The Cocktail Club Goodge Street Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Elia and Leo are the most amazing bartenders I’ve ever seen they are so efficient and friendly!!"
• "The barmen are friendly, informative and good-looking."
• "Jess served us and was very friendly and helped advise us on which drink to choose."
• "Tatum was amazing, great jokes and made my misses and I very happy and went that extra mile for her birthday."
• "The staff is nice, helpful, efficient and super professional."
• "The staff have always been excellent - cheekily flirtatious without being sleazy and happy to cook up the perfect cocktail for you depending on your taste."
• "Our server, Ben was very friendly, welcoming and helpful."

Cons:

• "Walked in, told to take a seat. Nobody came."
• "Great night until Amy came on shift who was the most cold faced, miserable bartender I’ve ever known!!!"
• "The bar staff were extremely rude."
• "We asked to charger our iPhone and the barmen said no!"
• "wouldn’t make me a dirty martini for happy hour, wanted double the cost with cheap house vodka."
• "The bartender was preferring to chat to his friend at the bar and laughed then cared about customers."
• "The bartender told him 'you are the worst customers I’ve had all night' and all his friends started laughing at my partner which is very disrespectful and embarrassing."

Atmosphere and Ambience

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was electrifying."
• "Lovely cocktails, a vast range and witty names for them to go with."
• "The music is great too."
• "It's easy to see why this place has so many amazing reviews!"
• "The atmosphere was great."
• "Great little basement bar. Fun atmosphere, good music."
• "Amazing atmosphere & great music."

Cons:

• "We were then rushed through these drinks and hurried out of the bar as it was 'closing time' at 11.20."
• "Does get rather hot and a bit claustrophobic though when it gets too busy."
• "It was very dark and dingy, very unclean."
• "The music played by the band, it was much too loud for people sitting nearby to be able to have a conversation."
• "It’s dark, it’s hot and it’s loud."
• "Far too dark and loud."
• "The place is quite small and when it gets busy it gets a bit crowded and noisy."

Cocktails and Drinks

Pros:

• "2 4 1 on Monday nights and most cocktails come with a little treat and a cup of popcorn."
• "The cocktails are just smashing in terms of flavour and aesthetics."
• "The cocktails are priced at the usual price you would expect for London; around £10."
• "The 'Movie Night' is served in a tall glass inside a plastic popcorn container, topped with popcorn."
• "The cocktails are delicious and reasonably priced."
• "LCC have introduced me to my new favorite cocktail time after time."
• "Wonderful cocktails, both the alcoholic and non alcoholic options."

Cons:

• "cocktail (out of a “quirky” cup) was very average and a mocktail was really just expensive beetroot juice."
• "Bar staff just give you glasses of ice and fruit juice, etc. Very little alcohol is consumed in this place, you will struggle to get drunk!"
• "However on the last trip we were not happy with the taste of our cocktail."
• "Very good place for date but I felt like our cocktail have little to none alcohol in them."
• "They did NOT honour this. Waitress then spilled a whole shaker of espresso martini down me."
• "Drinks were not strong at all."
• "The bartender made us 2 very not tasty cocktails."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "They have '2-for-£12 drinks during happy hour' which is always a bonus."
• "Happy hour made it very reasonable."
• "The drinks were all great and the daily happy hour deal made it much more affordable than elsewhere in London."
• "Every drink made to perfection."
• "Cocktails were great and the 2 for £12 was fab."
• "Drinks are nice and at a reasonable price compared to other clubs."
• "Drinks are very good and well presented, prices are fair."

Cons:

• "Just another average cocktail bar. It's fun, but there is nothing unique about the place."
• "I tried one of their before the happy hour finished and I still found it overpriced £7 for a tiny glass of juice pretty much."
• "For the price of the drinks too it seems very expensive."
• "The martini flutes were TINY. Like 3-4 oz. At 15 GPB per drink."
• "Table service could be better for the mandatory 12.5% service charge."
• "Took £65 for a table and soon as you need to rearrange you can’t contact or get hold of anyone after multiple attempts."
• "Just keep an eye on your bill - some of them will sneak in a few extra quid for themselves."

Hygiene and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Free water and popcorn as you walk in."

Cons:

• "Also toilets are so small and dirty, I mean c'mon, it's not a free park toilet, why should it stink so much?"
• "When my husband removed his glass, bugs (we think small cockroaches) were crawling around in the bottom of the container."
• "It was very dark and dingy, very unclean."