Address: 6-7 Great Newport St, London, WC2H 7JA, United Kingdom
Phone: +447458031010
Rating: 4.4
based on 127 reviews.
Cocktails
Pros:
"The bartender makes a great old fashioned!"
"Cocktails are nice but the staff are even nicer."
"The cocktails were generally quite good, decently priced between 8 and 10 pounds."
"The cocktails here are imaginative, strong and delicious."
"The cocktails were brilliant."
"The cocktails were well made and good value at the 2 for 1 special they had on."
"The cocktails are excellent, strong and interesting - try something new and you won't be disappointed."
Cons:
"We had 3 cocktail 2 piccante and i forget the name of the third, that last was tasting of cheap alcohol or old we paid £38 for those drinks."
"Large ice filled 'mojito' with basically no lime and almost no mint. Watery and flavourless."
"The 5 rounds of cocktails we had were much too sweet for our tastes."
"Cocktails tasted really strong and a bit weird on Saturday night... We both think there was something wrong with the drinks."
"The cocktails were good, but weak."
"Cocktails are really nice but the service is a bit slow."
"A few cocktails were really sweet so we asked them for spicy ones later."
Atmosphere & Decor
Pros:
"Great atmosphere and cool decor."
"Beautiful venue and friendly vibe."
"A great place, with fun music and great drinks, and superb staff."
"The atmosphere was excellent, and everyone seemed to be having a good time!"
"Had an amazing experience at the London Cocktail Club in Covent Garden, the atmosphere and staff are amazing."
"The music and the atmosphere created is really good and we enjoyed the energy."
"Really great venue with cool decor and atmosphere."
Cons:
"I think the decor is supposed to be shabby chic but there comes a point where it's just shabby."
"The decor is chic shabby but a little while later you won't really care much about it."
"First impression: mood killing 00s pop rock. Total clash with decor."
"The stairway was dingy and neglected and despite assurances, so was the bar."
"The seating definitely needs to be looked at. I ended up on a sofa. They look old and you sink into them."
"It's dimly lit but packed with interesting decorative touches."
"Lovely decor like a 1940s living room and a live pianist playing classics from the last 50 years."
Service & Staff
Pros:
"The bar is small but the bartenders are really quick."
"Loved the selection of drinks and the bar staff were fun."
"The wait staff was friendly and just the right amount of attentive."
"The staff were very helpful and served us quickly."
"Bar staff amazing welcoming and friendly."
"Really attentive and personable bar staff."
"The staff are superb - friendly, happy, attentive and know how to mix a mean brew."
Cons:
"Ugh hated it, went on Saturday night, it's teeny tiny and so crowded you have no hope of getting a table unless you've reserved."
"The staff were extremely rude and cared more about having a party for themselves than customer service."
"Service was crazy slow, and it was empty."
"Unfortunately, they randomly gave us the bill and said we had to leave, then the man at the door came up to us and said he would ‘do us a favour’ and let us stay if we paid £10."
"Bar staff overly casual and hanging out with their friends, not really paying attention to customers."
"Girl on door unbelievably rude, then I sat at the bar (the place was empty) whilst 4 bar staff studiously ignored me."
"Was having a great time until we got told to vacate our table after they allowed us to order a round of drinks."
Membership & Accessibility
Pros:
"While this place, I guess, is members only, they kindly let us hang out and have a few drinks."
"You need a membership to enter this place, however, they let us in as a one off :)."
"To enter you must be a member but that can be achieved by going to their website and signing up. The fee is an extraordinary... £1."
"CGCC is technically a members only bar but membership is free and you can usually get in without being a member or having a reservation if you get there early enough."
"This place is Members Only but membership is free (£1 for your card)."
"VERY friendly staff and it's a very closed ambiance, it feels super secret."
"Note it is required to have a membership before coming here, can do this by signing up online for free 24 hours in advance to the visit."
Cons:
"We would never send anyone there. Don’t go."
"I have been in this pub yesterday for New Years Eve and we have been treated HORRIBLY."
"Last thing, the bouncer denied to give us his name, said the problem was we could not understand English and that he wouldn’t allow me to talk to the manager, even if I was the president of the UK - quoting."
"Was expecting more of a relaxed, 'gentleman's club' jazz vibe on a Sunday night but was surprised to have loud old school hip-hop music blaring away."
"Charged us £10 extra each as ‘non-members’ but did not mention this at any point when we arrived."
"Odd members only policy, but it seemed that getting let in as a guest of the hostess was not uncommon."
"BUT we came back the next day and there was a girl standing at the entrance who told us that we can't enter because we are not club members."