Northcote Records Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Vibe

Pros:

• "A lively bar that is absolutely superb."
• "Awesome bar with a great vibe."
• "Genuinely buzzing with warm cosy atmosphere. Awesome live music bar that will lift your autumn mood up."
• "Great atmosphere. Nice to sit out in the sun for the afternoon but the evening live music is where it’s at."
• "The atmosphere and live music are super."
• "Fantastic music, so atmosphere was great even for a Sunday evening!"
• "This place has a great atmosphere. There are great cocktail specials at happy hour as well as pizza deals."

Cons:

• "However music was definitely dangerously loud (bring ear plugs if you're at the front)."
• "One other gripe is the music was way too loud, should have been 20% lower in volume, we couldn't hear each other even when shouting."
• "Although the accoustics in this new bar are quite poor, you cant really hear the vocals from the back."
• "The day we visited they had live music which was nice but around 10 all stools and high tables were removed."
• "Really underwhelming experience, there is a lot of fab bars in the area so I would avoid this one unless you like lots of rules, long waits for a drink and the toilet."
• "It's good but it gets insanely full."
• "Nice atmosphere, good time. . . Until I got a glass launched at my head and spent the evening in A&E."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Nikki was so nice, she is a credit to your bar."
• "George and Louie were the best bartenders and made the best drinks. Amazing customer service!!"
• "The staff are lovely and there’s a nice outside seating area as well as really good music indoors on Fridays and Saturdays."
• "Great staff, great experience and very happy to revisit the bar again. Louis, Kat and Fergie are great staff and made us all feel really welcome from start to finish."
• "The staff are all so lovely and helpful, i’ve never had a bad experience here."
• "The staff - especially Sully - always makes us feel well taken care of."
• "All staff were friendly, welcoming, efficient, well organised."

Cons:

• "Terrible service in the garden. 40 min wait for a bottle of wine and another 10 mins for the glasses."
• "Security was rude and dry as you would expect. Really not helping the vibe to be honest."
• "The cocktails were awful, the live music wasn't very good."
• "Worst bouncer experience of my life. Rude, intimidating, bouncers who shouted abuse."
• "Service was awful, I was told there was kind of table service and that I would have someone take my order."
• "Rude staff and sometimes violent."
• "The staff were plain sassy and unapologetic."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "Good drinks and good food."
• "Love this place, friendly attentive staff, great pizza to meet all tastes and fast delicious drinks!"
• "Cocktails are on the 'very good' side of things, reasonably priced during happy hours."
• "Had a brilliant evening at Northcote Records, pizza was delicious, cocktails were top quality, staff very welcoming and helpful."
• "The cocktail and pizza special is one to make note of - certainly very good value for Clapham Junction."
• "They serve good cocktails (although expensive) and they have live music."
• "Cocktails are delicious and reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Canned and bottles of beer are pricey at the equivalent of around eight quid a go."
• "Cost - ludicrous and ridiculous! £13.50 for TWO BOTTLED BEERS!"
• "This place used to have really good pizzas but now they are cheap pizzas. Do not reccomend at all."
• "Bottle of wine, over priced. Pizza, indifferent."
• "No draught beer and very weak cocktails...or maybe I just have high tolerance levels..."
• "Good outside space but cider was extremely flat, only one beer on tap."
• "Cocktails weren't great, out of the bottle mixers and pretty average service."