Phonox Reviews Summary

Sound System

Pros:

• "Mind blown by: sound system."
• "Thunderous low end sound system, friendly security and bar staff, nice seating and ample toilets."
• "Awesome vibe, dance floor on the ground level with a Function One sound system in all four corners (excellent sound quality)."
• "Amazing sound system!"
• "Good sound system that is loud enough, but is missing the bone rattling bass that I prefer."
• "Had the best time there. Staff were friendly and helpful, sound system is insane."
• "Great Funktion One rig, dampened walls, drum and bass truly sounds how it should."

Cons:

• "The soundsystem here is pretty terrible. It's not clear or particularly loud."
• "Not the best photo but we were meant to see Sherelle and the music preceding her was so bad."
• "Bassless and faceless - Function One sound system with the bass EQ'd out because of neighbour noise problems."
• "Music is alright though it can get unpleasantly loud."
• "The music is the same all the time."
• "It's a pretty standard club with a decent sized main floor, cool lighting system n a smaller chill area downstairs but my main issue was the bloody music."
• "Pretty decent sound system and overall vibe but the toilets are atrocious."

Staff and Security

Pros:

• "I had a minor incident while entering the club but one of the staff (Daniel) helped us with our concerns."
• "Security staff (Chris) was very helpful, kind and very different to the usual experience."
• "He was a lovely man that not only made things safe. He ensured everyone was having a good time."
• "Friendly and helpful staff."
• "Staff and security are usually friendly."
• "Staff is always super friendly too."
• "Security were friendly, but keeping a close eye so it felt relatively safe."

Cons:

• "Good venue and music, but the night was almost ruined by the cloakroom bouncer who’s attitude was absolutely terrible and the customer service was awful."
• "A personale showed up Gestapo uniformed and started pushing down persons dancing."
• "Horrendous. The worst bouncers I’ve ever encountered."
• "The girl who works in the cloakroom... was very rude to me and my friend."
• "Absolutely awful experience. The girl on the door decided she didn’t like the look of one of the girls."
• "A distressing incident occurred where my partner was not only assaulted but also subjected to harassment."
• "One of the outdoor staff organising the queue outside (not a bouncer) basically squared up to me last time I went on a Sunday evening for absolutely no reason."

Prices and Value

Pros:

• "They offered coat check for 2£ which was convenient."
• "Great drink selection (at very good prices)."
• "Bar prices were relatively cheap and never had to wait."
• "Drinks not too pricey."
• "Fair pricing. £10 in advance for the door, £2 cloak room, and £5 single / £8 double spirits."
• "The beers and the cocktails are good and not very expensive compared to the others club around London."
• "Security is polite and drinks reasonable!"

Cons:

• "Overpriced drinks and tickets."
• "No re entry to club and absolutely no mention of this as I handed over the 15 pound cover charge."
• "For enter you, cover is 20 pounds."
• "Really like this place, shame they are horrible with prices for water. A small, not even normal 500ml, bottle of water costs £2.50....come on."
• "Only managed to get in for about 15 minutes - £25 on the door :("
• "Drinks are pricey but standard London."
• "Drinks were quite expensive, a Heineken was over £5 but that's to be expected."

Atmosphere and Layout

Pros:

• "Absolutely love the no phones on the dancefloor rule."
• "Nice venue, interesting mix of people."
• "Great atmosphere."
• "One of the best club nights around. If you're into electronic music, the music will never fail to hit the spot."
• "Great venue in terms of layout and atmosphere."
• "The ambience is warm and welcoming, redish subtle lighting, minimal design and comfortable sitting."
• "Awsome atmosphere."

Cons:

• "After buying tickets to a club night at Phonox from the website 'Dice', my friends and I arrived at Phonox to find it completely closed."
• "Cramped smoking area."
• "The venue doesn't have enough toilets when it is busy."
• "It's small and empty most of the time."
• "Overly crowded and a bit of a weird and annoying crowd due to a lack of regulation."
• "The club is small and a bit claustrophobic."
• "Bad vibes."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Thunderous low end sound system, friendly security and bar staff, nice seating and ample toilets."
• "The place is spacious even when crowded."
• "Nice sit down side area for a break near the dance floor."
• "Very tidy, with a spacious chill out room in the downstairs bar, a comfortable smoking area."
• "Clean toilets, and no queue for the ladies anytime in the night."
• "Really nice bar staff, and super impressive security team."
• "Clean toilets."

Cons:

• "The dancefloor needs better airflow and is quite hot even on a cool winter evening."
• "It gets very hot, and there’s not a lot you can do to cool down."
• "Basement bar closed at 2am, so there was no chill out zone any more."
• "No security measures, low hygiene and providing of services in their restrooms, no toilet paper in the girls Loos!!!"
• "Bathrooms quite dirty."
• "Getting to the toilets, which are downstairs, was really problematic for a good hour when people were also queuing on the stairs for the cloak room."
• "Pretty decent sound system and overall vibe but the toilets are atrocious."