Colours Hoxton Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and professional and the menu selection is great."
• "Staff were very helpful and approachable."
• "The staff did well to stay atop the drink orders."
• "Absolutely wonderful staff and vibe, beautiful art as well."
• "Great place with very friendly and helpful staff."
• "The first aider was a gentleman called Guy, he was exceptional."
• "Aaron, Mercury and the team have been absolutely fantastic."

Cons:

• "They are very disorganised and unreliable."
• "Staff are simply terrible and the guy on the front door, is disrespectful and arrogant."
• "The service was so bad I couldn't even stay to eat - literally."
• "Security is so rude."
• "One of the guy bar staff has a massive attitude problem."
• "The only thing that lets this place down is the bar service."
• "The service was terrible."

Venue and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The venue is small enough not to feel overwhelmed but at the same time large enough to have a great vibe."
• "A dubstep event couldn't feel any more personal, intimate and intense."
• "The atmosphere is relaxed yet vibrant with a small amount of outdoor seating and plenty of space inside."
• "The venue had a lovely relaxed vibe to it with mainly young people."
• "The venue is great but the staff really do make it absolutely fantastic."
• "The room for the gig was perfect, plenty of room and was super intimate."
• "It was great to be in a venue where everyone, of a wide range of ages, could mix so harmoniously."

Cons:

• "Very long and thin main area was difficult to both navigate through a heavy crowd and find a place where bartenders were serving."
• "The place isn't very big so it does tend to get crowded very easily."
• "Doesn't have proper facilities for women... The cubicle doors have gaps at the top and bottom and doors which are very flimsy."
• "The sound system for the club is atrocious."
• "Small venue, ran out of drinks, but the worse was the unnecessary and unhealthy loud music."
• "The room doesn’t have a very intimate feel."
• "The main bar was deserted staff hadn’t even attempted to open it."

Accessibility and Inclusivity

Pros:

• "There is an automate to bring wheelchairs down to the main ground, which is great."
• "The venue is 100% accessible."
• "As a lesbian whose fiancee uses a wheelchair, I felt very safe and accepted here."
• "Lovely queer space! So many events and the entertainment is high class!"

Cons:

• "On queuing to enter the male security guard on the door was extremely aggressive & overly intrusive."
• "The accessible toilet was locked and you had to get staff to come and work the lift."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Cannot wait to try the new Smokey Tails restaurant too....mmmmm meat!"
• "The food was nice and came with lots of hashbrown refills."
• "The nacho's on the starter menu is delicious and will keep your taste bud's tantalized until the main course."
• "Food tasty (I had a chicken strip burger), drinks very affordable."
• "They cook a lovely piece of steak that's recommended to try."
• "delicious burgers! the Hoxton was very generous with the bacon and cheese and the chicken is a reasonably spicy one!"
• "Good atmosphere, great cocktail menu and a satisfyingly simple food offering."

Cons:

• "Had to leave the jacket on the side and of course it got stolen. no sympathy from staff."
• "Prices are not correct on menus. I was charged £12 for a g&t that was advertised as £5.60."
• "Food is great, if a little expensive."
• "The alcohol was very decently priced, especially for a venue in London."
• "A little disappointing, though, as EVERY TIME we went to the bar for two lagers, both my partner and I paid a different amount."
• "No tequila no tonic for gin... poorly stocked bar."
• "I think the prices are a bit steep at £8.50 for 8 wings."

Management and Organization

Pros:

• "Came through here with a band! Venue was great, great desk, great sounding friendly in-house engineer, friendly staff."
• "I attended a music talent showcase held there hosted by I Luv Live."
• "Went for the Issey Cross and Rose Gray performances."

Cons:

• "They select who they want to charge to get in the night club area."
• "Then next thing we're being pulled out of the venue by security staff and accused of harassing the bar staff."
• "Recently changed hands and the beers have gone very mainstream, no more camden etc."
• "Overall quite bad service experience and the food was mediocre at best."
• "NASTY, UNTRUTHFUL and ROTTEN from inside management."
• "After confirming I would like to proceed and asking for the payment link I had to chase them up 2 times over the next 10 days before they finally sent me the payment link."
• "Went to this bar yesterday 1.5 hour before it closes and we were told cocktails are not served at that point of the night."