The Cocktail Club - Oxford Circus Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "The darkness and graffiti decor added to the atmosphere, supported by excellent music."
• "This place is a lively, energetic and creative underground cocktail bar, the music was bangin."
• "The venue had a modern yet cosy decor, with comfortable seating arrangements that allowed for both intimate conversations and larger group gatherings."
• "Fantastic atmosphere, with loud, fun music and decor."
• "Very nice dark and chilled out vibes."
• "It's got quite an underground, grungy feel to it which may put some people off at first. I think when you accept it for what it is you can have a great night."
• "Cool lighting, fun graffiti on the lampshades."

Cons:

• "Such a shame you guys have the music on at such a ridiculously loud, antisocial, obnoxious level."
• "It's really dark in here and I feel the place needs a little TLC."
• "Also quite dingy dark and sticky with a bad vibe! Maybe it works for some!"
• "Music blaring out! Dark and dingy to cover the fact its dirty."
• "The design of this branch is pretty weird too - I think they were aiming for a 'street' look with all the graffiti but it just looks a bit crap."
• "Parts of the place were slightly too dark also, staff tried to help with some stick on lights but they didn’t quite match the vibe."
• "The place as sticky carpets."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Servers are charismatic and meticulous with orders."
• "The staff at The Cocktail Club were attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable."
• "Bouncers and staff were so welcoming and nice to us throughout."
• "Staff are very welcoming and friendly."
• "We were looked after by Jack, Jamie, Dylan and Jaskier; they were phenomenal, kind and understanding, and absolute professionals in their craft."
• "Staff were great especially lovely Alice, we will be back soon, cannot recommend highly enough."
• "They were more than happy to recommend drinks based on my preferences and answer any questions I had about the menu."

Cons:

• "Barmen that ignored us 3 times and kept snarling at us like a child."
• "Ordered drinks never came! After 30 mins a guy came to take the bill from us which we never had our drinks!"
• "No one answers the phone, responds to emails etc."
• "Terrible experience. Arrived at 8pm as I had a Table Booking, as I arrived there was no one to ask about my table."
• "But what was truly shocking is how filthy the place is."
• "Waitress was really rude and told us we were wrong when she brought us stuff we didn't ask for."
• "Didn't get served for about 45 minutes."

Drinks & Pricing

Pros:

• "Lovely cocktails, cool setting, bar staff good and talented."
• "Great cocktails at 2for1 prices."
• "The Daiquiri is probably one of the best I've had."
• "The reggae rum punch is an express train to tipsy land."
• "Incredible selection of drinks and the ones we ordered were generous portions and strong as well as being delicious!"
• "Cocktails were great, very tasty."
• "The highlight of my visit was definitely the cocktails."

Cons:

• "Dirty, grimy horrible place! Watered down 2 4 1 cocktails."
• "The cocktails were 100% watered down to the point it tasted like juice and had no affect."
• "Bartenders largely underpouring drinks, ordered double G&T and was barely a single."
• "When cocktails did arrive they were massively disappointing. It was just a load of ice."
• "They were absolutely awful, maybe it was just the bad luck of the barmen? but they were SICKLY SWEET literally over powered with syrups and couldn’t even taste the alcohol."
• "Expensive for very small cocktails, staff take ages and also add a service charge after that."
• "Drinks were pricey for what they were."