The Cocktail Club Old Street Reviews Summary

Cocktails

Pros:

• "This speakeasy has very unique flavored cocktails like the peanut butter and jam bourbon which is delicious!"
• "A really brilliant spot! & an amazing gin cocktail selection."
• "The cocktails we had were all fantastic, but I particularly loved (and would recommend) Mr Merdle!"
• "Cocktails were amazing and the staff were extremely friendly."
• "Cocktails were great as always, my personal fave espresso martini was gorgeous, and long islands always good VFM."
• "The drinks were delicious - good strong cocktails, on our tastes."
• "The cocktails are absolutely amazing, the service is perfect and the atmosphere is super."

Cons:

• "The cocktails were OK but come with a service charge even after waiting at the bar for 20 mins to be served."
• "The cocktails are very expensive, not being a connoisseur of alcohols, I had heard of very few of the ingredients and so picked two cocktails I didn't like."
• "We didn't really enjoy the ones we had, maybe an unlucky choice."
• "Cocktails are disgusting and bar staff are rude."
• "The drinks are also average quality, nothing special."
• "Nothing really grabbed me on their short Victorian inspired cocktail list and I ended up with something rum based which wasn't really to my taste."
• "Drinks were made by silly teenagers."

Service

Pros:

• "Thank you so much for an incredible night, can't wait to come back 🥳"
• "Knowledgeable bar staff who obviously knows his cocktails."
• "The staff were so friendly especially Selena who went above and beyond to help us celebrate our friends 30th."
• "Special shoutout to the bartender Kat who was absolutely lovely and so much fun!!"
• "Service was so speedy and friendly, the drinks just kept coming, the food was delicious and piping hot."
• "The staff were friendly, helpful and just the right amount of attentive."
• "The staff were very friendly although service was a bit inattentive."

Cons:

• "The staff is of very poor quality (the guy wasn’t even able to clean the table..)"
• "Slow and inattentive service even when the place was almost empty."
• "Only issue was service was a little slower than expected, a couple of times we walked up to the bar to be informed it was table service only and once someone was free they would be over of which we then sometimes waited 15-20 minutes for a round."
• "The service is very slow. It took us nearly one hour to finally get our drinks."
• "Great venue, but the service was unbelievably slow, half an hour for a beer to arrive?!"
• "Staff also rude and slow."
• "The staff inside all have a shop on their shoulder, and none of them wanted to help understand my problems."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The whole vibe of the place was fun, so pleased to find after the last two years saga."
• "It's like 'cocktail', 'coyote ugly' and 'Moulin Rouge' all rolled into one."
• "Nice ambience and with live bands."
• "Decor was unusual with old school paintings and bathtubs as tables!"
• "A lovely little venue tucked away in the City. The interior is period and really does create a great 'Speakeasy vibe'."
• "The atmosphere, music and drinks were great."
• "The atmosphere was so warm and decorated with flowers like a garden."

Cons:

• "This place is shamefully and shockingly bad."
• "The decoration is ridiculous with those awful curtains (we are not in Hawaï..)"
• "I really don't know why anyone goes to the London cocktail club bars! the music is obnoxiously loud so you can forget about conversation, the drinks are overpriced and watery, and the staff appallingly rude!"
• "As soon as you walk in, you just want to get out as the loudness is unbearable."
• "Awful. Walked down the stairs and it stank really bad."
• "Only bad side was that the music is a bit too loud and you have to shout to speak to someone or hear what they have to say."
• "Extremely loud and horrible music. You can’t speak to anyone while in there."

Customer Experience

Pros:

• "Can't wait to return next time we're in London."
• "Definitely I'll recommend the place and I'll go again."
• "I will absolutely come back."
• "WOULD DEFINITELY GO BACK!"
• "Will be back if I'm in London."
• "Will be sure to come back here again soon :)"
• "An incredible bar and will be coming again on our next trip."

Cons:

• "Avoid if you are on a date."
• "Needless to say I will NEVER be going to any of the London Cocktail Clubs across the city."
• "Would I attend this bar, nooooo way!!!!"
• "Fair to say wouldn’t be coming back if you paid me."
• "Left after one drink wouldn’t go back again."
• "Wouldn’t return again. Sat a big table of us under a loud speaker in a confined room, no menus on the table."
• "Overall, I’ll never return, and I believe this club probably think they are worlds best so they can treat people anyway they like - utterly revolting and I wouldn’t want to return."