Strongroom Bar Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "Strongroom consistently do really really fantastic tastings."
• "Great place to party! Booked a table here for my wife's 30th birthday. Buzzing atmosphere, cool music, dance floor, nice food - but at the same time really chilled out place."
• "A beautiful roof bar, great atmosphere, good for children."
• "Love the outside courtyard area which is perfect provides a lot more space than inside, with an outside bar and rotating street food vendors."
• "Strongroom isn't a place you'd think much of if you haven't been, but it has a great vibe and is a chilled setting away from the hubbub of Shoreditch."
• "This is a great place to hang out. Lots of outdoor seating (with heaters) and outdoor bar. And great space indoors for entertainment space."
• "Accessible through a little back-alley this bar has a non-pretentious atmosphere, a artsy/patchwork decor and a good selection of Belgian and German beers ;)"

Cons:

• "Attend a showcase there. Ridiculously the main bar downstairs and event room were not partitioned. Noise from.the bar spilling through all night spoilt the evening."
• "Heavy handed authoritarian bouncers made our night awkward from the start and we struggled to feel comfortable or welcome throughout."
• "It does feel a bit student-y so not the place if you want a finer experience but it's such a great relaxed atmosphere."
• "Really nice place with awful atmosphere, unnecessary unfriendly and - sorry to say - rude staff."
• "The music here isn't the greatest to my taste."
• "The place was also infested with flies."
• "Advertised as a heated courtyard, but realistically heaters only cover 50% of the space."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Really friendly staff and security."
• "The staff are friendly and helpful... and there's an interesting menu, if a little small, but better small and well done than large and mediocre, and the food is excellent."
• "The staff are lovely - very chilled out and fun - and they had a good DJ spinning chilled out tunes when I visited on a Tuesday evening."
• "The staff were brilliant and kept everyone smiling, food and drink are reasonably priced for London, will definitely be back!"
• "Thanks to all the staff especially Georgy and Jeanne! Top night!"
• "The staff are helpful and very cool, the tech spec is great, sound engineers very good at their job and unflappable..."
• "Always a lovely atmosphere here, especially in the backyard beer garden!"

Cons:

• "Staff were very rude."
• "The staff in the top bar were very unhelpful and would not swap my drink when I said it tasted and smelt off."
• "Service was a bit slow to begin with but they brought more staff on later and it much improved."
• "I don’t think the staff should be taking personal calls while on the floor, especially not shouting and swearing down the phone."
• "The staff was rude and especially the manager... Stay away! If you complain they call security immediately!"
• "EXTREMELY SLOW SERVICE -- even if the bar isn't particularly busy it takes soo long to get a drink because everyone behind the bar is just slowly drying glasses, chatting etc rather than serving drinks!!"
• "Customer service level 0."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Food is pretty decent and well priced, but can stick to lunchtime dining though, since the quality can fall short on the evening shift; probably due to how busy the place becomes."
• "The food portions were very generous. The filthy fries were very tasty, bonus points for the runny yolk."
• "Thick crispy golden chips and great flavoursome dip."
• "They also have a good whiskey selection available here!"
• "Great crowd, varied and ever changing beer selection, with some great imported ales & IPAs."
• "Half price food on weekdays and a couple of the beers are also half price up until 8pm."
• "Great food! Really enjoyed the seitan burger, was original and very saucy and just the right level of spice."

Cons:

• "Nice place, but 2 shots of pimms in a pitcher is a joke."
• "Drinks were mostly artisanal and I didn't overly wanna pay £2.50 for a half pint of coke."
• "Food was nice but not great value for money."
• "The only downside is there isn’t a huge selection to choose from when eating there, and the dishes contain some odd things."
• "Good burgers although the bread wasn't that great (hence minus one star) but the meat part of the burger was delicious!"
• "Waited 1 hour 45 minutes for our food. Then when it came it was so spicy (chicken burger) we couldn’t eat it as it was burning our mouth off and we like spicy."
• "The few times I ordered other drinks here other than beer or wine it was not great."

Management & Policies

Pros:

• "This place gets a big four stars for me because they have the fantastic Pilsner tanked in straight from Prague and it tastes amazing."
• "Feel like this place is getting review bombed maliciously because this place is great. Staff are really friendly, especially with the axe throwing."
• "The food menu is great, catering to different diets, but it’s also not for profit, so ridiculously good value."
• "Burgers at £5, desserts at £3, portion of fries for £1.50! Something I have never experienced in the Shoreditch area before where I'd typically expect soaring prices!"
• "In a time when its enormously difficult to keep everyone safe whilst keeping a solid party vibe going, Strongroom have smashed it out of the park!"
• "Bouncers are also friendly and will tell someone in the queue not to waste their time if they think they are too drunk."
• "Without doubt one of the best pubs in Shoreditch and perhaps the best beer garden."

Cons:

• "Management shut down a event after a few hours with no trouble all older clientele etc and called the police for no apparent reason."
• "Giving one star because there is no option for no stars. This place is awful - the discrimination from door staff should be an urgent in-house matter that needs to be rectified."
• "The management and costumer service was absolutely appalling all the way through."
• "I'm currently sat in the Strongroom Bar (outside) at an organised, Covid safe event... they have stopped the music, closed both the bar and toilets and have stated that the venue has now closed."
• "They messed up their booking system a few weeks ago and started lying saying “the fork” was a fake app as an excuse to turn people away who has reserved tables."
• "Awful experience, discrimination & terrible service. They won't let you in with your medication so if you're a Type 1 diabetic like me, or have any other medical issues they will ask you to leave your medication outside to enter."
• "Appalling behaviour from the security guards."