here and had the BEST time! Had a gorgeous VIP booth and staff really looked after us! The Club room is great for a serious dance session but great to have the terrace too for more chilled vibes."
• "Oh and great pizza for when you get hungry too."
• "I had a 10/10 night on Saturday - great drinks and music! I want to give a massive shoutout to Haguette and Alex who were incredibly accommodating and looked after us really well! Would recommend booking a table because the price works out quite well if there's a few of you."

Cons:

• "The club is a bit overpriced at £25, separate entry. The music wasn’t very much to my liking or as on the day wasn’t too much of a dance/ rave music."
• "Booked a “booth next to the DJ box” for £400. Had to wait 25 minutes to gain entry. Booth was an old ikea sofa on the dance floor big enough for 2 people."
• "After being forced to apologize for raising a complaint (laughable by this point) / we were moved to a booth. Sadly it was outside and nowhere near a DJ or any music for that matter."