The Book Club Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The bartender was very friendly and apologised for a mistake that actually wasn’t his."
• "Lovely place to chill and have fun! Me and my friends had an amazing night, staffs are very friendly, helpful and professional in their work."
• "Good staff too."
• "Friendly service."
• "The bartender was very personable and welcoming. I would recommend!"
• "Had a really friendly barman who made a special effort with one of our cocktails."
• "Staff helping with food and drinks WERE BRILLIANT."

Cons:

• "Wasn’t let in because the bouncers thought one of my friend was too ‘drunk’."
• "Disappointing experience. Heard lots of good things but we never even made it inside. As the bouncers were rude and on a power trip."
• "Staff unbelievably rude."
• "They didn’t tell update us that they were having issues, so we had to speak to a manager."
• "The customer service by the bouncers was appalling."
• "Openly Racist staff. The security staff started intimidating us and speaking gibberish hindi to us just because we look brown."
• "The staff seem more concerned about maning the line than protecting women inside the club."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Tasty food and good coffees at reasonable cost."
• "Drinks are nice and reasonably priced, they have a very drinkable house white wine as well."
• "Good cocktails at a fair price. Decently trained and friendly staff, nice food."
• "Food is good and fresh."
• "The food was delicious and reasonably priced, the coffee was satisfactory as well."
• "A nice place for a drink and possibly the best nachos in shoreditch."
• "The foods tasty, the staff are friendly but the service is patchy."

Cons:

• "The pancakes were bland, the cream was over whipped, melting and plain."
• "The meat knife, could not cut through most of the meat."
• "It's really expensive; £9+ for all cocktails, nearly the same price as their burgers."
• "The staff mixed up my burger with someone else’s and swapped them afterwards so it’s lucky I didn’t touch it... also the chicken burger was a bit bland."
• "Food is also plain, dry and expensive."
• "Don't order the chicken salad as the pieces of chicken are chopped sliced chicken with the skin still on plus there was barely a 100 grams of chicken in the bowl which was full of large un-chopped lettuce leaves."
• "The place was dirty, the food was horrible, the pizza was made with no intention of cooking."

Ambience and Entertainment

Pros:

• "Great beer selection and cool walk in art room."
• "A quirky, buzzing bar with an unusual line-up. Speed-dating, ping-pong and even the odd garage night."
• "Lively and bright, even on a gloomy day. Large windows, colorful walls, a diverse crowd and good music."
• "A must place to go to if you’re into geek culture."
• "One of my favourite places to go when I feel like chilling with a friend or group! Calming atmosphere and music with a wide variety of drinks to choose from."
• "It's kind of 70's, a bit psychedelic and it's warm, as colours and as atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere is really fun and friendly - not at all pretentious or uncomfortable."

Cons:

• "The DJ was banging out tunes at full blast from the very start, which meant no one could talk to each other."
• "All is fine apart from ventilation and being overcrowded, is really bad, there is nothing to breathe with."
• "What a TRASH place !!!"
• "Ugly, unfriendly, unwelcoming, unfun."
• "It is completely and wholly demoralising to be treated with such contempt and the complete disregard for women's safety was deeply insulting."
• "The place can attract a bit of a weird crowd."
• "The paintings on the walls are tacky and irrelevant to the idea of a Book Club."